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Workers carry a sign for a carousel while setting up the midway Wednesday at the Skowhegan State Fair in Skowhegan. The fair runs Aug. 7-16. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Don Vining, 83, of Lewiston, sharpens a 36-inch saw blade for cutting firewood as he helps set up the Maine Antique Power Association’s booth Wednesday at the Skowhegan State Fair in Skowhegan. Demonstrations of the equipment are planned during the fair. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)

The Skowhegan State Fair opens Thursday and will run through Aug. 16 at the fairgrounds off U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan.

The 10-day event will feature performances, competitions, livestock, exhibits, eats and more. Highlights include demolition derbies, truck pulls, harness racing, children’s park, nightly bands, exhibitions halls, livestock shows and pulling.

The fair, the nation’s oldest consecutively running agricultural fair, is celebrating 207 years this year.

Gates open daily at 7 a.m., the halls will be open noon-10 p.m. and the midway, food vendors and concessions open at 1 p.m.

Gate admission Thursday and Tuesday will cost $1, other days vary from $10 to $15, and is free for children 10 and younger. Smokey’s Greater Shows daily ride bracelets range from $18-$30.

For more information or a complete schedule of events, visit skowheganstatefair.com.

Justin Mayberry of Smokey’s Greater Shows supports a canopy while setting up the ring-a-bottle game Wednesday on the midway of the Skowhegan State Fair in Skowhegan. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)