Check out a video of the concert here.
Alt-rockers Seether and Breaking Benjamin took over the York Fair Grandstand Wednesday night. It was the first time at this year's fair that I saw a huge line at the gates prior to a concert. Fans had been hanging out for hours just waiting to stake out a spot right next to the stage.
Texas rockers ZZ Top hit the York Fair Grandstand Tuesday night. No warm-up act necessary. They played their hits including "Cheap Sunglasses," "Legs," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Gimme All Your Lovin'."
Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill sported black, sparkly ensembles and played white guitars. One of my favorite parts of the show was when Gibbons swapped out for a gold guitar and then one that was white and furry.
Brooks & Dunn canceled their Thursday night York Fair performance because one of them is ill, according to Gene Schenck, vice president of the fair.
The duo also canceled their next two shows in Pittsburgh and Chicago. Check www.ydr.inyork.com for more details.
After getting soaked at the York Fair Saturday morning on my way into Memorial Hall's Culinary Corner, I was expecting the worst for that night's Gavin DeGraw show on the Toyota Grandstand. The fair was a ghost town for most of the day, but later, gusty winds cleared away the clouds and it looked my luck was about to change.
The York Fair hosts many an adorable baby animal. My favorite has spindly legs and a baby bottle bigger than his head.
At Toyota Arena, a popular pen near livestock judging Ring No. 1 holds a snorting calf named Boo, a 3-month-old, chestnut-colored buffalo (American Bison, technically).
Like Buffy (in a file photo, above, with owner Tupper Sverduk), Boo comes from Forge Hill Farms, a beef farm in East Manchester Township. Visitors can pat his woolly coat, and, at 6 p.m. daily, take turns holding Boo's 2.5-pint bottle as he sucks down the milk.
Bison calves are usually weaned at 7 months. The animals can live to be 30, but those raised for meat are slaughtered before age 2 for tenderness.
York Fair officials were informed Thursday afternoon that Danity Kane and special guest Jada will not perform Sept. 12 at Toyota Grandstand due to a scheduling conflict.
Tickets will be fully refunded at the York Fair Box Office, 334 Carlisle Ave. in West Manchester Township. For details, call the box office at 848-2033.
Larry the Cable Guy, redneck comedian extraordinaire, will return once more to the Grandstand to kick off this year's York Fair.
Larry has transcended the stage during his career as a stand-up, finding success in multiple mediums including movies, comedy albums, a book and multiple television specials.
Tickets are $40 and $45, and the York Fairgrounds is at 334 Carlisle Ave. in West Manchester Township. For details, visit www.yorkfair.com.
York Fairgoers gave presidential entry John F. Kennedy a warm reception in 1960.
John F. Kennedy visited the York Fair 48 years ago, a young Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency. Today, young Dem Barack Obama visits York County.
Kennedy lost to Richard Nixon in York County voting. But he was a popular draw at the fair, as told by York Town Square post: JFK's visit to York County a long-remembered event
