65th Jacksonville Agricultural Fair celebrates opening night on Thursday

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Crews are mounting up for Thursday’s opening nighttime astatine the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair.

The event, located successful downtown Jacksonville, is the largest fair/festival successful northeast Florida and is presently ranked 47th successful the United States by Amusement Business.

The just was canceled past twelvemonth due to the fact that of COVID-19, truthful galore are anticipating its return. It volition instrumentality spot Thursday, Nov. 4, done Sunday, Nov. 14.

The 11-day lawsuit astatine the Jacksonville Fairgrounds adjacent TIAA Bank Field kicks disconnected astatine 5 p.m. Thursday erstwhile the gates open.

The just returns with the accumulation hall, concerts, animals, food, rides, contests and more.

This year, the just volition not necessitate a disguise oregon vaccination but volition beryllium taking information precautions specified arsenic manus sanitizing stations, a self-service kiosk astatine the gate, and spacing retired rides and food.

Bill Olson, the president of the Jacksonville Fair Association, said those wanting to person immoderate amusive present volition spot efforts to forestall immoderate dispersed of COVID-19. The mode to bash that is creating space.

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“We person a batch much seating nether tents truthful we person shadiness and structure a batch much seating dispersed retired truthful radical tin bask themselves,” Olson said.

The taxable for the just this twelvemonth is “Back to the Fun.” But information comes first.

“We person had the thrust inspectors retired present since Monday... truthful arsenic the rides are finished mounting up they are inspecting them making definite everything is bully to go,” Olson said.

It was successful 2018 erstwhile 7 radical were injured astatine the just erstwhile this thrust The Sky flyer malfunctioned sending immoderate riders, including kids, crashing into a fence. That midway institution is nary longer being utilized by the fair.

Another happening radical are excited astir is the just food. Venders, specified arsenic locally owned Bubba’s Bacon, spoke with News4Jax arsenic they were mounting up.

“God has a mode to marque you spell done and helium helped america get done that tempest and present that we’ve been backmost retired I’ve been to astir 5 fairs this twelvemonth and that felt wonderful,” Andre Bullock, with Bubba’s Bacon, said.

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Plants, displays and animals are each a portion of the entertainment. The carnal shows are a large woody for Duval County’s 4-H programme and its kid members.

“They rise them. That each happens present astatine the fair. So erstwhile that does not hap they suffer retired connected that accidental to showcase each of their task animals,” said 4-H hold cause Kelsey Cook.

As for security, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it’s each being handled privately, and close present is not talking astir further information astir the fairgrounds.

Ticket prices scope from $5 (advance admission) to $10. Those prices are for just admittance only. Rides indispensable beryllium purchased separately. The hours alteration each day, but the admissions gates volition adjacent 1 hr anterior to the just closing.

When it comes to parking successful the stadium tons by the fairgrounds, you tin lone usage a recognition paper to pay.

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