Tennessee Valley Fair Informations

The Tennessee Valley Fair(Tennessee Valley Agricultural and Industrial Fair) is an annual regional fair held in Knoxville, Tennessee at Chilhowee Park and Exposition Center. The Tennessee Valley Fair takes place every September and lasts ten days. The Tennessee Valley Fair is a non-profit organization that exists to celebrate and promote agricultural heritage, family values, and individual life skills in our community with an emphasis on youth development activities through exhibits, tours and the funding of scholarships. The Tennessee Valley Fair showcases traditions of the past, emphasizes ingenuity in Tennessee through the products of the present and supports the vision of the future in the areas of agriculture, trade, and industry. The Tennessee Valley Fair will celebrate its 100th Fair in 2019.

The precursor to the Tennessee Valley Fair was the Appalachian Exposition of 1910 and 1911. After the success of the two Appalachian Expositions, organizers saw an opportunity for an even larger event, and the National Conservation Exposition was held in 1913. After, the organizers saw a need for a yearly fair and the first East Tennessee Division Fair was held in 1916. The Fair was not held in 1917 or 1918 due to influenza outbreak but began again in 1919. The fair was later rechartered as a non-profit organization and renamed the Tennessee Valley Agricultural and Industrial Fair in 1932 - the 1933 fair was the first Fair operating under the new name. The Fair has been held every year since 1910 except for 1912, 1914-1915, 1917-1918, and 1942-1945. The Tennessee Valley Fair is celebrating 100 years in 2019.

1910 - 1911 Appalachian Exposition1913 National Conservation Exposition1916 East Tennessee Division Fair1919 - 1932 East Tennessee Division Fair1933 - 1941 Tennessee Valley Agricultural and Industrial Fair1946 - Present Tennessee Valley Agricultural and Industrial Fair

4-H, Arts and Crafts, Barn Quilts, Cakes Breads and Pies, Canning, Cheerleading and Dance, Chili Cook-Off, Confections, Cornhole Tournament, Crazy Cakes and Baby Bouquets, Decorated Cakes Cupcakes and Cake Pops, Doll Show, Fairy Garden, FCCLA, FFA, Fine Arts, Flower Show, Giant Growing, Girl Scouts, Graphic Design, Holiday and Special Craft, Honey Show, Horticulture, HOSA, Ice Cream Eating, Jewelry, LEGO Build, LEGO Extravaganza, LEGO SUMO-Bot, Medal of Honor Photography, Needle Work, One-Pot Meal Challenge, Pageants, Photography, Pinterest Interest, Plein Air, Quilting, Robo-Rodeo Robotics, Scarecrow, Scrapbooking and Creative Cards, Skills USA, Student Art, Talent, Vinyl Craft, Woodcarving and Wood Sculpture.

Livestock Catalog:Beef Show, Dairy Goats, Dairy Show, Eastern Region 4-H Junior Dairy Show, Junior Beef Show, Junior Sheep Show, 4-H Invitational Rabbit Show, Poultry and Junior Poultry, Rabbit Show, Sheep Show, Wool Show.

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