Below are links to the 2020 letters from Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Director Gary McDowell. All fairs should feel free to use these for their communication efforts.
For the 2020 fair and exhibition season, MDARD will continue its policy of distributing official swine ID NUES tags to fairs, free of charge, for use with exhibition swine. Swine tags can still be ordered over the phone or through email; however, we encourage fairs to place their orders by December 16, 2019. Fairs that have ordered their tags can pick them up on January 9-10 in the MDARD Resource Center at the annual MAFE convention in Grand Rapids.
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Once again the Michigan Association of Fairs & Exhibitions Young Professional Program, yMAFE, will offer scholarships to attend a fair convention. This year yMAFE will award up to three (3) scholarships to attend the 2019 IAFE convention and two (2) scholarships to attend the 2020 MAFE convention. Click here for information, rules and application.
Applications must be received by September 17.
The Michigan Association of Fairs & Exhibitions is proud to announce a new scholarship program for youths involved with a current associate member.
2019 MAFE Associate Scholarship application (Please note this scholarship is not open to fair exhibitors. If you are a youth fair exhibitor, please visit the MAFE Fair/Festival scholarship page)
2020 Showcase and Kids Showcase Application
The 135th Annual Michigan Association of Fairs & Exhibitions Convention will be held January 9-11, 2020 at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The MAFE Convention is a very popular and highly anticipated event, and is a tremendous opportunity to display your talent to the majority of Fairs and Festivals in Michigan. There are a few opportunities for showcase:
Click here for the application and all information related to the […]
Again this year MAFE will be giving away six (6) $1,000 scholarships to outstanding youth involved in the Michigan fair industry.
2019 MAFE Award applications are available. Click the below links to view the documents in Google Drive (to download a document click the arrow in the top right hand side of the screen)
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced this year’s competitive grant cycle for the state’s county fairs to make building and other capital improvements to their fairground facilities. Additionally, grants are available for associations or other organized events hosting fairs or expositions showing livestock and commodities. Both grant proposals must be received by MDARD no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, February 15, 2019.
The capital improvement program provides additional funds for county fair […]
Following are links to the Letters from Governor Snyder and
MDARD Director Wenk for fair premium books…
2018 Fair Season Governor Letter
2018 Fair Season MDARD Director Letter
Be sure to fill out the forms for the 20th Annual MAFE Communications Awards Contest (Please note these documents are housed in Google Docs. Click on the arrow in the top right hand side to download or the printer icon to print the document)
Associate member communication awards application
Fair ad Festival communications awards application
Entries are due November 15, 2018
