Amusement Views: Acton Fall Fair - September 21st and 22nd, 2024

Another year of the Acton Fall Fair has come and gone! This year I visited on Saturday evening (September 21st) hanging out with my brother Scott and our friend Travis and all day Sunday (September 22nd), taking in the sights of the tractor pulls, getting on some rides, and seeing many people I know from around Acton. The weather was perfect this year, allowing what appeared to be many people coming out for the 111th Acton Fall Fair! I even won some prizes on my entries of photography and antiques this year, doing much better than last year!

Be sure to check out my photos of a weekend at the 111th Acton Fall Fair! 🙂

Saturday, September 21st, 2024:

After a day of work, I arrived at the Acton Fall Fair for a Saturday evening of fun!

Upon entering the grounds, I headed into the Homecrafts building to see how I did on my entries and to see what other people had entered.

This year the entries were spread around the building in a u-shape formation. In my opinion, it worked very well.

After a while, the sun came out from behind the clouds.

The midway was bustling with quite a bit of excitement.

Saturday evening was quite beautiful with its somewhat unseasonal warm weather.

Before meeting up with my brother Scott and our friend Travis, I had a burger from the Acton Fire Fighters Association booth.

In the early evening, Scott and I watched the lawn tractor pulls on the track.

As the sun began to set, the fairgrounds became alive with not just crowds, but with the glow of the lights from the rides.

The Mulligan Wheel is a beacon of light with its bright LED lights.

There's just something special about the warm glow of lights on the midway a the Acton Fall Fair. Albion Amusements always does a great job.

The Mulligan Wheel is a beautiful Ferris Wheel.

New on the midway this year were two large Rock climbing walls. It was quite popular, with the advance climbing wall offering a prize of nearly $300 if you reach the top! My friend Travis gave it a shot later that evening.

The Avalanche was back on the midway this year.

The fairgrounds became quite busy throughout the evening, with the main draw being the beer tent.

The layout of this year's midway was reminiscent of prior to 2019.

Here's another photo of the dazzling Mulligan Wheel.

Before Travis arrived, Scott and I checked out the AG Awareness tent. Here's a Holstein cow resting.

Some angus cattle were next door.

Once Travis arrived, we walked through the fairgrounds, before taking a ride on the Sizzler.

We then later took a spin on the Berry-Go-Round.

Here we are before making our berry spin really fast! Let's just saw we all came off a tad dizzy! lol

Our final ride of the evening was a on the Mulligan Wheel.

Here's a look of the midway from the Mulligan Wheel.

Here is a look up the Mulligan Wheel while taking a spin on it.

Here's the midway all lit up before closing down for the night.

Sunday, September 22nd, 2024:

Sunday at the fair started out kind of cloudy and a bit foggy.

I continued to check out many entries in the Homecrafts building before heading over to the track to watch some tractor pulls.

In the poultry barn were some rather interesting Diamond doves. They were very small!

Some of them even had stripes on their feathers.

Some vintage and antique tractors were on display at the far end of the fairgrounds.

Some potato diggers and planters from 1929 were also on display.

The tractor pulls started around 12pm. There were quite a few entries.

Some tractors go far, while other do not. The weight on the sled can cause the tractors to come to a stop.

The tractors I saw pull went over 220+ feet.

In the early afternoon, the sun came out from behind the clouds.

The Mulligan Wheel looked very vibrant against the blue skies.