Michael Woyton reports for Patch that the Ulster County Fair opens August 1. That comes just after the Greene County Youth Fair closed in Cairo, and a few weeks before the Columbia County Fair opens in Chatham. The fairs all offer a variety of animal exhibitions, amusements, and rides, and performances, The Ulster County Fair has Lee Greenwood and the Kentucky Headhunters performing, and The World’s Smallest Rodeo, and a fireworks display on Aug. 2. Most days it is open from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m., except for closing day, Aug. 6, when it closes at 8 p.m., and opening day, when the hours are 4-10 p.m. Read more about this story in Patch.