Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival
riverside county fair national date festival take place indio california since annual festival held celebrate date palm harvest coachella valley event held february riverside county fairground fair located indio california city colorado desert approximately mile km east los angeles coachella valley date palm planted approximately acre km produce pound date annually longstanding agricultural industry responsible percent nation crop date date festival exhibit competition related fruit grown feature musician comedian date festival queen court monster truck bullriding safety fair provided indio police department riverside county sheriff office private security fair started festival celebrate end annual date harvest southern california desert region major commercial dateproducing area western hemisphere date unknown commodity desert date palm transplanted algeria early date became major crop area date grove coachella valley also became tourist attraction popularity date garden idea planted first date festival held indios city park second festival held following year year later third date festival held time name riverside county fair coachella valley date festival indio civic club contract county board supervisor sponsored event year booth exhibited attendance reached also first year street parade staged western theme style fair took western theme complete wiskerenos cowboy hat rodeo event county purchased present fairground original acre cost year later ground expanded purchase additional acre including date grove fairground presently fairground cover acre km world war ii started fair california halted war ended robert mc fullenwider hired manage riverside county fair national date festival fullenwider introduced arabian night theme tying desert region date industry besides fair happened due covid pandemic however thrillville smaller carnival event riverside county board supervisor approved june partnership pickering event llc bring date festival back indio annual basis agreement brings back riverside county fair national date festival ensure continuation fair board well funding support improve fairground facility supervisor manuel pérez announced pérez also announced next riverside county fair national date festival held february return fullscale event “this great city indio coachella valley riverside county future national date festival” said supervisor pérez “riverside county fair board look forward partner pickering bringing riverside county fair national date festival back community well attracting event increase use fairground community families” also tying theme fair scholarship pageant called queen scheherazade student riverside county compete win scholarship money continued education act good ambassador fair fair date fest replaced queen scheherazade scholarship date festival scholarship program scholarship program open male female student riverside county graduating high school attending college next school year least student given shield date garden date festival official website u geological survey geographic name information system riverside county fairground httpssitesgooglecompickeringeventshome