Want to participate in a dairy goat milk tasting? Or maybe enter your kid in a youth tractor pull? How about witnessing a poultry costume contest? You can find it all at the Thurston County Fair. The fair starts Wednesday and provides five days of activities including musical entertainment, home arts demonstrations, 4-H and FFA events, rides for kids of all ages, and the always-fabulous fair food. A little history: The first Thurston County Fair was in 1871 and was located where the present day 4th Ave Tavern is. The event was a way to support agriculture and immigration in Thurston County. The fair has grown over the past 130 years and has jumped from location to location, including the now Tumwater Safeway and Lacey Post Office, before settling in to the present day fairgrounds in 1958. Bonus: The fabulous Artesian Rumble Arkestra headlines the grand opening ceremony at 5 p.m. July 30.

THURSTON COUNTY FAIR, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Thurston County Fairgrounds, 3054 Carpenter Road, Lacey, $5-$7, 360.786.5453