Brigden Fair

Seniors and Student Day, and the cheapest way into the fair. Admission is $5 until 4 pm, then $20, and elementary kids and younger are always free. Exhibit buildings are open 9 am to 8 pm, the Fair Kitchen in the Exhibition Hall serves until 6, the midway opens at 10 and helicopter rides run from noon to dusk.

Kids can enter the Mainstreet Colouring Contest all day in the Community Showcase, and Agriculture Awareness Day runs 10 am to 3 pm in the Coliseum with emergency response and wildlife displays. There's Ron Gudel's magic show at noon and 3, the balloon making machine in Ploughman's Farmyard, Hot Wheels racing at 1 and the tractor pull at 7 pm in the grandstand. Weekend pass $40, parking free, ATM in the Exhibition Hall. Tap More info for our full Brigden fair guide, including the new Gate B entrance on Courtright Line.