Photos from the Permian Basin Fair & Expo’s opening day. Fair hours are 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events.
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Owner of Lone Star Concessions Dilbert Riley prepares a funnel cake on the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. The Permian Basin Fair & Expo opens today with fair hours 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Permian High School’s head orchestra director Todd Berridge plays with the Permian Satin Strings during the opening ceremony for the Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. The Permian Basin Fair & Expo opens today with fair hours 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Wright’s Amusements employee Graciela Colio pins balloons to a backboard inside her throwing dart game tent in preparation for the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. The Permian Basin Fair & Expo opens today with fair hours 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Mike McBride, right, and Anna Mcbride look at a classic 1964 Ford Galaxie while browsing through the Oil burners Antique Car Show on the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. The Permian Basin Fair & Expo opens today with fair hours 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Jose Valdez grills sausages in preparation for the the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. The Permian Basin Fair & Expo opens today with fair hours 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Bags of taffy sit on display as part of Roger and Jennie Hanson’s Pepper Springs Out West vendor stall inside the Ector County Coliseum for the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon in Odessa. The Permian Basin Fair & Expo opens today with fair hours 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Wright’s Amusements employee Diana Hernandez ties prizes to her carnival game tent in preparation for the opening of the Permian Basin Fair and Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Martha Gregorio cuts lemons as she preps to make lemonade at her stand for the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair and Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Martha Gregorio cuts lemons as she preps to make lemonade at her stand for the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair and Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Roger and Jennie Hanson prepare their stall Pepper Springs Out West located inside the Ector County Coliseum before the opening of the Permian Basin Fair Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon in Odessa. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Permian High School’s head orchestra director Todd Berridge, right, directs the Permian Satin Strings as they play “The Star-Spangled Banner” for the opening ceremony of the Permian Basin Fair and Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Permian Basin Fair and Expo director and Vietnam Veteran Jerry Flippin is presented with a hand-made quilt by the Quilts of Valor foundation during the opening ceremony for the Permian Basin Fair and Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Nicholas Jones, 11, plays with a shelter puppy at the Odessa animal Control’s adoption event on the opening day of the Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Jason Salinas, left, and Kynlee Tatsch, 14, practice for the Permian Basin Fair & Expo’s cornhole tournament on the fair’s opening day Friday afternoon inside Barn E at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Permian High School student and Satin Strings member Samir Abu-Alghanam, 16, plays the violin during a performance for the opening ceremony of the Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Permian High School’s head orchestra director Todd Berridge plays with the Permian Satin Strings during the opening ceremony for the Permian Basin Fair & Expo Friday afternoon at the Ector County Coliseum. The Permian Basin Fair & Expo opens today with fair hours 5 p.m. to midnight, today through Sept. 10, noon to midnight Saturday and Sept. 11 and 12, and noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 5-9. The annual event will be celebrating its 45th year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The yearly fair features a variety of activities including live entertainment, talent shows, pageants, a petting zoo, carnival, and other various livestock and western sporting events. Visit pbfair.com for a full schedule of events. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
