Joe LaGuardia: Always Fair

State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets Darrel Aubertine was preaching to the choir while speaking at the State Fair Grandstand on Aug. 24 when he said, “More than anyone else...

I Want My Maple!

New York Maple Producers sells foods featuring the sticky stuff inside the Horticulture Building

The State Fair is home to all of New York’s official flavors. Homegrown agricultural products start with wine, produced in the Finger Lakes, western counties and Long Island, that’s sipp

Urban Renewal

Keith Urban’s dynamite live show highlights the State Fair’s country concert slate

Country-flavored acts cover a lot of ground on New York State Fair stages this year, providing a taste of the wide variety of what’s being called country these days. Two Grandstand performers

Special Needs

Fair Essentials sells items you didn’t realize you needed until you got to the Fair

If Mom left her purse home or Dad forgot to check his list before loading the kids into the car, your day at the State Fair doesn’t have to be ruined. You can find sunscreen, diapers, ponchos

Top of the Pops

The free musical offerings at Chevy Court keep the State Fair turnstiles rotating

Fritter worked the midday State Fair crowd in front of the Center of Progress on Aug. 31, 2011, the Muppet-like monster playing for laughs with antics and posing, hugging kids against his furr

BRAIN STORMS

Trivia nights explode as closet nerds f ind a means to socialize at local clubs

Who wrote the song “Georgia On My Mind”? What famous Native American leader was known to his people as Goyathlay? Who holds the Syracuse Chiefs’ career home run record?

Thunder Canyon

Nearing a two-decade milestone, Matt Chase and Thunder Canyon keep burning up the state’s turnpikes

LaGuardia Idea Takes Off

Show for Joe

The best tribute to former State Fair official Joe LaGuardia is to name the Grandstand stage for him

Twin portraits of bandleader and music educator Stan Colella hang above the stage at the New York State Fair’s Chevrolet Court in recognition of his many years of service as the Fair’s m

Garden State