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Downtown Fargo Street Fair in Fargo
The Downtown Fargo Street Fair is a large summer street festival filling downtown Fargo, North Dakota, with the 50th annual edition running July 16 to 18, 2026. Hundreds of vendor booths, food, and live entertainment take over multiple downtown blocks across the three-day event, drawing large regional crowds each July.
Downtown Fargo, North Dakota, has hosted a summer street fair for half a century, a run that began decades before the current wave of downtown revitalization efforts common in mid-sized American cities.