Variations of fairs include:
• Art fairs, including art exhibitions and arts festivals
• County fair (USA) or county show (UK), … See more

The Roman fairs were holidays on which work and business such as law courts were suspended. In the Roman provinces of Judea and Syria Palaestina, Jewish rabbis prohibited Jews from participating in fairs in certain tow… See more

The Sirsi Marikamba Devi Fair of the deity is held every alternate year in the month of March and taken through the city Sirsi, Karnataka. It is attended by a very large number of devotees. It is also most famous and bigges… See more

Fairs attracted great numbers of people and they often resulted in public order issues and sometimes riots. The holding of fairs was, therefore, granted by royal charter. Initially they were only allowed in towns and places … See more

• Art exhibition
• Convention
• China fairing (a small porcelain ornament, so named because they were given away as prizes at fairs in the Victorian era)… See more

• "Fair" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911.
• Fairs, past and present: A chapter in the history of commerce (1883) by Cornelius Walford See more