Delta Fair and Music Festival

This year the fair was better than usual. More rides and more variety when it came to entertainment. Today I tried fried Oreos ! Very different but u have to try!

Awesome fair with something for everyone. Almost every type of show you could ask for.

I love fairs. LOVE them! I love to people watch; eat fair food; see the people riding rides, the crafts, the animals, even the commercial exhibits. The Delta Fair however, in most of these categories, was a big disappointment.
The people watching was five stars all the way. That’s where it goes downhill.
There wasn’t a huge variety in food vendors, it seemed like the same stuff over and over again. The Pronto Pup I had was stale. How is a corn dog at the fair unsold for so long that it goes stale? The prices? I could complain, but they weren’t out of the norm for carnival fare.
The rides seemed to be typical. They looked fun, and not too rickety. However, on the Musik Express (you know this one) they were playing the filthiest song that I have heard in recent times… More f-​bombs than I could count (talking about literal f-​ing, btw), the «singer» talking about all the different ways he would do his KKK neighbor’s daughter… Seriously! 75% of the people on the ride and in line were kids and their parents!
The prize-​winning entries were fun to look at, but they were all mixed up and not labelled as to what categories they were.
The animals at the petting zoo were 80% goats with a couple raggedy alpaca and a baby bison.
The commercial exhibits seemed to mostly be carry-​overs from the flea market that’s there every other weekend. One thing that you don’t see at the flea market? A girl getting a belly tattoo at a booth indoors. Nothing classier than that, if you ask me.
Overall, the Delta Fair was a letdown, I was sorry to find.

Ok for kids, dont like seeing the animals being mistreated and some riden on by men. Wont be back, too expensive also

I’m with Noelle on this one. I heard so much about this fair, and if I said I wasn’t excited to see monkeys riding dogs and people riding ostriches I would be lying. Then I arrived here. Those poor animals! I wanted to cry when they brought the monkeys out in silk pajamas and jockey outfits with huge chains around their necks. The dogs looked seriously confused, and it ended up not really being a race at all because they had to chain the two dogs together. I have to assume simply because they had no clue what was going on, and it cannot really be safe to have them entrusted to race a monkey to a finish line on their backs.
The ostriches were even worse. Grown men riding on their backs?! Even worse? Grown men being pulled in carts behind the large birds. Ugh! It killed me. All the while people hooting and hollering along the side lines. I couldn’t even bring myself to watch the pig wrestling. That would have brought me to tears. How is this entertainment?!
Animals aside– it cost us 9 bucks a head to get in here and 5 bucks to park. Every drink was no less than 3 bucks and one guy wanted to charge me 6 bucks for a hunk of chicken on a stick. No thanks. We were dying to try fried snickers and fried cookie dough. I could barely contain myself while waiting in that long line. We each had one bite and threw it away. FYI– cookie dough is awful deep fried and snickers taste stale and are the weirdest texture inside that gooey layered coating. The pronto pup? Its a superbly long corn dog. Nothing special, its just big and on a stick. And while I will argue that everything tastes better on a stick, this didn’t really live up to its hype. In fact, I was so seriously let down by the carnival food this year it was a little bit scary. I don’t know if I have outgrown my love of carnival food or if perhaps this carnival food just sucked big time.
We walked the entire length of this place– its huge. The only thing I couldn’t get is why it was so huge. It was the same 10 food and drink vendors and same 5 carnival games over and over and over and over. The rides? They have a ton. The real question is would I entrust a ride that is continually taken down and reassembled every 2 or 3 weeks in another state… by a carnie. I don’t know if you’ve ever gotten up close to a carnie, but most times they are a tad bit scary and smell like a mixture of smoke and liquor. I won’t be entrusting my family’s lives on the zipper or that large gravitational space ship in which the force sucks you to the wall and the bottom drops out. I’m good.
They do have some cool vendors inside a large building that is air conditioned, but it wasn’t worth the entrance fee or the hassle of parking and dealing with the crowds. I probably won’t be back to this fair– or any fair for that matter– simply because it still breaks my heart to see those ostriches, monkeys and dogs in my head.

I’m with the previous posters regarding the food — it’s awesome.
However, I’m one of those ‘crazy animal lovers’. So, really, ‘pig wrestling’? Where a bunch of people form teams to chase and grapple with a pig that has no real concept of what’s going on, other than a pile-​on. Inhumane, sorry. Combine that with the ostrich racing, rodeo, and the pig racing — you’d have to work hard to convince me that those poor animals are having a good time. And tractor pulls?
There’s music and magic shows, but the lack of concern for the animals sours the experience for me.

The Delta Fair and Music Festival is pretty new to the Mid-​South, but since the beloved Mid-​South Fair has left our fairgrounds, the Delta Fair picks up where it left off.
It’s held at the Agricenter, which is a great spot for such an event. Admission prices really aren’t too bad ($ 9 for adults, $ 5 for kids, and 4 and under free), but wristbands for unlimited rides will run you about $ 20 no matter the age.
You’ll find the most awesome fried fair food– THE #1 reason I ever go to the fair. Pronto pups, funnel cakes, turkey legs= yum.
In addition to the rides and concerts (featuring Memphis’ own American Idol Alexis Grace), you’ll see livestock, a petting zoo, sea lion shows, rodeos and the Delta Fair Beauty Pageant.
One must-​see this year? The Banana Derby. What is that, you may ask? Oh, only monkeys riding on dogs. That’s right, monkeys and dogs, people. I can’t wait.

Yeah, it’s almost fair time! Late summer in the Mid-​South has always meant going to the fair for me and now that I have kids of my own it is so much fun. The Delta Fest makes it even better because it’s at a great venue and offers a lot of events, activities, rides and attractions for families.
This years Delta Fest is September 3 – 12. I’ll be there to enjoy a foot long corn, all things fried (they have fried Oreos, Snickers, Twinkies, you name it we fry it in the south) and the rides. They have fun events too– last year we loved watching the pig wrestling contest.
It’s also a music fest and they draw some really good acts– Alexis Grace, David Archuleta and Starship. They have meet and greets where you can meet tween TV actors. I noticed that Sam from ICarly will be there this year. Last year it was another Tween star and it was packed. If you go to see Sam get there early and get in line, otherwise you will be waiting awhile in the heat.