(Bulletin) Fair Board decides to postpone Chautauqua County Fair again for 2021...
The Chautauqua County Fair will not be held this July for the second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fair Board of Directors announced Monday night that the fair "is postponed until July 18th through the 24th, 2022." Fair Board President, Dave Wilson, says they held the decision off for a month in hopes of more information from Governor Andrew Cuomo... but, none has come forth. Wilson says the governor outlined perameters for the State Fair, and outdoor amusements... but nothing for local fairs or festivals. He adds the fair board is heartbroken for all the people who rely on the fair for income and exposure. He says they can't put together a respectable fair for residents, and "time is running out" to get one together. The only other time the fair has not been held since it began in 1881 was during World War Two, when they took three years off while the fairgrounds were being used to house prisoners.