WOSU News » state fair http://wosu.org/2012/news Your All Day NPR News Station Wed, 22 May 2013 19:41:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Your All Day NPR News Station WOSU News no Your All Day NPR News Station WOSU News » state fair http://wosu.org/2012/news/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://wosu.org/2012/news Concerts, Fried Food Return To State Fairgrounds http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/07/25/concerts-fried-food-return-to-state-fairgrounds/ http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/07/25/concerts-fried-food-return-to-state-fairgrounds/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:21:09 +0000 The Associated Press http://wosu.org/2012/news/?p=32535 Unusual food flavors, live music and even a hypnotist will be part of the Ohio State Fair this year.

The entertainment begins Wednesday and will include live performances, arts and crafts, and new takes on old food staples, including funnel cakes that taste like pumpkin spice, chocolate brownie and pineapple-upside-down cake.

Concerts at this year’s fair include shows from Merle Haggard, Chicago, Kansas, the Doobie Brothers, Gavin McGraw, and Jason Aldean.

Lincoln Park, a former housing project on the far south side of Columbus.

Fair officials announced Tuesday that this year’s butter sculpture will be a birthday cake celebrating Columbus’ bicentennial.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is scheduled to deliver opening remarks. Other events scheduled will include a stuntman trying to jam people into a 6-foot latex balloon for a world record and a singing competition modeled after “American Idol.”

More than 830,000 people visited the fair last year at the Ohio Expo Center. It runs through Aug. 5.

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