Like many fair organizers, the Linn County Fair Board faces a challenge in figuring out how to offer entertainment that appeals to local folks while maintaining the agricultural emphasis that is what fairs are about.
This year the Fair is dealing with an additional difficulty as it opens Thursday, July 17, and runs through Sunday, July 20: competition from the Willamette Valley Country Music Festival being held in Brownsville this weekend.
“We’re going head to…