County fairs and other celebrations started the downward spiral when they started focusing on 4H and other things a 12 year old would be interested in. In our county - and a LOT of counties - they have 4H class for them to enter. Of course, no one outside of 4H can enter in this class. The also have "open" class, where anyone can enter (including 4H'ers). Guess who always wins the "open" class...... Add to that the high cost of food, etc (small bag of cotton candy - $7), and it's no wonder people stop going. Most small towns simply cannot afford the cost of the shows, insurance, and low adult turnout.
Our county has a "festival" every October in connection with Missouri Statehood Day. They USED to have a tractor show, parade, band competition, vendors, and shows. Last year they cancelled the tractor show because the organizers wanted $25 a tractor to participate it that and the parade. Result: 4 tractors that did not get the message were there. The parade was missing a lot of entries because of it, too. They raised the cost of vendor spaces, so a lot stayed away. The band competition is still going strong, but that only brings more unsupervised 13 year olds to the event, thus bringing more vendors selling Chinese cr^p that a 13 year old is interested in. Food is outrageously expensive! A "Banty" turkey leg was selling for $7, until they decided to quit because people were complaining about them being smaller than chicken drums at the store. The town's diner loves it - they get a lot of business because people are starting to refuse to spend the money at the show, thus food vendors a starting to shy away.
All-in-all, adults are tire of high prices, fees, unsupervised kids, and Chinese junk, so it's no wonder things are dying....
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