Florida Fair News South Florida Fair announces 2018 theme
As the old adage goes, Everybody loves a parade!” That’s exactly what South Flor- ida Fair organiz- ers learned after receiving
so
much positive feedback regard- ing this year’s Mardi Gras-
themed parades as part of its New Orleans theme. The response was so favorable that the fair has decided to make its entire 2018 theme all about parades. Each day during the 17-day run of the fair, a famous parade from
around the world will be featured. After this year’s fair, patrons took to Facebook to suggest some of their most loved parades, which helped the fair determine what parades it plans to include. The specific parades will be revealed closer to fair time, which will run from Jan. 12-28, 2018. The floats will include upbeat music, colorful costumes and authenti-
cally decorated Mardi Gras floats, which also will be on display in the “Magical Parades” exhibition. The fair also will showcase displays from other notable parades. The parades also will include the fair’s two signature “Bike Nite” parades, which typically attract more than 250 bikers riding an assort-
ment of two and three-wheeled motorcycles. Guests lined the fair’s streets during last year’s Mardi Gras parades, not only to see the floats and experience the festivities but they also hoped to catch one of the string of beads being thrown out by float riders. The fair will continue its tradition of hosting an award-winning agri-
culture and livestock program featuring more than 1,000 exhibitors from over 30 Florida counties, world-class ice skating performances daily, four stages of music and entertainment, a historic Yesteryear Village, and over 200 rides, games and attractions. The best in fried foods and other tasty, exotic treats also will continue to be a main draw for many fairgoers.
This year marks the 16th anniversary of Fright Nights at the South Flori- da Fairgrounds. The event, which opened Fri., Oct. 6, and continued every Thursday, Friday and Saturday through Oct. 28. Fright Nights started in a tent on the fairgrounds in 2002, was joined by “The Manor” haunters from Clematis in 2003, and eventually grew into the 40,000 square foot Agriplex and two acres of land on the fairgrounds, where it resides today. Over the years, Fright Nights has evolved into a carnival of terror that offers four new haunted houses each year. In addition, the event includes scare zones, food, entertainment and midway carnival rides, which makes Fright Nights the largest “Scream Park” in West Palm Beach!
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