Kentucky State Fair underway in Louisville

It was the opening day for the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville on Thursday.

State and city leaders kicked it off Thursday morning with a welcome breakfast. The fair will continue through August 27.

There is a free concert series, a new beer festival, the world’s most prestigious saddle-bred show and a whole lot more.

Organizers are implementing a new policy concerning teens and minors attending the fair. It comes after panic ensued last year when a group of people with noise-making machines scared fairgoers into thinking shots were fired. Nine people were arrested.

It’s in effect all day Friday through Sunday and then Monday through Thursday starting at 6 p.m. If you’re under the age of 18, you must have an adult or chaperone with you 21 years of age or older, Each adult can only chaperone 6 minors at a time. 

For ticket info and the fair's grandstand entertainment lineup, go to the fair's official website .




(Photo: Kentucky State Fair Facebook)