Capital Lakefair has been canceled, after attempt to postpone the event
The 63rd year of Capital Lakefair has been canceled, the organization’s president confirmed Wednesday, after an attempt to merely postpone a scaled-down version to August fell through.
“We wanted to do something for the community,” President Bryan McNamara said about the modified version of the fair the organization had considered.
The organization decided late Tuesday to cancel it, he said, after taking the weekend to consider its options.
Capital Lakefair organizers announced on social media Friday that they would postpone the festival to August from the typical mid-July dates. At that time, the group was prepared to move forward with a fair that would feature a carnival, arts and crafts vendors, and possibly a fireworks show.
The parade, food row on Water Street, and Senior Day were not going to happen, the organization had decided.
McNamara said Wednesday the carnival operator was unhappy with the changes, and wanted “Lakefair, not a modified Lakefair.”
He said Capital Lakefair wants to bring back the fair in summer 2021, but with no fair this year and no revenue, he acknowledged that the “budget is going to be very, very tight.”
This story was originally published May 27, 2020 at 1:19 PM.
