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No Fair seemed no fair, so we built a virtual version

September 2, 2020 at 8:06PM

When the real fair was cancelled, we could hear hearts break across Minnesota. Hasn't 2020 been hard enough without taking away our mini donuts, cheap milk and trip down the Giant Slide? We wondered if we could find some folks to help us ease the pain with virtual concerts, beer tastings, craft-making and competing. What follows is our daily slate of activities aimed at easing the no-fair pain of 2020.

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