Erie County Agricultural Society

I think there's a rodeo out in the hinterlands in Jerry, New York.

And you've got the fair, Erie County Fair.

You've got the other counties of Western New York that put on fairs.

Just so many, many events.

Well, I just, I like to, I do the triple crown in New York, I like to call it.

And it's the Dutchess County Fair, it's the Erie County Fair, which is just south of Buffalo.

That's a big one.

It's a very big one.

Village of Lancaster retailers interested in participating can contact Karen, P-E-N-Z-I-U-L of Lancaster, Unleashed, at 716-225-2745 or LancasterUnleashed at gmail.com. All funds raised support the ongoing operating costs of the off-leash Como Lake Bark Park located in Erie County's Como Lake Park.

Local talent shines at Erie County Fair competitions.

Area residents recognized for baking, photography, and other creative talents.

Hamburg, New York, from prize-winning pies and breads to photographs that caught a judge's eye, residents from across the region brought home top honors from the 2026 Erie County Fair's competitive exhibits.

Exhibitors from Alden, Alma, West Falls, and South Wales were among those recognized with some of their fair's highest awards and competitions, celebrating creativity, craftsmanship, and culinary skill.

In Alden, Cindy Lueke earned a tricolor award for pie baking in the culinary arts competition.

Exhibitors of all ages compete for awards throughout the fair.

While the fair draws thousands of visitors for its midway, food and entertainment, the competitive exhibits offer another long-standing tradition, an opportunity for residents to showcase talents and hobbies developed at home, in the garden, kitchen, workshop or studio.

County Fair winners.

Several South Town residents earned top honors in the 2026 Erie County Fair competition that included fine arts, photography, needlework, the culinary creations, woodworking, horticulture, agriculture, and more.

Almost 10,000 entries were submitted this year.

Local winners in the adult categories included canned goods, outstanding sauce, Nancy Coggle from Orchard Park, culinary arts, dry color, bread, Michelle Guans from South Wales, Photography, Professional Photography, Tricolor, and Best of Class, William Andes from West Seneca.

Most of the time, most of the local sports media act as if they're members of the team's public relations staff.

It often seems as if they report on the team like they're covering the Erie County Fair or the Chicken Wing Festival.

Diehard fans have to go non-local Media sites like Tyler Dunn's online go long to get real reporting on the bills.

Lately, there has been much written about the so-called, quote, French Sunday, a lifestyle trend that emphasizes rest, relaxation, and family time on that day.

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erie county erie county fairs impact lower prices more scholarships and a million pound milestone this is written by deidre williams who's a new staff reporter Organizers of the 186th Erie County Fair at the Hamburg Fairgrounds are reflecting on what was accomplished and what they learned over the fair's 12-day run in August.

And what they saw was encouraging, they said.

The fair's newly released impact report looks at what the annual event means for Western New York beyond its rides and entertainment.

A market for young people raising livestock, a source of college scholarships, and a major food collection for families in need.

This year, youth market animal auctions raised more than $513,000, scholarship awards reached $128,000, and opening day food donations pushed the fair's partnership with Feed More Western New York past one million pounds collected since 2013.

The 2026 Erie County Fair was a strong example of protecting the traditions people love while continuing to make the fair more accessible, more welcoming, and safer for everyone who joins us, said the Erie County Fair CEO Jessica Underberg.

To that end, admission prices were lowered, early bird pricing was introduced, free parking was offered, and free admission continued for children 12 and under.

Is that would you say that's accurate?

Yeah, I think I think when we left the Erie County Fair.

You didn't even say what the tradition is.

Oh, yeah.

Let's get into it.

So, last year, we went to the Erie County Fair.

And this year, we looked at the concert list and said, yeah, we need to see this one.

I did not

Okay.

I believe the Erie County Fair is done.

In other community news, Hamburg leaders stressed the importance of education since the formation of the town.

School starts soon for local children, I guess it already has started, and buses will take them to frontier and Hamburg central schools in bright classrooms with plenty of amenities.