By RICK MILLER
Olean Star
LITTLE VALLEY — The 181st Cattaraugus County Fair kicks off an eight-day run starting Saturday at the fairgrounds in Little Valley.
Advance sale admission tickets are available through Friday for $12 including parking, unlimited rides and Thursday’s grandstand show. Tickets are $15 at the gate.
Advance sale tickets are available at the fair office, Community Banks in Olean, all Cattaraugus County Bank branches and online at the fair’s website cattarauguscofair.com.
Grandstand tickets and advance sale gate tickets are available online at etix.com.
Fair officials are presenting two headlining country acts in front of the grandstand on two nights again in 2024.
Tyler Hubbard, half of the former country duo Florida Georgia Line, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. He began a solo career after the Nashville-based duo went on hiatus.
The next night, emerging singer, songwriter, music producer, and TikTok star Cooper Alan will take centerstage. The Winston-Salem, N.C. native claims 14 million social media followers and is known for thinking outside the box in his videos that have been streamed more than 200 million times.
Alan’s latest five-song EP titled “Feel Like Hell Today,” which is the title of the first single. He debuted in 2019 with the single “Climate Change.”
Other grandstand shows include:
- Saturday – Big Rig Truck Pull, 6:30 p.m.
- Sunday – Broken B Rodeo, 6 p.m.
- Monday – Demolition Derby, 7 p.m.
- Thursday – WNY Pro Pulling Series, 7:30 p.m.
- Friday – Monster Mash Monster Truck Rally, 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday – Monster Mash Monster Truck Rally, 1:30 p.m.
- Saturday – School Bus Demo, 6:30 p.m., followed by the Demolition Derby.
There’s plenty of free grounds entertainment across the fairgrounds including:
- Sea Lion Splash.
- Chainsaw Artists.
- Magician Lance Gifford.
- Swifty Swine Pig Races.
- Horses, Horses, Horses.
- Blaszak’s Royal Bengal Tigers.
- Indian River Olde Time Lumberjack Show.
There’s also hundreds of 4-H animals from rabbits and chickens to cattle being judged, domestic and vegetable exhibits, as well as 4-H and open horse shows daily.
There are rides from Amusements of America — new this year on the midway and inside the track. There are games from I Got It to breaking balloons and more than a score of options for fair food.
Trucks were busy bringing in rides, tents and other equipment to the fairgrounds on Monday. They should be set up and ready to go at 1 o’clock on Saturday.
For more information, a map and schedule of events at the county fair go online to cattarauguscofair.com.
