Dickson County Source

During the pandemic, the Tennessee State Fair and the Wilson County Fair were merged. Since 2020, the two fairs have taken place together on the Wilson County Fair Grounds under the coordination efforts of Wilson County Promotions, Inc. (WCP). WCP is a non-profit formed in 1979 to insure the Wilson County Fair continues to grow and develop to higher and higher levels of success. It has, since that time, reached growth goals and won a number of awards. Because of their success, they were asked in 2019 to take over the management of the Tennessee State Fair.   “The State of Tennessee has asked us for a number of years to do that,” said Helen McPeak, Executive Director, Wilson County Promotions, “us being the largest fair in Tennessee. We never wanted that title, we have just always wanted to be the very best fair we could possibly be…[Our goal this year] is to unite every county in the State of Tennessee.”   The fair will be bigger and better than ever, running from August 17 t...