Press Room
Welcome to The Great Allentown Fair's Press Room. Anyone may access the press releases issued by the Fair's Marketing Department, by clicking on Press Releases or News Alerts.
| Date | Event | Files |
| August 22, 2017 | Allentown Fairgrounds gates close in prep for Fair; Liberty Street Box Office opens | News Alert |
| August 17, 2017 | Allentown Fair Queen, mascot inviting little ‘princesses’ to join them in mini-parade. Young ‘royals’ courted for Saturday afternoon fun at Fair! | Press Release |
| August 15, 2017 | Preview of 165th Great Allentown Fair. | Press Release |
| August 15, 2017 | Two culinary contests extend entry deadline. Still time to enter Allentown Fair’s Cooking with Wine, Fruit Pie contests | Press Release |
| August 14, 2017 | Allentown Fair requesting WWI memorabilia items for display | Press Release |
| August 9, 2017 | Allentown Fair Queen to be crowned Sunday, August 13. | Press Release |
| August 4, 2017 | Allentown Fair Box Office adds hours. | News Alert |
| August 1, 2017 | Allentown Fair gates department looking for workers. | Press Release |
| August 1, 2017 | Applications available for Greenawald Memorial Scholarship to be awarded to eligible student at Great Allentown Fair. | Press Release |
| August 1, 2017 | Registration to enter Fair’s ‘blue ribbon’ contests ends this week Hours to register on site posted, mail registration still available. | News Alert |
| July 25, 2017 | Us The Duo announced as Pentatonix’s special guest at Allentown Fair September 2 show. | News Alert |
| July 25, 2017 | MEGA 99.5 hosts ‘Summer’s Last BASH’ at Great Allentown Fair - Three Latin stars headline concert completing Fair’s Grandstand line-up | Press Release |
| July 6, 2017 | FAIR BOX OFFICE now open Mondays and Thursdays | News Alert |
| July 5, 2017 | Lindsay Ell announced as Keith Urban’s special guest for Allentown Fair show going on sale Saturday | News Alert |
| June 29, 2017 | Four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban will bring his “ripCORD World Tour 2017” to The 165th Great Allentown Fair on Wednesday, August 30. | Press Release |
| June 7, 2017 | Lauren Alaina will be the special guest of Rascal Flatts when the venerable Country trio headlines the Fair. | News Alert |
| June 6, 2017 | Fair looking for ‘Blue Ribbon’ contestants - Rules for entering Fair exhibits and contests available. | Press Release |
| June 1, 2017 | The search is on for the 2017 Great Allentown Fair Queen. | Press Release |
| April 20, 2017 | Thomas Rhett will perform at The Great Allentown Fair on Tuesday, August 29. | Press Release |
| March 15, 2017 | Pentatonix will perform at The Great Allentown Fair on Saturday, September 2. | Press Release |
| March 15, 2017 | Rascal Flatts will perform at The Great Allentown Fair on Friday, September 1 | Press Release |
| February 3, 2017 | John Mellencamp is the first Grandstand show announced for the 2017 Great Allentown Fair. | Press Release |
| August 30, 2016 | Challenge on for fairgoers to break last year's food donation record. | News Alert |
| August 17, 2016 | Savoring summer with a classic - The 164th Great Allentown Fair Preview | Press Release |
| August 16, 2016 | Allentown Fair Queen winner and court | Photo Alert |
| August 11, 2016 | Allentown Fair Queen to be crowned Sunday, August 14, 2016. Media and Public invited |
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| August 8, 2016 | Allentown Fair Box Office adds hours. | News Alert |
| August 2, 2016 | Registration to enter Fair's "Blue Ribbon" contests ends this week. | News Alert |
| July 25, 2016 | Radio station 95.1 WZZO let its listeners know today that its longtime contest to find and award a top regional band will be back at The Great Allentown Fair. | News Alert |
| July 19, 2016 | The Great Allentown Fair completes its 2016 show line-up announcing that country singer-songwriter Jake Owen will headline at the fair’s historic Grandstand venue on Wednesday, August 31. | Press Release |
| June 13, 2016 | KIDZ BOP, a children's album-producing phenomenon for 15 years annually outselling many of the biggest names in pop music, is celebrating its decade and a half atop the charts with a new tour coming to The Great Allentown Fair. | Press Release |
| June 7, 2016 | The search is on for the 2016 Great Allentown Fair Queen. $1,000 scholarship opportunity available for young women living in tri-county area. | Press Release |
| June 1, 2016 | The Great Allentown Fair’s Premium List booklets, that detail the procedures for entering and categories for the fair’s blue ribbon competitions, are now available at the Allentown Fairground’s main and box offices. For exhibitors’ additional convenience, PDF versions of each book are available for downloading on the fair’s Web site. | Press Release |
| April 20, 2016 | Meghan Trainor bringing “The Untouchable Tour” to The Great Allentown Fair on Saturday, September 3. | News Alert Press Release Summer Tour 2016 |
| April 8, 2016 | KISS, is bringing its 2016 Freedom to Rock Tour to The Great Allentown Fair on September 1 | Press Release |
| April 8, 2016 | KISS, has announced its 2016 Summer American "Freedom To Rock" Tour | Press Release |
| March 4, 2016 | Jeff Dunham brings back his cast of characters to the 2016 Great Allentown Fair | Press Release |
| March 1, 2016 | Country sensation Chris Stapleton first headliner announced for 2016 Allentown Fair | Press Release |
