Ridemania at the Maryland State Fair
Photos and text by Lloyd Fox
As the sun set on Thursday evening, the 136th Maryland State Fair opened its gates with its Ridemania event.
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- Nile Ross, 8, of Baltimore, sinks his final basketball shot to win this giant panda at the fair. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- The 136th Maryland State Fair begins with a Ridemania night on Thursday. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Justice Reed, 11, of Pikesville tries her best on the Ladder Climb. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Danny Grant of San Antonio performs some of his rope tricks at the fair. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Caden Webb, 6, of Randallstown and Kennedy Satterfield, 8, of Woodlawn enjoy the Yoyo swing during Thurdsay’s Ridemania event. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Clay Gordon of Baltimore watches his children on the YoYo swing. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Kyja Wilson, 12 and Kayla Briggs, 12 of Baltimore on the Cliff Hanger ride. 136th unforgettable My Maryland State Fair begins with a Ridemania night on Thursday. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Laylah Price, 3, of Edgewood, hugs the prize she won in the bean bag game. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Madilyn Geidel, 13, of Eldersburg, upside down on the Fire Ball ride. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Steve Jarosinski and his daughter, Katalina, 3, of Ellicott City, enjoy a lemonade at the fair.(Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Essence Glenn, 5 with her mother, Chapel Glenn of Woodlawn. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Mina Nguyen of Cockeysville carries her giant rainbow unicorn after winning it in the ring game. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Kara Krickler ,5, of Freeland has her face painted at the fair. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Justin Butler who works at the Big Al’s Safari game, is pictured near the tiger mural. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- Fair goers enjoy a ride on the Yoyo swing as the sun sets for the evening. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
The fair is host to over 40 rides, dozens of games and over 1000 head of livestock to be viewed. In 1990 the fair set its record of 618,998 fairgoers and they are expecting to exceed 500,000 this year. The fair has received over 22,000 items that have been submitted for its 4-H competitions and demonstrations.
The annual events such as the thoroughbred racing, concerts, bull riding and all of the traditional fair foods are back along with the new PB&J funnel cake. The fair runs from August 24th through September 4th.
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