Heart of Illinois Fair
heart illinois fair annual fair located peoria illinois featuring livestock competition ride concession motor contest concert held expo garden fairground northwest peoria full hook camping area also featured ground exposition garden nonprofit organization whose goal involve providing opportunity educational recreational event peoria district fair began fundraising people donated acre walter poppens farm purchased groundbreaking april april volunteer moved quartermillion cubic ton dirt level farmland garnered national attention time life magazine established fair grown centered solely ride game food centered bigger event rock concert livestock competition tractor pull half acreage sold eventually became site richwoods high school sideshow also known freak show continued saw fair go hiatus caused covid pandemic attendance estimate irs filing exposition garden inc ein news report past year rock concert become popular part fair several wellknown act performed fair including tiny tim jan dean connie stevens mac davis tanya tucker bo diddley leann rime mel tillis pat boone family glen campbell eddie rabbitt merle haggard gloria estefan comedian performed included foster brook gabe kaplan bob hope alan king due financial constraint fair focus showcasing upandcoming artist central illinois act featured heart illinois fair included mojo risin door tribute band puddle mudd saving abel drowning pool comedian joe recca next generation wrestling night storm teen dance party confederate railroad motorsport event take place arena located expo garden motorsports event competition include truck tractor pull super semi pull demolition derby bog mud drag fair feature livestock show beef cattle dairy cattle sheep goat horse pig well pig racing fair home art department feature include gardening floriculture textile photography exhibit food competition hobby show science exhibit note source httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwpjstarcomfoodxheartofillinoisfairfoodcompetition httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpthexrockscomsummerofrockathoifairtabiddefaultaspx httpsarchivetodayhttpwwwweekcomnewslocalhtml httpsarchivetodayhttpwwwweekcomnewslocalhtml httpwwwheartofillinoisfaircom