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Historic Burton Street Ag Fair
September 6 @ 10:00 pm
Celebrate the sprit of the Historic Burton Street Community with live music, games, inflatables, food, a 3v3 basketball tournament (with cash prize!), and a ribbon cutting at noon to officially dedicate the new playground and basketball court at Burton Street Community Center.
Sign up for 3v3 basketball tournament at https://ncashevilleweb.myvscloud.com/…/iteminfo.html..
The Burton Street Ag Fair pays homage to the legacy of civic leader and renaissance man Edward W. Pearson and the historic Burton Street neighborhood he founded. Pearson held the first Ag Fair in 1913 and Black residents from throughout western North Carolina traveled to Asheville to enjoy parades, amusement rides, and games and compete for the best exhibits in agriculture, fair variety, canned fruits and jellies, baked goods, sewing and handicraft, and flower arrangements.
For more on E.W. Pearson, check out https://www.ashevillenc.gov/…/park-views-burton-street…/