Competitors keep a watchful eye on the judge, and their pigs, during the 2022 Grant County Fair. Receipts from the annual stock sale were the highest ever, according to fair officials.
October 3, 2022
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GC Fair attendance down from 2021, up from 2019
MOSES LAKE — Attendance at the 2022 Grant County Fair was lower than 2021, but higher than 2019. Fairgrounds Manager Jim McKiernan estimated about 68,000 people came through the gate over the 2022 fair’s five-day run. That was about 16% lower than the 2021 fair, but higher than 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. “Overall, the (2022) fair went very well,” McKiernan said. The annual stock sale, where 4-H and Future Farmers of America participants sell the animals they raised for competition, may have set a record. McKiernan said the sale generated about $876,000 for the participants.