The midway is the section of a fair lined with carnival rides, games of skill, and food vendors.
The midway is the area of a fair or festival lined with carnival rides, games of skill, and food vendors. The word comes from the Midway Plaisance, the entertainment strip at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where rides and attractions lined a central walkway.
Durham, Woodstock, and Hebron were Connecticut fairs with a midway.
EndedA late-September agricultural fair. Livestock, giant vegetables, midway, and concerts.
EndedA Windham County agricultural fair. Ox draws, livestock, and a midway.
EndedA Labor Day weekend fair in the Litchfield Hills. Woodsmen shows, oxen draws, and a midway.
EndedA three-day Litchfield Hills harvest fair. Livestock, antique tractors, and a midway.
EndedA Labor Day Quiet Corner fair. Livestock, demo derby, midway, and live entertainment.
EndedA four-day harvest fair with a big midway and pulling contests.
