BUTLER, Pa. (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - For the first time since the Civil War, there won’t be a Big Butler Fair.
The Butler Eagle reports the fair’s board of directors reached the decision Tuesday night based on the gathering of restrictions imposed in the state’s pandemic recovery plan.
“Due to the COVID-19 social gathering restrictions imposed by the state of Pennsylvania, the Board of Directors of the Big Butler Fair announce with heavy hearts the cancellation of the 165th Big Butler Fair,” fair board secretary Harold Dunn wrote in a statement. “Not since the Civil War has the fair been cancelled."
The annual fair in its 165th year was scheduled for July 3 – July 11 on New Castle Road in Prospect, PA.
The 2021 Big Butler Fair is scheduled for July 2 – July 10.
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