Big E heads into final weekend with great weather, large crowds expected

WEST SPRINGFIELD — There is just one weekend left to catch the Big E this year and with weather forecasts predicting a sunny weekend with temperatures in the low 70s the fair could break another attendance record. On Saturday, Sept. 22 the fair had a record-breaking 172,659 people come through the gates, an all-time attendance record for the day. This year the fair kicked off with 87,092 visitors on opening day compared to last year’s 70,864. “I think we have a good chance of breaking the record again this year,” said Eugene J. Cassidy, president and CEO of the Eastern States Exposition. As of Thursday night the Big E had totaled 1,148,836 visitors. On the same day last year there had only been a total of 957,742 visitors. Last year the fair reached a new attendance milestone with a total of 1,525,553 visitors. “We have some great weather coming up all weekend, so we are expecting large crowds,” Cassidy said. The weekend brings some great entertainment on the XFinity Stage including the TwinE Country Fest on Saturday night featuring performances by Chase Bryant, RaeLynn, Trent Harmon, The Sisterhood Band on the Main Stage, and Tom Dobson on the side stage… Read full this story

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