Greater Gulf State Fair
greater gulf state fair annual fair agricultural show held greater gulf state fairground mobile alabama feature livestock competition ride concession motor contest concert held every year since moved current location event name stem serving people lower alabama lower mississippi panhandle florida largest fair state alabama greater gulf state fair began fundraising initiative mobile jaycees group member mobile junior chamber commerce first held blakeley island drew people inaugural year elvis presley first concert performer offered fouryear contract return fair declined event success jaycees hired president oversee planning year event occurred ladd stadium later hartwell field mobile fair moved permanent residence ground west mobile renamed ground ride fair combination fair begin canada travel opposite seaboard regroups mobile