The fair celebrates 204 seasons of family fun with midway rides, live music, the Royal Hanneford Circus, a pirate-theme high-wire thrill show, petting zoo, motorsports, livestock and horse shows, exhibits, vendors, Saturday night fireworks, favorite fair food and more.

Highlights: Austin Snell, musical tributes to Tim McGraw and Led Zeppelin, truck and tractor pulls, a rodeo and a demolition derby. See the website for showtimes. Tickets to grandstand track events on the weekend are $2.50 each.

Fair admission: $15 Thursday – Monday (ages 14 & older); $13 online in advance; $55 season pass ($50 in advance). Parking is free.

Special Days:

• Wednesday – $1 admission, $1 select food items, $1 per ride ($10 minimum purchase)
• Thursday – Admission is $30 per carload (5 pm on), $5 for ages 62 & older, and free for active duty military & veterans with Military ID.

Unlimited ride wristbands are $25 Thursday – Friday, $30 Saturday – Monday, and $25 online in advance. Ride tickets are also available on the midway. Rides open daily at noon. Fair hours: 10 am-10 pm.

More information: 518-753-4411 or Schaghticoke Fair

The fair is presented by the nonprofit Rensselaer County Agricultural and Horticultural Society.