This year is a milestone year for The Heart Of Illinois Fair. This is the 75th year of the fair happening right here in Peoria at Expo Gardens!
There was a pre-party last Monday and I went and below are some pre-fair photos and I’ll have some official 75th Heart Of Illinois Fair photos next Monday!
Here we are at Expo Gardens, the official home of the Heart Of Illinois Fair!
Funnel Cakes, Jumbo Corn Dogs and Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, a trifecta of fabulous fair food and drinks!
There’s shows and events in the Opera House and you can cool off in there because it’s air conditioned.
They were setting up this special Animatromic Adventures Exhibit on Monday evening and it looks very cool and a fun and unique exhibit.
And it’s interactive, you can climb on or in and take fun photos to post on social media like these three 2023 Heart of Illinois Queens are doing!
You can read more about it by clicking here.
Usually the Heart Of Illinois pre-party is held here where the beer garden and live music happens, but because of the excessive heat and possible storms last Monday, they moved it to the main Expo Gardens building.
Which is located right over here!
This lovely lady kindly held the door for me as I snapped her photo!
There’s a nice crowd of people in here and there’s two of the 2023 Heart Of Illinois Queens, looking very cute!
People are socializing, so I thought I’d wander around and get some photos of everyone’s smiling faces here at the party! This is what I do!
It was great to talk to all of these people and snap these smiley-face photos!
Here’s the fearless leader of the Heart Of Illinois Fair, The President, Roxy Baker!
Always great to see and chat with Roxy! In addition to being the HOI Fair President, Roxy is also the host of Roxy in the Afternoon on 105.7 the X!
Roxy gave a nice talk about this year’s fair, thanked all the Officers, Directors and Volunteers and she brought up the three 2023 Heart Of Illinois Fair Queens for an introduction to the crowd.
And yes, I’m still running around taking everyone’s photos. It’s an obsession!
Time for a delicious dinner here at the pre-party for the Heart Of Illinois Fair!
This was a wonderful evening and thanks to everyone who volunteers and puts in their time to put on this fun event here in Peoria!
The Heart Of Illinois Fair is happening right now and there’s still three days left to enjoy! You can read all about the events and happenings by clicking on this link: The 75th Heart Of Illinois Fair.
I hope to see you right there, at the fair! Follow the facecrack page for daily highlights and updates!
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