Carnytown presents

The Outdoor Amusement Business Magazine

These pages will contain momentos of the now defunct Amusement Business Magazine, once know as The Billboard. It was long considered the Bible of Show Business. The internet, blogs and social networking has made this historical magazine unnecessary...but we do miss the excitement of getting our personal issue every week.
  • Bridgeport Field Days - a set on Flickr September 4, 2010
    Bridgeport Field Days via www.flickr.com […]
  • Minnesota State Fair Opening Day 2010 September 4, 2010
    Minnesota State Fair Opening Day 2010 via rockopilot.com […]
  • Allentown Fair: Carnival games rated - mcall.com September 3, 2010
    A reader suggested last year that I do a tour of the Allentown Fair carnival games, with warnings and recommendations. I decided this was a good idea. It's a scientific fact that the fastest way to a girl's heart, not counting a tattoo, is to win her a giant stuffed panda. As the Dr. of Love, it's my duty to help. So I embarked Thursday aftern […]
  • L.A. County Fair begins 23-day run Saturday - The Daily Breeze September 3, 2010
    The 88th edition of the Los Angeles County Fair begins its 23-day run at Fairplex in Pomona Saturday with a human body display, a circus, ice sculptures and food trucks among the new attractions. Our Body: The Universe Within, is a display of more than 30 human specimens and organs showing the inner workings of the human body. This is the first time the exhi […]
  • Circus Model Builders, Inc. September 3, 2010
    Ladies and Gentlemen, girls and boys of all ages, welcome to the internet home of the Circus Model Builders, Inc. Founded in 1936, the craftspeople of the CMB have been preserving the great American circus through their models. On our site you will find modeling tips and tricks, pictures of real and model circuses, accurate and up-to-date circus news, plans […]
  • State Report Blames Operator Error For Amusement Park Injury - Madison News Story - WISC Madison September 3, 2010
    MADISON, Wis. -- State Department of Commerce officials released a report on Thursday that blames operator error for the accident that injured a girl at the Extreme World amusement park in Wisconsin Dells last month. Teagan Marti, 12, of Parkland, Fla., was hurt after she fell about 100 feet to the ground on the Terminal Velocity ride at the Extreme World am […]
  • Utah State Fair goes smoke-free September 3, 2010
    For the first time in its 155-year history, the Utah State fair is going smoke-free. Utah State Fair spokeswoman Denise Allen says fair organizers adopted a nonsmoking policy because of second-hand smoke health concerns. She says many public events and venues are adopting similar policies. To accommodate fair-goers who do smoke, Allen say some areas of the U […]

Memories of San Diego Fair are front and center


Memories Are Front and Center with the Solid Gold Series at the 2010 San Diego County Fair

“Feel Good” Music from the 1960s and 1970s featured

DEL MAR, CA (May 6, 2010) — The Solid Gold Series brings to the San Diego County Fair the music of performers who first achieved fame during the 1960s and 1970s. These Thursday shows are free with Fair admission, and there is no reserved seating. These shows also are part of the Paddock Concert Series, each Thursday at 9 p.m.

Shows begin at 2 p.m. on the Paddock Stage. Artists are subject to change.
The artists are:
June 17 – The Temptations Review, featuring Dennis Edwards
June 24 – The Grass Roots
July 1 – The Spinners

The 2010 San Diego County Fair is presented by Albertsons|Sav-on.

The San Diego County Fair is the largest annual event in San Diego County and the sixth largest fair in the United States, drawing more than 1.2 million visitors each year. The 2010 San Diego County Fair will run for 22 days opening Friday, June 11 and closing on Monday July 5. (The fair will be closed the first three Mondays, June 14, 21 and 28). Gates open daily at 11 a.m., Tuesday – Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and Monday, July 5. Admission is $13 for adults; $7 for ages 6-12 and 62 and older; and free for ages 5 and younger. Go to www.sdfair.com/fair.

The 22nd District Agricultural Association is a State of California agency that owns and operates the Del Mar Fairgrounds, Surfside Race Place, Horsepark Equestrian Center and the Del Mar Golf Center. The 22nd DAA produces five events each year: The San Diego County Fair, the Del Mar National Horse Show, Professional Bull Riding (PBR), The Scream Zone and Holiday of Lights. The Fairgrounds hosts more than 350 events annually, the largest of which is the live horse racing meet each summer, which is operated by the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club for the 22nd DAA and the State of California. For more information, visit www.sdfair.com

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