The 2025 Panhandle-South Plains Fair returns this week with a few new rides, some creative new food options and a lot of returning fan favorites.

This will be the 108th edition of the fair. It opens Thursday, Sept. 18 with its traditional Buck-a-Ride preview night from 6 to 11 p.m., when rides are only $1 each, ahead of the fair's full run Friday through Sept. 27 at the fairgrounds at Broadway and Avenue A.

This year's fair will be dedicated to Craig McDonald, a former member of the fair board whose family has been involved with the organization for generations, Wallace said. McDonald, a longtime leader in the Lubbock-area banking and agriculture industry, died in February at age 90.

On the agenda at the Lubbock fair

Jennifer Wallace, general manager for the Panhandle-South Plains Fair

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