LOGAN – The Cache County Fairgrounds were busy Tuesday with FFA and 4-H kids bringing in livestock for the fair.
Volunteers and employees were also sprucing up the place for the estimated 50,000 visitors over the weekend. The fair is open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. beginning Wednesday.
The Cache County Fair and Rodeo will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 6, through Saturday, Aug. 9. The PRCA Rodeo begins at 8 p.m. at the fairgrounds located at 400 S. and 400 E. in Logan.
Rob Smith, first year fair manager, said he shadowed Lane Parker who led the county event for the last few years. Now, Smith is working on the 146th annual Cache County Fair and Rodeo in Logan with the help of his co-chairman and wife MaCall.
The Rodeo starts on Wednesday with Family Night; they are offering five tickets for $75. Thursday is Suicide Awareness Night; Friday is Tough Enough to Wear Pink and Saturday is Patriotic Night. The rodeos begin at 8 p.m. The fair committee suggests not purchasing tickets from unauthorized sites.
Smith was pulling a rake behind his Kubota tractor smoothing out the sawdust on the livestock show room floor. Although this is Smith’s first year leading the county’s summer event, he is not a stranger to it.
“My six kids have been showing animals at the fair for 18 years and we have six years to go if our kids keep showing their animals,” the Trenton rancher said. “I’m still learning. There are a lot of great employees and volunteers that help pull it off every year.”
A lot of things are the same, but there are some new things people might enjoy.
“We have a large display panel in the show barn, people can see the kids and animals from the stands or watch the monitor” he said. “We also have a drone display people might find interesting.”
Smith said the livestock entries were up from last year. So far, they have 675 combined exhibitors, and have added an extra night of rodeo on Wednesday night.
Brown’s Amusements was setting up their rides, food booths, boardwalk games. Brown Amusements is from Prescot, Arizona and has entertained millions of fairgoers safely every year across Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming and Nevada.
“I think we have been going to the Cache County Fair for more than 20 years,” said Sherry Brown, who with her husband Danny owns the amusement company.
Many local eateries were preparing their food stands to feed hungry fair goers.
There is no charge to go to the fair and parking is also free. Rodeo tickets cost $15 to $25 depending on the seat. Carnival ride wrist bands for unlimited rides are $30 in advance or $35 at the gate.