Comments on: How many festivals, markets and fairs take place in the US each year? http://www.labormarket.us/markets/how-many-festivals-markets-and-fairs-take-place-in-the-us-each-year Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:49:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Thomas H http://www.labormarket.us/markets/how-many-festivals-markets-and-fairs-take-place-in-the-us-each-year/comment-page-1#comment-3480 Thomas H Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:28:59 +0000 http://www.labormarket.us/markets/how-many-festivals-markets-and-fairs-take-place-in-the-us-each-year#comment-3480 Impossible to calculate because at the point you stop counting, new ones will spring up. However here are a couple figures to help you. There are 50 states with fairs, each state has from 20 to 100 counties most have fairs. There are about 550 Carnival Ride companies in the US which play one week apiece during the Spring Fall and Summer. 50 of those companies play one week apiece during the Winter. There is at least one Farmers Market for every county in the US and some have several inlcuding regional markets. Food festivals are held in about every major city and Strawberry social and pancake breakfasts are held in the rest. Taking into consideration, arts and crafts events then my guess would be, and this is cautious, 20,000 some of which cater to over 1 million people each year. It is one of the largest industries in the US. That said, the government will have to do something about fuel prices or that number will halve within the next 3 years.<br><b>References : </b><br> Impossible to calculate because at the point you stop counting, new ones will spring up. However here are a couple figures to help you. There are 50 states with fairs, each state has from 20 to 100 counties most have fairs. There are about 550 Carnival Ride companies in the US which play one week apiece during the Spring Fall and Summer. 50 of those companies play one week apiece during the Winter. There is at least one Farmers Market for every county in the US and some have several inlcuding regional markets. Food festivals are held in about every major city and Strawberry social and pancake breakfasts are held in the rest. Taking into consideration, arts and crafts events then my guess would be, and this is cautious, 20,000 some of which cater to over 1 million people each year.
It is one of the largest industries in the US.
That said, the government will have to do something about fuel prices or that number will halve within the next 3 years.
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]]> By: Veda http://www.labormarket.us/markets/how-many-festivals-markets-and-fairs-take-place-in-the-us-each-year/comment-page-1#comment-3479 Veda Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:59:59 +0000 http://www.labormarket.us/markets/how-many-festivals-markets-and-fairs-take-place-in-the-us-each-year#comment-3479 Many more than a circus full of clowns with a bag full of monkeys .<br><b>References : </b><br> Many more than a circus full of clowns with a bag full of monkeys .
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]]> By: Joker http://www.labormarket.us/markets/how-many-festivals-markets-and-fairs-take-place-in-the-us-each-year/comment-page-1#comment-3478 Joker Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:11:59 +0000 http://www.labormarket.us/markets/how-many-festivals-markets-and-fairs-take-place-in-the-us-each-year#comment-3478 There is no hope of you ever coming to an accurate number because there are many markets that just pop up. I can tell you that Ohio has 88 counties and that means 88 county fairs each year. There is also the state fair. There are numerous towns with 4th of July festivals, different festivals celebrating fruits and veggies as well as baskets etc... I would say that in Ohio there are probably 600 of these events each year, now you also have 50 states to worry about. To get an accurate number you'd have to make a lot of phone calls. Find out what carnie ride operators are licensed through the state then call those operators and ask them how many things they do each year. You could also call every county in the US (of course that would take forever). I'm just going to guess and say 25,000.<br><b>References : </b><br> There is no hope of you ever coming to an accurate number because there are many markets that just pop up. I can tell you that Ohio has 88 counties and that means 88 county fairs each year. There is also the state fair. There are numerous towns with 4th of July festivals, different festivals celebrating fruits and veggies as well as baskets etc… I would say that in Ohio there are probably 600 of these events each year, now you also have 50 states to worry about.

To get an accurate number you’d have to make a lot of phone calls. Find out what carnie ride operators are licensed through the state then call those operators and ask them how many things they do each year. You could also call every county in the US (of course that would take forever).

I’m just going to guess and say 25,000.
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