Fairs across the U.S. draw crowds for carnival games, rides, fried food and to see the region's agricultural prowess.

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Washington Small Business Fair, known as BizFair, is taking place in Spokane for the second time. Typically held in Puyallup, this event offers small business owners a ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — A patron of the Spokane Interstate Fair expressed concerns this weekend as some indoor vendors and fairgoers reportedly did not wear masks. Kevin Humphrey, a fair regular ...

As fairs around the state are being canceled or moved online due to COVID-19, staff at the Spokane Interstate Fair ... according to the Washington State Fairs Association. Many of those ...

Spokanites can celebrate Pride and enjoy locally-made artwork during Spokane's upcoming First Friday! On June 6, Queer Art ...

President Nixon left his troubles in Washington ... clean this up and have a World's Fair here,' " says Jeanna Hofmeister, chief marketing officer with Visit Spokane. "And, indeed, they did." ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — It's going to be a different kind of summer in the Inland Northwest. Fairs, concerts and other summer festivities have been canceled or postponed across eastern Washington and ...

Fair leaders got pledges of $1.3 million in start-up money, mostly from Spokane businesses. The Washington Legislature provided nearly $12 million in state tax dollars to build the Washington ...

Butler Amusements Inc., which operates the rides, has had other injury-causing accidents in Washington and other Western states, but Spokane fair officials believe the rides are safe. "I'm very ...

Expo ’74 welcomed its 3 millionth visitor, just a few days after the fair’s midpoint ... From 100 years ago: The Spokane street superintendent promised an exciting new modern upgrade: paved ...

The day after Spokane's fair was canceled, the Benton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo did the same. Those two fairs joined more than 40 others that have canceled this year. In all, Washington has 65 state ...

Spokane was basking in its Salish name: Sp'q'n'i, "Children of the Sun." On May 4, 1974, provincial Spokane joined Seattle and Montreal, cities that hosted world's fairs. In "Spokane Motel Blues ...