fair

thumb|A trade fair for the travel industry thumb|A boy at the fish pond, the Rockton World's Fair, harvest festival, Canada, 2010 A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Fairs showcase a wide range of goods, products, and services, and often include competitions, exhibitions, and educational activities. Fairs can be thematic, focusing on specific industries or interests.

==Types== thumb|right|Roundabouts (also known as a carousel or merry-go-round) are traditional attractions, often seen at fairs. Variations of fairs include: Art fairs, including art exhibitions and arts festivals Book Fairs in communities and schools provide an opportunity for readers, writers, publishers to come together and celebrate literature. County fair (US) or county show (UK), a public agricultural show exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. Festival, an event ordinarily coordinated with a theme e.g. music, art, season, tradition, history, ethnicity, religion, or a national holiday. Health fair, an event designed for outreach to provide basic preventive medicine and medical screening Historical reenactments, including Renaissance fairs and Dickens fairs Horse fair, an event where people buy and sell horses. Job fair, event in which employers, recruiters, and schools give information to potential employees. Regional or state fair, an annual competitive and recreational gathering. Including exhibits or competitors that have won in their categories at the local fairs. Science fair, a competitive event for entries employ the scientific method to test a hypothesis. A town/city's street fair or market, including charter fairs, celebrates character of a neighborhood and local merchants. Temple fair or miaohui, yearly fair held in temples of various religions Trade fair, an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, study activities of rivals, and examine recent market trends and opportunities. Traveling funfair or carnival, an amusement show made up of amusement rides, food vending stalls, merchandise vending stalls, games of "chance and skill", thrill acts and (now less commonly) animal acts. Village fair or fête, an elaborate periodic festival, party or celebration. Held by the locals to original to celebrate a good harvests or religious gatherings. World's fair, an international exhibition designed to showcase achievements of nations