Attendance was up for the Elkhart County 4H Fair, this year, compared to 2019 with three single day attendance records broken.
The Elkhart County 4-H Fair held it’s first Fair since 2019 and welcomed 187,545 guests during the nine-day event, July 23-31. This year’s attendance was up slightly from the 2019 Fair’s attendance of 183,646.
Warm temperatures potentially dampened attendance during the middle of the week. However, single day attendance records were broken on Friday, July 23, Saturday, July 24 and Friday, July 30.
- Friday, July 23 – 15,950
- Saturday, July 24 – 19,429
- Sunday, July 25 – 25,000
- Monday, July 26 – 15,873
- Tuesday, July 27 – 16,388
- Wednesday, July 28 – 21,231
- Thursday, July 29 – 21,528
- Friday, July 30 – 28,427
- Saturday, July 31 – 23,719
Initial feedback from food and carnival vendors indicates unusually high spending this year on fair food and midway rides and increased time spent on the grounds by guests.
Sold out grandstand events included ZZ Top, evening Tractor Pull, evening Rodeo, and the Demolition Derby.
