Beyond fund rides and great food, the Southwest, Florida and Lee County Fair celebrates and shares the importance of agriculture and education and our ever changing world.

Now in its 92nd year, we're so happy to share details on this year's fair.

Now only hours away.

Franco Crone is the fair manager and frank Circuses, the fair chairman, both join us this morning to give us details.

Good morning.

Welcome back.

You guys ready?

We're literally hours away is hours away.

All right, so give us details.

Let's start with you.

Free.

Open tomorrow at five with sneak peek.

Thursday it'll be $15 right bands.

That's your gate admission and your eyes.

And then we have specials all through the week listed on our website and in a brochure.

Yeah, it's pretty cool, because, really, whatever kind of your family needs our however many days you want to go, there is a package there for you.

Is that kind of the best way to go online and figure out?

Yes, if you like.

Your best deal is Yes, ma'am.

If you go online, you can get advanced tickets.

A discounted rate in that way.

You also skipped the line at the ticket booth, even go straight in to the scanners and have more time.

They get in and enjoy the fare.

Well, you know, I kind of hinted at the beginning of it.

Frank.

What?

I love about it, too.

Yes, there's fun rides.

And yes, there's great food.

But the agriculture part of this kind of explain the link to that and why it's so important to have a fair like this again.

And it's nine.

The 2nd 2 year.

Yes, livestock was a big part of the fair, and we have a lot of great livestock exhibits.

The kids do a great job, but they're raising their animals for the fair.

And we have livestock shows two out the whole week and then a big sale of market animals on the last Saturday of the fair.

What do you think?

It's important to make sure that you know this is a part of the fair, and we get families out there to kind of see what's going on and see what's happening.

It's very important for our community to be able to see what these Children, besides the Children gaining the responsibility and all the work and effort it puts into it, opening up to our community that may not have a chance to spend time with an animal like that or see what's behind the scenes of raising livestock and raising animals well.

And you really need to go online again and kind of see what the details are.

When you guys brought a Bush there is like I mean, it's, like, endless.

I feel I don't know how you guys were gonna keep up with everything.

It is busy.

Our schedule is very packed.

Look at that.

That's our flyer.

You can pick those up locations around town.

And there is after actually something to do every day.

Yeah, So you've got to go on your shows as well.

I know there's this pirate show that you guys are excited about.

We have free entertainment.

Throughout the 11 days we have the high wire pirate show.

There's the Eudora Petting Zoo.

We have an illusion illusion show this year.

Oh, Banana Derby is back yet.

Banana Derby explains that The one with the monkeys?

Yes, I love it.

I lace around the little track.

Yeah, well, and talk about.

We talk about the livestock and the kids there, but I know that different schools how many schools are involved with this, too?

I mean, I know it represents a lot of Southwest Florida Does we do a competent and exhibit competition with the schools?

And we have 77 schools participating this year.

Their boots are judged, and then after the fair, we will present the winning two at the principal's meeting.

All right, there's also a hay bale decorating contest as well.

Again, you've thought of it all tried, Thio.

So again it opens tomorrow.

Hey, where's this located?

Tell people where it's at that.

It's a place where they know in love already, right?

It's best to the same.

Let's right out of our lease Civic Center of Fairgrounds.

And it's right on the corner of Highway 78 on Highway 31.

Parking Pretty easy, very large parking lot.

Easy to get in and out of free parking free part.

We like that.

All right.

So as we close here, though, that website tell people to go to the website because that's probably their best kind of option.

Figure out when they want to go what they want to dio.

Everything's on the Web and don't miss the opportunity to purchase your mega passes in advance.

That's the great way to get your entrance and your rides available.

Our hayloft on Palm Beach Boulevard Williams Hardware on Palm Beach Boulevard.

Or, like we said, go to the website.

Do all your pre purchased tickets online?

Awesome.

Well, I have a two year old in a three year old that we can't wait to take, So, yeah, we're gonna have to look it again and figure out there's so much to do.

I don't know.

We're gonna narrow it down.

We're looking forward to seeing you.

All right.

Thank you so much.

We're gonna let you guys go because I know you've got a I got a lot.

Just kind of tie.

It loosened.

You can do it.

Works.

All right, We'll see you all next week.

Thank you.

And, of course, for more info, head to our website as well.

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