Cumming Fair Begins Today

The Cumming Country Fair and Festival is only hours away, which means that it’s time to look ahead to the fun and plan your family’s excursion to the Cumming Fairgrounds.

For starters, tickets for adults cost $7 and tickets for students cost $3. Children 4 and under get in for free. Parking for the event costs $3. In case you didn’t know, the Cumming Fairgrounds are located at 235 Castleberry Road.

The fair kicks off at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8 with Northside Hospital Forsyth Day, which features free admission for all fair goers. Unlimited rides cost $20 a person on Thursday. Forsyth County canners will want to submit their entries to the University of Georgia’s Forsyth County Extension canning competition on Wednesday, Oct. 7 before 6:30 p.m. so they can be judged and possibly win at the awards show held on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

The first weekend of the fair will feature a live performance by the Oak Ridge Boys (Friday, 8 p.m.) and the Miss Cumming Fair Pageant will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fair patrons can get in and ride the rides for free between 10 and 11 a.m. on each Saturday of the fair, and folks who present a high school football ticket stub on Oct. 16 can get in for free after 9 p.m.

To learn more about the highlights of each day at the upcoming fair, please follow this link.