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 […]

Elliotts Amusements Route

Metro Bowl Spring Carnival 5141 S MLK
Lansing, MI 48911
April 8 – April 18
Northland Mall 21500 Northwester Hwy
Southfield, MI 48075 April 22 – May 2
Century Bowl 7345 Highland Rd
Waterford, MI 48327
May 13 – May 23
Sumpter Fest
Sumpter Facebook 23480 Sumpter Rd
Belleville, MI 48327 May 27 – May 31
St. Anselm’s 17650 West Outer Dr
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127 May 31 – June 6
Bavarian Fest Heritage Park on Weiss St.
Frankenmuth, MI June 10 – June 13
Shields 605 S. Miller Rd.
Shields, MI 48609 June 17 – June 20
Summerfest Island Park 333 N. Main
Mt. Pleasant 48858 June 24 – June27
Lake City M-55 Lake City, MI June 30 – July 4
Manchester Community Fair Vernon St.
Manchester, MI 48158 July 8 – July 10
Eaton County Fair 1025 South Cochran Ave
Charlotte, MI July 12 – July 17
Berlin Fair 2008 Berlin Fair Dr.
Marne, MI 49435 July 19 – July 24
Huron County Fair 501 Fair St.
Bad Axe, MI 48413 July 27 – July 31
Cass County Fair Cassopolis, MI August 2 – August 7
Kent County Fair 225 S. Hudson
Lowell, MI 49331 August 9 – August 14
Northern District Fair US 131 & 13th St.
Cadillac, MI 49601 August 16 – August 21
Oceana County Fair 1025 State St.
Hart, MI 49420 August 24 – August 28
Manistee County Fair 7587 1st St.
Onekema 49675 August 31 – September 5
St. Linus Fall Festival 6466 Evangeline
Dearborne Heights, MI September 10 – September 12
St. Rapheal’ s Fall Festival 31530 Beechwood
Garden City 48135 September 17 – September 19
St. Mary’s St. Claire, MI September 24 – September 26
Red Flannel Days Cedar Springs, MI October 1 – October 3
Goose Fest Fenneville, MI October 8 – October 10

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