Annual Tulare County Fair kicks off this week with Stars, Stripes and Carnival Lights theme

TULARE COUNTY, Calif,. (KFSN) -- It's Stars, Stripes and Carnival lights this play astatine the Tulare County Fair arsenic the yearly lawsuit kicked disconnected this week.

For implicit a century, the just has welcomed thousands.

"This is simply a spot to observe and bask and person a bully time, spot friends, buddies, pals and bask and clasp the community," says just entertainer, Dennis Forel.

For many, it's the nutrient that keeps them coming back.

"They're truly crunchy and good, I similar the food connected top," says just visitor, Monique Roman.

An added bonus, the just provides jobs and gives section businesses the accidental to showcase their products successful beforehand of visitors.

Helping boost the section system and people's temper done their assorted activities..

"We are throwing our biggest just enactment ever implicit here. We volition person 2 truly high-quality determination bands here, 1 with state music, past 1 that volition play pop, rock, state and possibly adjacent a small spot of rap successful there," explains Payton Ryan, with the Tulare County Fairgrounds.

Among the fun, it's besides each hands connected platform for the Tulare Police Department.

It partners with different agencies, including the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.

Dozens of officers from different constabulary departments specified arsenic Visalia, Farmersville, Lindsay, Dinuba volition besides beryllium present.

"They volition beryllium acquainted with families and individuals that sometimes origin issues successful their metropolis truthful that is wherefore we spouse with different agencies truthful they tin travel retired to marque this spot arsenic harmless arsenic possible," explains Sgt. Lorena Lopez with the Tulare Police Department.

Safety and a bully clip are apical of caput for constabulary and organizers, who are excited for radical to spot what's caller this year.

"We got immoderate caller drinks this year, cleanable for our Saturday party. I americium lasting successful beforehand of Sharkies here, we each cognize and emotion sharkee's food fry. We got pretzels, corndogs, crystal cream, and cookies. We person each the things," mentions Payton.

If you privation to sojourn the just you inactive person clip gates adjacent astatine midnight connected Friday and Saturday. They unfastened astatine 2:00PM connected Saturday and Sunday and adjacent astatine 10:00PM connected Sunday.

For much details connected tickets, you tin sojourn their website here.

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