Voice of the Fair with Robert Smith

Dale Belair is a Canadian event producer. In 2020 he started an event called FoodTruckWars.ca. The event brings food truck vendors together in communities across Canada. In 2021, Belair is hoping to t...

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Our industry is made up of many people. From fair management to entertainers and concessionaires to carnival operators. One group we haven’t spoken to yet is our fair guests themselves. There are peop...

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David Feimster is the owner/operator of Hot Dog Pig Racing out of New Jersey. His show features those little racing piggies as well as hot dog racing dachshunds. Yes, racing Weiner dogs!

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Kathleen O’Leary has been with Wisconsin State Fair Park for over two decades. She became the CEO in 2016 and was excited for the future of the Wisconsins State Fair. She never could’ve imagined what ...

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Debbie Powers and her husband, Corky are the owners of Powers Great American Midways, a carnival company based out of New York that runs the east coast of the United States. While they managed to snea...

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Super excited to have Dan West on the show today. Dan was formerly the manager of the Manatee County Fair in Florida before leaving that position to take the job as executive director of the Florida F...

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Miranda Muir is one of the most creative and innovative young fair managers in our industry. She’s currently the manager of the Elkhart County 4H Fair in Indiana. Miranda and I have been friends for m...

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Todd Robison is the fair manager for the Clark County Fair in Logandale, NV. The fair has been hit hard by the Covid19 pandemic having been forced to cancel their 2020 and 2021 fair. Can the fair surv...

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