Bloomsburg Fair

With schools closed and more youth involved, the Bloomsburg Fair provides lessons in leadership, responsibility and community to the several hundred children and teens showing animals this week.

Most schools in Columbia County close for either part or the full week of the Bloomsburg Fair. Youth participation at the largest agricultural fair in Pennsylvania has increased the last few years.

This month on Good Natured, fairs, festivals, hunting and metal detecting.

The 150th Troy Fair begins on Sunday at Alparon Community Park. It is among more than a dozen fairs set to take place across NEPA this season.

Before the animals, music and vendors stormed Bloomsburg, 19 churches and community organizations gave back to the people who make the fair happen.