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North Carolina State Fair
Raleigh, NC · Festival
- When
- October 15–25, 2026
- Where
- North Carolina State Fairgrounds · Raleigh · NC
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
An 11-day state fair at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, with livestock and agricultural competitions, a midway, and a concert series. It draws roughly a million visitors through the gates each October. The 2026 fair runs October 15 through 25.
The history within reach
- North Carolina State Fairsame spot
An 11-day state fair at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, with livestock and agricultural competitions, a midway, and a concert series.
- Dorton Arena0.8 mi
Matthew Nowicki's parabolic arches carrying a saddle-shaped cable roof, the first building of its kind anywhere, and hugely influential on stadium design.
A freedmen's village of some 750 people who bought their own lots and built a school and churches within a decade of emancipation.
- Pullen Park opens3.5 mi
Pullen Park opens was the first public park in North Carolina, given by a Quaker miller who also donated the land for the state college.
The first shopping centre in the southeastern United States, built on a dairy farm on the theory that people would drive to shops with parking.