Lancaster Fair Camping

Lancaster Fair Camping is an Agricultural Fair in Lancaster, NH. It is the largest family event in the Great North Woods of New Hampshire, offering one price that includes one-day admission and midway rides, with free parking. The fair features agricultural activities, a large midway, 4-H exhibits, musical entertainment, and motorized competitions including pulling events and the Demolition Derby. The Lancaster Fair traces its origins to 1870, when the Coös and Essex Counties Agricultural Society began its roots, and has been a continuing institution for more than 150 years, though it was not held in 1944 during World War II and again in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 1884, George Rowell resurrected the Society, and in 1902, John Costello reformed it, marking the birth of the true Lancaster Fair, with the first fair held that September. The fair built the Floral and Exhibition Hall in 1917, later renamed Alexander Hall after Frank Alexander, the superintendent of the grounds for 27 years. During the 1920s, the fair featured automobile parades, floats, and even a barnstorming pilot who crashed into trees in the back of the fairgrounds in 1912, the same year the fair extended from three to four days. Today, the fair sprawls across a 65-acre compound straddling Route 3, offering six days of camping, relaxation, and a honky tonk atmosphere. Activities range from the Arts and Crafts Hall, where vegetables including the county's largest pumpkin, flowers, and Grange exhibits are displayed, to horse pulling events, oxen skills competitions, sheep dog trials, and tractor pulls. The fairgrounds are located at 4 Blackberry Ln, about a mile from Main Street, the Coos County Courthouse, Soldier Park, and Lancaster Town Hall, and less than a mile from Prospect Street and the Lancaster Community Garden. The Lancaster Fair has been open for 154 years in succession, serving as the county's signature event that celebrates the region's history, roots, and enduring family values. It is a continuing institution that has endured for over 150 years, and its long history reflects its role as a beloved local tradition in Lancaster.

Services:

• Arts, Crafts, and Agricultural Exhibits
• Demolition Derby and Power Wheel Demonstrations
• Horse and Pony Pulling Contests
• Livestock Shows and Cattle Competitions
• Truck and Agricultural Equipment Pulls
• Year-Round Camping Facility Rentals