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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,783 posts)
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:02 PM May 2020

Minnesota State Fair cancelled for this year.....What about other states?

What is happening in your state?

In the city of Rochester, we have 3 major people gathering events called off for 2020....
Down By The Riverside Summer concert series at Mayo Park
Rochesterfest.....city wide celebration
Thursdays on 1st and 3rd ( for several weeks from initial start in June until further nitice.)

Word on the Minnesota Renaissance Festival still out as well as our annual Science Fiction convention in Minneapolis. I suspect those will be called off as well. Both are HUGE people gathering events that make social distancing difficult. Minnesota has not peaked yet.

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Minnesota State Fair cancelled for this year.....What about other states? (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 OP
Colorado's is under review... Not scheduled until September, but.... hlthe2b May 2020 #1
They cancelled California's state fair. kimbutgar May 2020 #2
LA county fair cancelled, which is actually the largest fair in the country Demovictory9 May 2020 #6
Ohio is cancelled, too. nt luvs2sing May 2020 #3
When the Newport Jazz Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, Totally Tunsie May 2020 #4
No Calgary Stampede this year ironflange May 2020 #5
Burning Man cancelled Demovictory9 May 2020 #7
All large events in my state are cancelled... 2naSalit May 2020 #8
LA County Fair cancelled, Orange County Fair cancelled Initech May 2020 #9
I suspect they will all be canceled if they have not already. BannonsLiver May 2020 #10
What about Sturgis Bike Rally? Anyone from South Dakota? ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 #11
MO state fair still planned for August pstokely May 2020 #12

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
4. When the Newport Jazz Festival, the Newport Folk Festival,
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:22 PM
May 2020

the Charlestown Seafood Festival, the Blessing of the Fleet, and the Rhythm and Roots Festival are cancelled in Rhode Island, you know that COVID is a serious plight. We are shut down pretty much through year's end.

ironflange

(7,781 posts)
5. No Calgary Stampede this year
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:22 PM
May 2020

But it's not going to stop some from dressing Western and going on a week-long bender.

2naSalit

(86,509 posts)
8. All large events in my state are cancelled...
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:49 PM
May 2020

And the Governor isn't too excited to open three entrances to Yellowstone NP or Glacier NP either.

Initech

(100,059 posts)
9. LA County Fair cancelled, Orange County Fair cancelled
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:53 PM
May 2020

All events of any kind cancelled. This really fucking sucks. But then again it's better than getting COVID.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,783 posts)
11. What about Sturgis Bike Rally? Anyone from South Dakota?
Sat May 23, 2020, 02:54 PM
May 2020

Sturgis brings in close to 500,000 people from all over the country.

Perfect breeding ground for COVID-19 in July.

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