Here Are All Dates For The Last of The Capital Region Fairs

This is the final week for the Capital Region fairs. Check out the ones that run this week. Here is a guide to the final fairs, dates, and what they offer.

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Columbia County Fair

The Columbia County Fair is from August 28th through September 2nd in Chatham. The fair opens at noon on the first day and at 10 am the rest of the fair days. Enjoy games, rides, demolition derbies, live music, food, and more. To get the full schedule and tickets click HERE.

Columbia County Fair Facebook Page

Schaghticoke Fair

In its 205th year and the third oldest fair, The Schaghticoke Fair runs from August 28th through September 2. Check out the horse shows, rides, food, a midway, live music, and more. It's $2 Day on opening day and to get more details, click HERE.

Schaghticoke Fair Facebook page

Fonda Fair

The 183rd annual Fonda Fair will run from August 28th through September 2nd. This fair has livestock, demolition derbies, tractor pulls, rides, a midway, food, and more. To get the full schedule and ticket information, click HERE.

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Lainey Wilson Shatters Record at New York State Fair

Before last night, when we last saw country star Lainey Wilson in Upstate New York, she was an "opener" on the Morgan Wallen show last July at SPAC. Wilson had a few big hits under her cowgirl belt at the time, but she was nowhere near the superstar she is just one year later.

While on tour with MW last summer, she wasn't even the "main" opening act, that spot was reserved for Hardy.

Needless to say, since then her rise has been meteoric.

With a starring role on the hit TV show Yellowstone, smash hits "Wait in the Truck" with Hardy, and "Heart Like a Truck", TV commercials, viral TikToks, and a new album, it's no wonder the breakout artist of 2022 is slaying it 2023!

On Wednesday, the bell bottom-wearin', country song beltin' superstar smashed the attendance record at the Great New York State Fair, Lainey Wilson drew 53,200 people, shattering the attendance record for a state fair concert. The previous high was 43,000 set by Nelly at last year's fair.

Ahead of Thursday night's show with Eric Church at SPAC, our fantastic resident photographer Claude Sawyer snapped these images of Wilson during her record-setting performance in Syracuse. Enjoy!

Gallery Credit: Brian Cody TSM Albany

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