Linn County Fair had a great year, according to Fair Manager Terry Wood.
“We’re up across the board this year,” he said. Attendance was up 21 percent over last year to 25,825.
“Our one disappointment was the Phil Vassar concert,” he said. It should have been the biggest show of the fair, but the rain started coming down about an hour before the show and stopped about a half hour after the show.
“There were some die-hard fans that stood out in the rain and watched it,” Wood said.
Financially, it looks like the fair will be able to pay its bills, he said, but final numbers take about a month to figure.
The fair had a number of changes this year that helped draw more interest, he said. Among them were events such as “Wild and Woolly,” he said. Children ages 10 to 15 rode mini-bulls while younger children tried mutton bustin’.
The fair added a Hispanic concert on Sunday, and officials are pleased with the turnout for it, he said.
Quest for the Ultimate Knight also was a popular new attraction, with jousts and other medieval-style competitions.