Tag: South Middleborough Grange Fair

  • August 20 – October 2 – Massachusetts Grange Fairs and The Big E

    Support your local Grange (or at least support one closest to you.)  August and September are harvest months and Grange fairs are taking place around the state.  Here is a sampling, and if you go you’ll find many prize winning vegetables, fruits and flowers, not to mention baked goods, available for purchase at the closing auction:

    Saturday, August 20 – Rochester Grange Fair, 205 Hartley Road, Rochester  (www.rochesterma.com)

    Friday and Saturday, August 26 & 27 – Ware Grange Fair, 297 Belchertown Road, Rt. 9, Ware

    Saturday, August 27 – South Middleborough Grange Fair, 570 Wareham Street, Middleborough

    Saturday, August 27 – Shelburne Grange Fair, Little Mohawk Road, Shelburne

    Friday and Saturday, September 9 & 10 – Dartmouth Grange Fair, Grange Hall, Dartmouth

    And, of course, the granddaddy of them all, the Eastern States Exposition, Friday, September 16 – Sunday, October 2, 1305 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield (www.thebige.com)

  • Saturday, August 28, 1:30 pm – 8:00 pm – South Middleborough Grange Fair

    OK, you can’t get to the Rochester Grange Fair on August 21, but you have a second chance to experience a classic piece of Americana.  The South Middleborough Grange Annual Agricultural Fair will be held on Saturday, August 28, at the SMG Hall, 570 Wareham Street in South Middleborough.  The Fair opens to the public at 1:30 pm, and there will be prize exhibits, a baked goods table, grocery basket, traveling bazaar, and cold drinks for sale all afternoon. Admission to the Fair is free, and there is ample parking.  At 6 pm, a chicken pie dinner will be served, with juice, chicken pie, mashed potatoes, green beans, another fresh vegetable, locally grown tomatoes, rolls and butter, gravy, coffee, punch, and – you’ll love this flash from the past – jello with whipped cream.  Adults may feast for a modest charge of $8, and children will be charged $4.  The Fair auction begins at 7:15, and all are welcome.

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