What better place to sit with a plastic glass of wine and people-watch than the Mid-State Fair? That’s where we were, sitting in the Wine Corral, relaxing and checking out the scene. They call this the “Biggest Little Fair Anywhere”, and I think we’d have to agree. While the population of Paso Robles is right around 30,000 this Fair draws in big entertainment acts like Aerosmith, Toby Keith, and Offspring. It runs for almost 2 weeks and brings people from all over the state for things like chocolate covered bacon, deep fried snickers and rides like the Hammer and Tilt-a-Whirl. One of the things we like about the Fair is that they have definitely recognized the importance of the wine industry in the area and have 2 different large venues where you can get a huge assortment of local wines.
http://www.midstatefair.com/
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Sounds exactly like the NYS Fair in August. They used to have a huge wine tent area with lots of Finger Lakes wineries. It’s been scaled back, bummer. But the Sangria wine slushies are to die for!
Hey All,
Yeah, the fair is definitely an interesting phenomenon! It’s like its own little subculture that we get a glimpse into for a couple weeks every year. Anyway, it’s always a great time and a cool part of Americana! Cheers!
Cool Fair, must try to attend next year. We had a nice fair in Cypress last Saturday they only served beer no wine, my husband even wore his cool wine shirt from California Adventure Food and Wine Festival. No famous country singer just our famous country radio station DJ.
awesome! i love the mid state fair, cant wait to visit this weekend!