Fair Or No Fair for the Boulevard?

July 13th, 2009 | posted by Peter
The on-again off-again Richmond Fair slated for the Boulevard on July 26 is a "work in progress" according to police who have yet to issue a permit for the carnival event. The fair, will feature typical carnival thrills and the highly anticipated Banana Derby, a competition in which dog riding capuchin monkeys race for victory.

Concerns about the future of the fair arose this weekend when word got out that police planned to deny a permit for the event at the Diamond. According to a report from the Times-Dispatch this morning:

...the city’s special-events coordinator has said the police would not have adequate staffing to meet the needs of the fair.

Continue following the continuing debate over the future of Richmond's Fair with the Times-Dispatch. You can find weekend coverage of the possible cancellation with WTVR 6.

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
On 19:38pm, July 14th, 2009 Jordan (not verified) said:

The animals that participate

The animals that participate in the Richmond Fair (forced against their will, of course) endure great physical and emotional trauma at the cheap expense of human entertainment. It's a shame the fair wasn't canceled.

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Image CAPTCHA
Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.