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MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Madera District Fair is astir here. On Wednesday, organizers were recovered moving hard to marque those finishing touches, arsenic the just kicks disconnected Thursday.
"I emotion the Madera Fair," said 9-year-old Kennedy Jones. She says her favourite parts of the just are the kiddie excavation filled with maize and the Madera Co. Produce. "Because I get to, like, play similar a shopkeeper and a customer," Kennedy shared.
This year's just taxable is 'so extra'. Meaning other clip astatine the fair, other surprises, and other savings. "We're finding that families are looking for affordable opportunities and entertainment," said Madera District Fair CEO Barbara Leach. Like connected Friday, with a recently introduced $5 just nutrient blessed hr from 4 to 6 p.m., which includes brew booths.
Fair hours person besides been extended, opening an hr aboriginal each day. Thursday and Friday, the just is unfastened from 4 to 11 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 11 p.m. "Thursday is escaped for each to participate the fairgrounds arsenic good arsenic each time of the fair. Kids 12 and nether are free," Leach added.
And each night, the archetypal 400 guests volition person a astonishment astatine the gate. "Maybe immoderate visors, sunglasses, conscionable arsenic merchandise and swag from Madera Fair, conscionable to marque their sojourn extra," Leach explained.
This year, the just is besides returning with a caller younker admissions policy. After 7 p.m., kids nether 18 request to beryllium accompanied by idiosyncratic implicit the property of 21. "We volition beryllium checking IDs for that." The just told us back successful July that the determination was to support families unneurotic and amended safety. The Madera Police Department hopes this volition besides assistance trim the fig of missing children.
"We bash connection a BOGO accidental that volition beryllium disposable wrong the gates connected Saturday and Sunday betwixt 2 and 5 p.m. So you bargain 1 carnival wristband for $40, you get a 2nd 1 for free," Leach said. And each day, fairgoers tin drawback the performance headliners for escaped with admission. "We person Blue Oyster Cult opening Thursday night, Sugar Ray connected Friday, Joe Nichols on Saturday, and Casimiro Zamudio closing retired Sunday night."
