Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition

For the 1960 German film, see The Fair (film).

Entrance into the fairground.

The Fair Expo Center.

The Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition, Inc. (The Fair), located in Miami, Florida, is known as one of Miami-Dade County’s largest annual family attractions.^{[citation needed]} The fair is held by a private board of directors, and is a non-profit organization. It attracts nearly 600,000 visitors each year. The fair offers close to 100 rides, 50 games, 170 food vendors, close to 50,000 student and adult exhibits, 130 merchandise shops, competitions, the World of Agriculture, an ice show and circus.

It is located in southwest Miami at the Fair Expo Center on Coral Way (SW 24th St) at 112th Avenue and offers free parking as well as VIP parking for a fee.

The 60th Annual Fair will take place from March 17th, to April 3rd, 2011.

Prices

The Fair offers unlimited rides for $25 on Monday-Friday.

The Entrance to the Fair costs $10. If you arrive before 5PM, it is a reduced price of $5. The first day of the Fair is $5 entrance all day.

Multi-Day Admission - $25, Good for admission once per day, EVERY day, to The Fair.

Ultimate Live Experience - $50, includes:

• Meet & Greet with the artist
• 1 Admission Ticket to The Fair
• 16 Ride Tickets
• Plus an Ultimate LIVE! Seat with Access Pass

Concerts & Events

There are also free live concerts & events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of each week.

In 2011 this included Mr. C & The Cha Cha Slide, Chino Y Nacho, Luis Enrique, FCW Stars & WWE Wrestling, Sid the Science Kid, The Ready Set, Natalie Grant, Jerry Rivera, The Dirty Sock Funtime Band, Paper Tongues, and Ricky C.

Food

There are many foods that bring visitors to the fair each year. Some are classics, while others are quite new.

Rides

There are many rides at the fair, This includes:

• The Crazy Mouse
• Freak Out
• The Avalanche
• Ring of Fire
• Skater
• Bumper Cars
• Space Roller
• Himalaya
• Swing Tower
• Space Roller
• Scorpion
• Tornado
• Thunderbolt
• Fireball
• Inverter
• Rainbow
• Mega Drop
• Orbiter
• Spinout
• Polar Express
• Twister
• Power Surge
• Sizzler
• Big Wheel
• Log Flume
• Zipper
• Spider
• Tilt
• Yo-Yo
• Horror Mansion
• Disco

Scholarships

To this day, The Fair has presented over $2 million in scholarships to high school graduates to help them financially with their goals for college education. Seniors are eligible for scholarships if enrolled in public or private schools within Miami-Dade County, but home-schooled students may also apply.^{[citation needed]}

The non-renewable $2,000 scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors at an award ceremony during The Fair. With the scholarship, they can attend an accredited college, university, or trade school.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• The Fair