By Tom Szaroleta at Jacksonville.com
Can you smell it yet? The aroma of popcorn, the corndogs, the roasted nuts and cotton candy and draft beer and deep-fried stuff that probably shouldn’t be deep-fried defines the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair as much as the rides, the country music and the livestock shows.
The fair opens Wednesday at the fairgrounds adjacent to EverBank Field and runs through Sunday, Nov. 13.
It’s chock-full of stomach-turning rides, a three-ring clown circus, pig races, alligator shows, baking contests, a beer festival, a rabbit contest, a Mitch Ryder concert and a bingo tournament.
Gayle Hart, vice president of marketing for the fair, said there were 54 rides last year, and she expects a few more this time around.
“If you’re bored at the fair,” she said, “you’ve got a personal problem.”
Fair schedule
Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and kids 6-12. Kids 5 and younger are admitted free.
Wednesday
Gates open 5-11 p.m.
Specials: $2 admission, $2 per ride or $10 ride wristband
9 a.m.: Youth & open poultry show
10 a.m.: Youth & open rabbit show
7 p.m.: Fleishmann’s Yeast baking contest
8 p.m.: JaneDear Girls concert
Thursday
Gates open 5-11 p.m.
Specials: $20 ride wristband
5 p.m.: Youth dairy show
8 p.m.: Little Big Town concert
Friday
Gates open 3-11 p.m.
Specials: Seniors admitted free, $25 ride wristband
7 p.m.: Youth beef show
8 p.m.: Phil Vassar cocnert
8:30 p.m.: NovemBeer Fest ($5)
Saturday
Gates open 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Specials: Students 17 or younger admitted free until 4 p.m., $25 ride wristbands until 5 p.m., $25 admission and ride wristband 5-11 p.m.
9 a.m.: Youth livestock judging
Noon-8 p.m.: CW17 Your Jax Music Festival
1 p.m.: 4-H poultry judging
2:30 p.m.: 4-H horticulture judging
4 p.m.: Consumer Choices judging
8 p.m.: 4-H and FFA Parade of Champions
Sunday
Gates open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Specials: $25 ride wristband
Noon-7 p.m.: CW17 Your Jax Music Festival
Monday
Gates open 5-11 p.m.
Specials: $20 ride wristband
4:30 p.m.: Open Hereford show
7 p.m.: Open Limousin
8 p.m.: James Wesley concert
Tuesday, Nov. 8
Gates open 5-11 p.m.
Specials: $20 ride wristband, $15 admission and ride wristband with “Jacksonville Fair is in the Air” Pepsi can
7 p.m.: Open Angus show
8 p.m.: Take the Stage contest winner
Wednesday, Nov. 9
Gates open 5-11 p.m.
Specials: $20 ride wristband, $5 admission with coupon from Money Pages magazine
6:30 p.m.: College alumni compete for scholarship dollars
8 p.m.: Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels concert
Thursday, Nov. 10
Gates open 5-11 p.m.
Specials: $20 ride wristband
8 p.m.: Josh Kelley concert
Friday, Nov. 11
Gates open noon-11 p.m.
Specials: Free admission with current military ID, free admission with Taylor Swift ticket, free admission for seniors, $25 ride wristband
2 p.m.: Youth dog show
3-6 p.m.: Seniors bingo
7 p.m.: Open Brahman cattle show
8 p.m.: Georgia Satellites concert
Saturday, Nov. 12
Gates open 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Specials: Students 17 or younger admitted free until 4 p.m., $25 ride wristbands until 5 p.m., $25 admission and ride wristband 5-11 p.m.
1-8 p.m.: Day of Dance performances
2 p.m.: Pillsbury Pet-Ritz pie baking championship
3 p.m.: Open Brangus cattle show
7 p.m.: Open Santa Gertrudis show
Sunday, Nov. 13
Gates open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Specials: $25 ride wristband, free admission for children under 12 when accompanied by parent
2-4 p.m.: Wine Down the Fair wine tasting ($5)
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