🙌 Such hard decisions to be made. Macon, am proud of you for sticking up for your fair! It's a whole lot of blood, sweat, tears, elbow grease, and volunteer work. Hours upon hours, and many who don't volunteer always have more opinions. I'm sad you've called it so early. However, I've seen it coming. I hope this year each community that has cancelations, like this, will wake up people and maybe they truly will come volunteer for the fundraisers I'm hoping you all are planning, or for next year's event! Maybe there's a "Fall Fest" in the works to make up for this summers loss. 🖤 Hearts with you all.

I'm a Carney and Decatur is my home town Macon County fair is my towns oldest fun to have please try to save it thank you

Kind of hard to accept comments or suggestions if the decisions has already been made...am I correct? Perhaps reschedule it.

So no derby either ?

Miranda Sowers, I’m not surprised at all but 😭😭😭😭

Natika Stevenson

Mike Blumenstein

As a fair board member for a Northern IL county fair, I know this decision was hard to make. Best wishes and here is to a bigger and better fair for 2021! And anyone else reading this-help this fair by continuing to support them!

Love the Macon County Fair. Many great memories of showing livestock when I was in 4-H back in the day. Remember many great grandstand shows, including Joan Jett and the demolition derby. Sad to say, people don't seem to care about traditions anymore. But I do, and if I am in a position to volunteer next year I will. Good luck, you still have support out here!

Hard decision but prolly right one....I'm vp of county Fair in east Central Illinois and it's hard decision to make but gotta have sponsors and donors.....and it's hard ask business's to sponsor when they struggling to keep employees paid

We were looking forward to putting on an awesome tractor pull for your fans on Saturday, June 13th but we support your decision 100%. We will see you in 2021 !!

I would like to get some info on volunteering. I have helped count money in the past for the Decatur Celebration.

Completely understand it’s hard to plan something when there are not restrictions. I couldn’t imagine trying to plan something with the current restrictions and everything being shut down and not knowing how long this will last.

Totally support this decision..what about fundraisers later in the summer or throughout the next year. Is this something you even need.if so I would definitely support.

This is right decision to make. I expect all fairs will probably cancel. This will help the board to continue to raise money and get bills paid to get in a good position for coming years.

Taking down critical comments I see. Mine wasnt hateful or disrespectful, but was still taken down.

Ik this decision wasn't easy...I understand this you have my respect...Next year I wouldn't mind volunteering....

I think you made the right decision I was looking forward to karaoke more time to practice!

I would like to say with all the negative comments going on about our fair in the past the fair board meetings have open sessions and you can come voice your opinions. But honestly I don’t see anyone EVER at those sessions. So if you can’t say anything nice or be apart of the solution then we don’t need your negative comments and you can take them elsewhere. Everyone always wants something to complain about in this town and it has to stop!!

I understand that a decision had to be made ,i little early but all good ,have been a vendor at your fair for close to 15 years and be safe everyone and see you there bext year .....

What people fail to know is that IE: a fair in Florida with a lot of big name entertainment was able to save 90% of their budget by cancelling by a certain date. We don’t all know the circumstances of each fair. I’d rather know 2 months in advance than opening day when stock is bought and employees are hired. We just lost 2 jobs in Florida and a weekend festival in downtown Springfield in May. Now we have time to consider if we need to look for hourly employment to pay the bills. Kudos Macon County. I haven’t played your fair but we’re experiencing something none of us has ever experienced. No one has the answers yet. I hope you didn’t suffer such a loss that you can’t open next year. Fortunately, my husband and I are smart with our money so we’ll be ok for a while.

Bullshit was accident. You basically slapped everyone in the face for their opinions. Never attend again or say anything positive about the fair. Good riddens

We are not going to tolerate hateful and disrespectful remarks. We do accept comments and suggestions to help this fair.

Im just a nobody... cancelling a fair 2 months before the fair starts is way to extreme . And the world will b back to normal by then... #TRUMPPOWER

Well i was looking forward to the derby, i think it was a little early to call it but, im not gunna say your wrong. Be there next year