Lane County Fair opens with rides, food and concerts
The fair opened at Lane Events Center with $24 season passes, gate hours from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and a Sunday canned-goods deal for Food for Lane County.
Lane County Fair opened at the Lane Events Center in Eugene with carnival rides, concerts, commercial vendors and bull riding packed into a five-day run through July 26. The fair’s official site set gate admission hours from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on fair days and greeted visitors with the line, “See you in July!”
The best-value ticket was the season pass, which the fair priced at $24 for five days of fun, a $50 value. Passes were available online, at the Lane County Fair Business Office and at the ticket booth on Wednesday of fair week only, making opening day the key time for anyone hoping to buy at the fair itself.
Fair guests could also trim costs by bringing their own food and non-alcoholic beverages. Guest services said personal snacks and drinks were allowed, but large coolers were not, a rule that kept the fair from becoming a full picnic ground while still giving families a way to avoid paying for every meal inside the gates.
The fair also leaned on community giving to draw a crowd. A social media promotion advertised a Sunday food drive with free admission from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for guests who brought three canned goods, with the donation drive benefiting Food for Lane County. That tied the fair’s opening-weekend traffic to one of Lane County’s biggest anti-hunger groups.
The entertainment slate, from concerts to the carnival and bull riding, gave the fair its usual mix of noise, motion and local commerce. Commercial vendors filled out the grounds alongside the rides, keeping the Lane Events Center busy and giving fairgoers a reason to stay for the whole evening rather than treat it like a quick stop.
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