Evergreen State Fair in Monroe is cancelled for 2020

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MONROE — For the first time since World War II, the Evergreen State Fair has been cancelled for 2020 — four months before the gates would have opened.

Fair officials had held out hope that the event, attended annually by about 350,000 people, could proceed as scheduled Aug. 27 to Sept. 7. But they made the call this week that it could not meet safety guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fair manager Jeremy Husby said organizers considered holding the fair while enforcing social distancing.

“It didn’t seem possible,” he said.

The event brings in roughly $30 million over 12 days, Husby said. That loss of income will deal a harsh blow to county tourism revenue and to the more than 200 vendors that rely on the fair for income.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/evergreen-state-fair-in-monroe-is-cancelled-for-2020/

[samnsara]

1. still waiting for the Ellensburg Fair and Rodeo to be cancelled...its in Sept too..