WHITEWATER REGION (Cobden) — Disappointment is being felt. Children will not be able to ride the midway, families and friends will miss their annual reunion, and everyone will miss the camaraderie of meeting to exhibit animals, visit fellow vendors, and smell the motor oil at the demo derby.
The board of directors for the Cobden Agricultural Society has decided the 2020 Cobden Fair will not take place as usual at the Cobden fair grounds this year. The fair board says it is taking this as a challenge and will be offering a “Virtual Fair” instead.
In a statement made on Facebook, the Society said the event will be changed “for the safety of our patrons, exhibitors, volunteers and organizers” and is happening “upon the recommendation of Health Authorities from the Province of Ontario”.
They are currently working on an updated fair book and will be announcing it “within the next little while”. It will include a Youth Fair section and a limited Exhibit Hall section. The fair will return, in it’s usual form, in 2021.
“We might have to physically distance ourselves, but it doesn’t mean that we can’t come together to celebrate Agriculture in all its forms. Now more than ever.”
