The Gwinnett County Fair is in full swing. This year the fair opened on September 11, 2008 and will remain open through September 21, 2008. Hours are from 4:00 until 11:00 daily and the price of admission, $5.00 for adults, $2.00 for children 6-12 and seniors 65 plus include the entertainment. Entertainment is nightly at 7:30 by such entertainers as Gene Watson on 9-15, T G Sheppard on 9-16 (my wife’s favorite), The Bluegrass Alliance on 9-17, Linton Wages & the Sloo Fly Five on 9-18, and Joey Watkins and the River Street Band on 9-19.
The headliners are not the only entertainment at the fair. Of course children of all ages can enjoy the rides. Who doesn’t like a Ferris Wheel? In addition to the rides are the exhibits which cover everything from produce to canned goods to handcrafted items and what county fair would be complete without livestock. Ahh the aroma! We now have that new livestock cologne “Ode To Angus”.
For once my wife and I enjoyed the fair without seeing how much junk food we could consume. Not that it wasn’t there, we just didn’t eat it. What we did find were several vendors who had good ole country cookin and there is one vendor who has the best roasted corn I’ve ever eaten. If you get it make sure to ask for it to be double dunked in the butter. That is not to say that we didn’t get a large container of boiled peanuts and a caramel apple to bring home.
Just in case you didn’t know, the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds are located on Sugarloaf Parkway between Highway 124 and Highway 20 in Lawrenceville.