The 113th annual El Paso County Fair was held at the county fairgrounds in Calhan, Colorado, in mid-July. The week-long fair hosted various events for entertainment, including a carnival, petting zoo, livestock shows, bull riding, a demolition derby and concerts, plus vendors of all kinds who sold their goods along ìvendor row.îA first at this yearís fair was the Elephant Extravaganza, which featured two African elephants and one Asian elephant. The extravaganza provided entertainment but also educated the audiences that gathered at various times to see the elephants.Also on the list of entertainment opportunities was the Salida Circus, a traveling entertainment group, founded in 2007, that featured aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, stilt-walkers and magicians, and the Butterfly Encounter that provided an interactive walk-through exhibit where attendees could watch a video about the butterfly life cycle and feed the butterflies.
