FlickrFan Event: Topsfield Fair @Night!
September 28, 2009
Boston Photography Center
We’ve done this fair many times by day… but some of the best photo ops turn up when the sun goes down and the lights of the midway come on. Join us this year at the start of the golden hour, and stay through sunset and beyond. A tripod or monopod are highly recommended!
Where can you find 500+lb pumpkins, pygmy goats, midway games, sheep shearing, a ferris wheel, dressage competition, and more fried dough than you can shake a corndog at?
www.topsfieldfair.org
A New England fall tradition and fun for the whole family (and anyone with a camera), Topsfield, the annual fair of the Essex Agricultural Society, is the oldest agricultural fair in the US. The Society’s goal is "to encourage, promote and preserve Essex County agricultural activities and to educate the general public regarding their importance."
So what’s up at the fair? A great variety of livestock, poultry, flowers and vegetables are on display; there are midway rides and games, fair food, color everywhere, and people people people. It’s a great place to shoot!
The fairgrounds are right on Route 1, approximately 25 miles north of Boston. PLAN ON HEAVY TRAFFIC ON ROUTE 1 approaching Topsfield (meaning, add 15-20 minutes to whatever time estimate Google maps gives you. We’ll meet up outside the MAIN entrance gate. I will send out my cell # closer to the date so you can call if you’re stuck in that line of cars and are going to be late.
We’ll do what we’ve done in past years — break off for periods of time but regroup every hour or so at specified points (maps/regrouping schedule will be distributed when we meet at the main gate!).
www.topsfieldfair.org/
Admission is $12 at the gate, and cash is recommended for food/games/ride tickets, etc, inside the fair. PARKING IS $8.
We will carpool for this so if you can give a ride or need a ride, post that info with your RSVP. Carpooling is self-coordinated but I can help match people up if needed — email me! (Bonnie B)
Topsfield, MA 01983 – USA
Saturday, October 10 at 4:30 PM
Attending: 1
