{"id":61789,"date":"2015-05-14T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61789"},"modified":"2015-05-13T18:33:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T22:33:06","slug":"madison-county-fair-set-for-july-9-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61789","title":{"rendered":"Madison County Fair Set for July 9-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Madison-County-Fair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-61790\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Madison-County-Fair.jpg\" alt=\"Madison County Fair\" width=\"227\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Madison-County-Fair.jpg 227w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Madison-County-Fair-150x135.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>(Brookfield, NY &#8211; May 2015) The176th annual edition of the Madison County Fair will run July 9 through 12 with the 2015 theme \u201cWe\u2019ve Got a Good Thing Growing.\u201d \u00a0Plans are underway for some new shows, contest and surprises, along with the return of some old favorites.<\/p>\n<p>The Madison County Fair &amp; Bug Country (99.7 &amp; 101.1 FM) has teamed up to bring the award-winning Country Duo Montgomery Gentry to the Madison County Fair in Brookfield.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Fulton Chain Gang and Skeeter Creek will kick-off the show opening night, Thursday July 9 at 6 p.m. Visit www.bugcountry.com for ticket information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Demolition-derby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46444\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Demolition-derby.jpg\" alt=\"Demolition derby\" width=\"226\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Demolition-derby.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Demolition-derby-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>Returning grandstand favorites include the Demolition Derby with the Rollover Contest, along with the Truck and Tractor Pulling events.<\/p>\n<p>New shows that are included in $3 general admission will be a Freestyle BMX stunt show and<\/p>\n<p>the Commerford Petting Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>Cornell Cooperative Extension will be doing Conference Judging. There will be Eat Smart NY Demonstrations and a Meet Your Farmers Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Back by popular demand is The Frozen T Shirt Contest, an audience favorite \u201cBuffalo Barfield\u201d and Northernstar Productions will be hosting the 2nd Annual Karaoke Contest with a chance to win a blind audition on NBC\u2019s hit show \u201cThe Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Brookfield, NY &#8211; May 2015) The176th annual edition of the Madison County Fair will run July 9 through 12 with the 2015 theme \u201cWe\u2019ve Got a Good Thing Growing.\u201d \u00a0Plans are underway for some new shows, contest and surprises, along with the return of some old favorites. The Madison County Fair &amp; Bug Country (99.7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23679,16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}