Pre-Sale Tickets To Hometown Fair Now On Sale
Pre-Sale tickets are a limited time offer and now is the time to purchase them
If you are headed to the Moose Jaw Hometown Fair - Friday June 21st to Sunday June 23rd now is the time to save more than a few dollars as pre-sale tickets are now available.
The $50 ticket includes gate admission as well as all of the rides you can manage to ride on for a day.
The $50 pre-sale tickets are the same price as 2023.
The reason for no price increase “is just trying to keep the price down so people can afford it, to come to the fair,” George Fowler Exhibition general manager said.
The multi-day (three day) passes are not available.
If you are big fair aficionado and wanting more than to ride a couple of rides the pre-sale tickets are by far your best option, Fowler said.
Gate admission by itself to enter the Fair (without any rides) is $15 for adults, $10 for students or seniors and children under six are free.
Students are classified as anyone as a student including adult students at post secondary institutions so long as they have valid student ID.
Gate admission is to enter the fair grounds and do not allow for any rides.
Gate admission does allow access to a variety of free entertainment that has changed this year to help freshen up the Fair.
Once the fair is running - you can no longer buy a pre-sale ticket - the cost for an adult is $55 for an all you can ride ticket plus the $15 gate admission for a total cost of $70 The pre-sale ticket option saving for an adult is $20.
For student or seniors once the Fair is running the cost is $55 for an unlimited ride ticket plus a $10 gate admission fee. The pre-sale ticket option saving for a student is $15.
“There is a significant saving there.”
As an example for a family of four - two adults and two children - the savings on pre-sale tickets versus purchasing at the gate is $70.
All wrist band ticket sales are final.
There is the option of paying the entry fee and buying coupons but if you want to go on a lot of rides the pre-sale wrist band is the much cheaper option.
“When the Fair is operating and just to go on the big rides it (using coupons) it adds up pretty quickly,” he said, adding “if you only want to go on one or two rides it’s the way to do that. If you want to ride for any length of time or number of rides it’s a really expensive option.”
Once the pre-sale ticket is purchased it is exchanged by West Coast Amusement’s on-site office for a non-transferable wrist band.
Tickets are available at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company Office, Pet Valu (1251 Main Street North) and Family Pizza (410 Lilloet Street West).
Having three locations to purchase pre-sale tickets is a means to make it convenient to purchase tickets.
“By having them spread out around the city you don’t have to go too far to get a ticket,” Fowler said. “The owners of Family Pizza and Pet Valu were gracious enough to sell tickets for us…it’s very important also because it takes some pressure of the (Exhibition) Office.”
The two off grounds ticket outlets are family owned and do it for free to help out the Exhibition.
In a win-win which in turn gives the two businesses exposure but you don’t have to purchase anything from the shops to buy a pre-sale ticket.
Cutoff to purchase pre-sale tickets is Thursday June 20th at close of business.
The Exhibition says close of business because Pet Valu and Family Pizza close later than the Exhibition office does.
If you decide late on June 20th to buy tickets the best option is Family Pizza.
Tickets can be paid for by cash, debit card or credit card.
MJ Independent will be carrying more stories this week about the 2024 Moose Jaw Hometown Fair.