Kalamazoo County Fair
Kalamazoo, MI · Festival
- When
- August 3–7, 2027
- Where
- Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairgrounds · Kalamazoo · MI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
The Kalamazoo County Fair fills the county Expo Center and Fairgrounds each August with 4-H and open-class livestock shows, a midway carnival, and family entertainment. Now run through the county parks department, it remains southwest Michigan's largest county fair; dates below follow its usual early-August run and will firm up as the organiser publishes them.
The history within reach
- Kalamazoo County Fairsame spot
The Kalamazoo County Fair fills the county Expo Center and Fairgrounds each August with 4-H and open-class livestock shows, a midway carnival, and family entertainment.
- Bell's2.3 mi
Larry Bell started with a 15-gallon soup kettle and a homebrew shop in Kalamazoo.
John Harvey Kellogg ran a Seventh-day Adventist sanitarium on a regime of yoghurt enemas and bland food.
The Paw Paw Wine and Harvest Festival marks the grape harvest each September at Maple Lake Park, with a parade, carnival, and fireworks tied to the town's grape-growing and wine-making history dating to the 1940s.
- Allegan County Fair24 mi
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