I worked there 15+ years ago and last visited the Big Fresno Fair about 5 years ago and not much had changed. 2023 was different! Most of the Agriculture seems to have taken a less prominent part of the fair. New vendors and exhibitions seem to be more of the focus, but in my opinion seemed to bring things closer to now and less of then.. I didn't grow up in the valley so farming was never a game stopper for me, but the museums and exhibits on display was clean and informative and had clearly had some attention since my last visit, it made the whole experience feel more modern and made me pay more attention to what information they were offering. I learned more about the AG culture and history than I have while living here for 17 years. Food and drink was expensive but to be expected for the type of venue but an overall improvement from past visits. Security was efficient and not intrusive so a good time...
Read moreCompletely disappointed in the Fresno Fair this year 2024. They encourage you to purchase parking passes online, along with your fair tickets. The parking pass has a specific parking lot you must park in, in order to use the parking pass. Once we arrived at the designated parking lot, we were told the employees do not have scanners to scan the mobile tickets. They refused our tickets forcing us to pay for parking! FRESNO FAIR IS RUNNING A HUGE ONLINE PARKING PASS SCAM! How much money did you make on people double paying for parking?! The office we were directed to go to for a refund was CLOSED. You are SCAMMING people and making money with our hard earned cash. Maybe we need to look into the Big Fresno Fair and get to the bottom of this. I wonder what...
Read moreIt was my first time coming to the big fresno fair. Extremely overpriced. Food and drinks tasted terrible and were expensive. Worst funnel cake and strawberry lemonade i have ever had. We had a chicken basket portions small. Ribs were okay, very inconsistent, not worth the price. Kids couldn't really get on rides. Overall, it's not worth the expensive. It's cheaper to travel to...
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