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Allentown Fair to again slam to an end

Allentown Fair Demo Derby
Jay Bradley
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The demolition derby will return to Allentown Fair on Sept. 1, 2025.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown Fair's grandstand offerings this summer will again come to a crashing close.

J&J Demolition Derby, a Labor Day mainstay at Allentown Fairgrounds, will return for its closing-night grandstand entertainment offering at 5 p.m. Sept. 1, the fair announced Monday.

Tickets, at the same price as last year — $20 and $15 for ages 12 and younger — are on sale online on the fair website at the fair box office on the Allentown Fairgrounds.
Allentown Fair news release

Tickets, at the same price as last year — $20 and $15 for ages 12 and younger — are on sale online on the fair website at the fair box office on the Allentown Fairgrounds.

The tickets include admission to the fair.

The derby will feature three heats, with full-size cars, from the ‘80s or newer and compact cars.

Just one headline show — for Aug. 30 — remains to be announced for the grandstand at the 173rd anniversary fair, which this year runs Aug, 27-Sept. 1.

Previously announced for the fair were Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Heart on Aug. 27, country-rock pioneers Alabama on Aug. 28,top country music singer Kane Brown on Aug. 29 and top comedian Gabriel Iglesias on Aug. 31.

Tickets remain available for all those shows.