Don’t wait! There’s only three days left to cast your vote in The Fresno Bee’s 2022 Best of Central California People’s Choice awards! Be sure to vote for The Big Fresno Fair in these five categories:
The deadline to vote is Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m. To cast your vote, click here! You can vote daily in the link provided.
Thank you in advance for voting for us!
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made…It shouldn’t be that women are the exception,” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In support of International Women’s Day, we would like to honor all the hard-working and inspiring women who make the Central Valley’s largest annual event come to life! We would especially like to acknowledge some of our Big Fresno Fair team leaders – Deputy Managers, Stacy Rianda (left) and Lauri King (right), along with so many other remarkable women who work to make The Big Fresno Fair a little bigger and better each year!
We would like to give a BIG congratulations to John Harris for being recognized as this year’s honoree of the 2022 Ag One Community Salute of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Fresno State. John continues to be such a big part of our Fair and a longtime supporter of The Big Fresno Fair live racing program.
Congratulations John Harris on such a BIG accomplishment!
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom,” – Thomas Jefferson
The Fair Admin Office will be closed today in recognition of Presidents’ Day and will reopen tomorrow at 9 a.m. We hope you enjoy this extra day off in honor of our country’s former leaders!
We 
our BFFs! Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day filled with love, happiness and friendships! Have photos of you and your sweetie at The Big Fresno Fair? Share with us and we’ll share on our Facebook and Instagram stories!
It’s pizza o’clock all day today because it’s National Pizza Day! Fun fact: Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza a day or about 350 slices per second. We want to know, what are your go-to toppings to order on your pizza? 
Fresno State’s 29th Annual Red Wave Classic Junior Livestock Show is happening this Saturday, February 12 through Sunday, February 13 at the Fresno Fairgrounds in the Livestock Pavilion! Spectators are welcome. For a full list of schedule of events and more details, click here.
In honor of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, we would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to the Fresno Police Department who continue to help keep The Big Fresno Fair one of the safest events in the Central Valley! We also want to extend a sincere thank you to all our law enforcement entities in Fresno County who work tirelessly to keep our community safe. Thank you and thank you to your families and friends who support you all.
We look forward to working with you again at the 2022 Big Fresno Fair!
Congratulations to President and CEO of Wawona Frozen Foods, Bill Smittcamp for being awarded Agriculturalist of the Year by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce! Bill has contributed significantly to the agriculture industry in the greater Fresno area and under Smittcamp’s leadership, his family-owned farm grew to be the largest frozen peach processor in the Nation, processing over 75 million pounds of peaches along with 20 million pounds of strawberries and other fruits. Collectively, the company handles more than 125 million pounds of frozen product annually.
Bill and Wawona Frozen Foods have also contributed significantly to The Big Fresno Fair’s Feed the Need Food Drive – helping to feed those in need in our community. First in 2013, and for several years after Bill donated not a crate of frozen peaches to the food drive, but an entire truckload!
Congratulations Bill on this incredible, and very well-deserved honor! We are grateful for such a giving, community-minded ag leader in Fresno County! Congratulations again!
Watch this video from the Fresno Chamber to learn a bit more about this year’s Agriculturalist of the Year recipient, Bill Smittcamp. Just click here.
We’d like to give a BIG thank you to everyone who voted The Big Fresno Fair as “Best Local Annual Event to Attend” in The Fresno Business Journal’s “Best of the Central Valley” Awards! We’re already in the works to make next year’s Fair BIGGER and better than the last! Mark your calendars for the 2022 Big Fresno Fair, October 5 – 16!
We’d also like to congratulate all of the other Best of the Central Valley Business winners for their awards! Thank you, Fresno Business Journal, for recognizing and honoring some of the Valley’s top local businesses!