The private group will pay 17 million to build the site, and the city will pay for infrastructure.

An employee from the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair suffered life threatening injuries Saturday evening, according to JFRD.

The Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair is getting ready for its opening on Thursday evening, and crews at the fairgrounds are working hard to make the yearly event a success.

The fair fun officially begins Thursday night when the gates open to eager fairgoers waiting to experience new rides and eat good food.

The Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair is getting ready for its opening on Thursday evening, and crews at the fairgrounds are working hard to make the yearly event a success.

The Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair will reopen at 3 p.m. Friday after Tropical Storm Nicole forced the fair to close for two days this week.

The Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair will now be closed Wednesday due to Tropical Storm Nicole, fair officials announced.

Among the closures and major schedule changes in preparation for Nicole, the Jacksonville Veterans Day Parade and breakfast on Friday will not take place, Mayor Lenny Curry announced Tuesday.

Happy Sunday! It’s been a beautiful fall day across the first coast!

Gayle Hart joined us to talk about the Jacksonville Fair. The Fair’s website explains that The Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair is the largest fair/festival in northeast Florida and is currently ranked 47th in the United States by Amusement Business . The fair has an estimated economic impact on Duval County in excess of $10 million. The impact to the City of Jacksonville through lease revenues, and revenues from parking during the 12 days of the fair is annually in excess of $195,000.

The 2021 Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair is back!

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – At a time when we are starting to see some signs of Jacksonville’s reopening at schools and football games and bars, COVID-19 is now forcing a major event in the city to be canceled — The Greater Jacksonville Agriculture Fair. Some people like Tajanae Hamilton who like to attend the fair with her family say it seems unfair to cancel the fair. “I think that’s really sad. And it’s because of the pandemic that the CEO and President of the fair Bill Olson says they have to cancel this year’s event. While the fair is canceled for this year, there are plans to bring it back in November of 2021.