Fair Season Opens This Weekend In Mt. Carmel & Princeton

Fair season starts this weekend in Wabash and Gibson Counties. In Wabash, this year marks the 50th year of the fair being located at the Mabel Courter Youth Center and fair board president John Haase says the longevity of the fair is thanks to a lot of hard working people…

Fair board member Nathan Glick says a concert tomorrow night kicks off the 50th anniversary celebration….

While tomorrow night’s concert is the first event, the actual fair week runs from July 17th through the 22nd.

Meanwhile in Gibson County, the 167th annual fair starts tonight with the crowning of the fair queen and sweetheart at 7pm in the high school auditorium with the first big grandstand event coming Sunday night with the Lucas Oil truck and tractor pull. Gibson County Fair board member Dave Kunkel says it takes a lot of dedicated volunteers to put on the fair…