Eastern States Exposition
Non-Profit organization in West Springfield, MassachusettsWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
Allison RehnborgHOST
So if you get to Equine Affair and you go, "Well, I didn't know that was happening," you have no excuse, because you need to follow the Facebook.
Allison RehnborgHOST
So first, I'm doing a trail guide series, and that's just sort of going building by building the grounds of the Eastern States Expo, kind of telling you, "This is what's in this location.
Allison RehnborgHOST
Here's what you should check out.
Allison RehnborgHOST
Here's what you can't miss.
TomHOST
Zeus, tell us about your excursion.
ZeusHOST
Yeah, I got to see Alice Cooper at the Big E Arena [laughs] in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
TomHOST
I think the more exciting thing is that you're alive to come home and tell us about it.
ZeusHOST
The car theft capital of New England.
ZeusHOST
Little did he know-
TomHOST
Yeah
ZeusHOST
... that this was part of the Big E-
TomHOST
Yep
Clark WoodmanseeGUEST
Um [laughs] uh, this would've been only a few years into it, and a neighbor of mine had a, a three-year-old, a senior three-year-old that was very big and very woody, and I decided to take her to Madison.
Clark WoodmanseeGUEST
It's shown at, at the Big E. I don't know if you've heard this story.
Tim AbbottHOST
[laughs] Bet I haven't.
Peggy CoffeenHOST
[laughs]
Paul ScanlonGUEST
That was a big part of it.
Paul ScanlonGUEST
The Big E in America was a big part of retirement.
Ruth MedjberHOST
The Big what? It's
Paul ScanlonGUEST
a big fair in America, in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the Irish are going there since it started.
StratusHOST
Yes.
StratusHOST
You are in the final, final stretch of your Big E Garlic Fest 1, 2.
D. ScrufflesHOST
This is the Garlic Fest.
D. ScrufflesHOST
This is a big one.
StratusHOST
Yeah.
D. ScrufflesHOST
The Big E's big 'cause-
StratusHOST
Bethlehem, right
D. ScrufflesHOST
... it's like 10 days.
JohnGUEST
I'm actually talking to a distributor in Massachusetts.
JohnGUEST
We're gonna be at the Big E this year.
Buddy ThayerHOST
Nice.
Ed PatenaudeHOST
Oh, there you go.
32 MINS LATER
JohnGUEST
I know they go to Maine, and I think, I think they go down to all the way to Pennsylvania.
JohnGUEST
Um, don't quote me on that.
JohnGUEST
But, you know, I, I'm not big enough that I can necessarily go out and do stuff, and they help us out tremendously.
JohnGUEST
Um, you know, we can piggyback on their truck sometimes going to the distributor-
Jeremy PowersHOST
I can say kind of
StephenHOST
along the lines of this news is when I went to the fair in Connecticut, the Big E, there were so many AI signs.
StephenHOST
And I know it's because a lot of vendors just wanted to get their prices up and what they were selling really quick.
StephenHOST
So they quickly put it into AI.
46 MINS LATER
StephenHOST
And you see that a lot in iterations of it.
StephenHOST
You see it a lot in speed runs of it.
StephenHOST
And one big example is to its very slight detriment because it is a really good game.
StephenHOST
Resident Evil nine has that issue for me where like I can go back and play Resident Evil four because there's just something familiar about it that always feels really good.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
Hopefully, Hank Ballard received some royalties from that one from Chubby Checker.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
Chubby is alive and 85, and was recently performing at the Big E again this year.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
Man just doesn't stop.
DJ Pup DaddyHOST
Sadly, Hank Ballard left us in 2003 at the age of 75.
Christian DeluzioHOST
But, but one thing I do wanna talk about a little bit, 'cause I know we're gonna have a, a good opening segment today.
Christian DeluzioHOST
Um, we had the Big E last week.
Christian DeluzioHOST
Eric-
Jesus PereiraHOST
How'd that go?
Christian DeluzioHOST
It was fantastic.
Christian DeluzioHOST
And I really wanna give credit where credit is due.
Christian DeluzioHOST
The, the Big E Military Appreciation Day happened the same time as the POW Remembrance Day nationwide on the 18th.
Christian DeluzioHOST
And the, the executive office really made a big deal out of it, and I thought it was a great decision.
Will CainHOST
At number five is the Iowa State Fair with 1.1 million visitors.
Will CainHOST
At number four, The Big E, as it's called, in Massachusetts.
Tim YoungGUEST
Wow.
Will CainHOST
1.15 million visitors.
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