Pear Fair

This was an impressive community event and our first time attending out in Courtland! Loads of great food trucks, drinks, and good music! The Wolf Jett performance was our favorite, but Hip Service also rocked the stage with some great hits and the mariachi band was truly a sight to behold. bravo!I'd love to have seen some hay bales and a couple pop ups for shade for parents to sit in shade near the bounce houses. But there were ample bounce houses and water slides which were a hit for the kids. Additionally, The petting zoo was wonderful for littles. My son loved seeing the young cow, sheep, and llama.The Pear Pie from the local Elementary School stand was so delicious!!We look forward to coming back next year!! Great Job, Courtland! We prefer this over the massive State Fair crowds!

What can you say about the Pear Fair! I've been coming to this festival since I was a little girl. It's on the smaller side for sure but still provides live music, awesome food selection, an amazing community and the nostalgia that is Courtland. Having family born and raised here it's a gem for us. Only downfall this year was not getting fresh corn on the cob! But the customer service was awesome, the vibe of the fair is what you should expect of a small town festival and the atmosphere was laid back, relaxing and what I love most about going. Do yourself a favor and stop by next year. It's worth it...maybe not an all day excursion but still worth supporting a local community!

This year 2023 the Pear fair was going strong despite the 20 dollar charge for parking. It's a sticker shock for many but they don't charge for admission to enter. Small price to pay for a fun small town fair. If you're in a wheelchair or disabled it's very difficult for the handicapped to get to the fair bc of the very lumpy grassy parking area. That's an understatement too. We sympathize.It was a hot 95 degree day the last Sunday in Courtland. That's not bad bc it could be 100 plus degrees easily. We came to enjoy the live music as we heard Rachelle Steele play. Also lively and energetic Hip Service band got many up dancing and grooving. There were crafters tents & many items for sale by the Courtland high school auditorium which was nice to keep cool from the heat. We tried our best to stay in there & in the shady areas of the event. If you watch the bands play plan on sitting on the prickly haystacks! Ouchie! Seriously! We lucked out with the extra folding chairs used by the fair employees! Sorry but no pics as my wife did enjoy their well designed bright green & blue psychedelic pear fair tshirts! We enjoyed the delicious birria tacos! Unfortunately my wife waited until 430 PM to purchase some pear ice cream. This fair technically ends at 6 PM. So Mel's ice cream tent was long gone by then! Her bad! Lol By then we decided to hit the road home. So close to Elk Grove. Many times we are traveling away so we don't always attend every year. But it's small town fun. We observed the small cute homes across the street having their own party going! Woohoo! Lucky them & so conveniently close! Gotta love that!

This is my first attendance of the Pear Festival at Courtland, understanding this venue had a 3 year hiatus due to the pandemic. Very festive and could use more concession stands. Food, beer, wine and great band performance. The only quirk for me was when I was driving on 160 I didn't see the parking signs. Had to do a U-turn, parked at a convenience store nearby to ask where it it. Found it finally, cost was $20 to park, but considering the proceeds where going to the fire department and the entrance to the event was free, it was a fair deal. Another quirk was there was only one type of pear being sold- Bartlett, so that wasn't too interesting because I do have a tree at home. Hopefully they would sell other types of pears in the future even if they have to "import" it from elsewhere

A fun Courtland community celebration open to all, this fair is free admission with lots of pear and non-pear food & craft vendors. Families welcome, kids play area, adult beverages, live music, eating contests, & more. Parking $10 cash.

Will have heart attack for pears! Well that's what almost happened to me while I carried a 20 pound sack of pears back to my car parked in the field, in hot weather.... while juggling two pies in my other hand. This was my first time to the Annual Pear Fair. Overall they offered a good variety of vendors and it was easy to find and get to. Parking this year is still $10, free admission. Parade started at 1pm. There was a large area for kids and a large variety of water inflatables and pony rides! I walked out with two pear pies, one from Walnut Grove PTA and the other from another PTA located two booths down, I can't recall the name of. Each were $14 each and with the long line you'd think it was the food line during the depression era. I had to get both to compare. Both tasted great with only a slight variation where the forgotten PTA name version had more cinnamon spices, but it could have easily been attributed to the over zealous handling of the spices by the baker alone and not necessarily the recipe. It neither contributed to nor took away from the pie that much for me to distinguish between the two, especially with both being the same price. The 20 pound sack of pears costed me $20 and they were also selling 5 pounds for $5, green, red pears or mixed. I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5 because the parking fee is steep. $5 would be more reasonable. I understand in reading other reviews that it goes towards scholarships and admission is free, but i still think $5 is more acceptable considering vendor prices are as high as the state fair. This is a local event and it should be cheaper overall. When you exit, you have to travel about a half mile of dusty road. Believe me it was a complete dust bowl stirring everywhere. It got into every crevice of my vehicle. Even the freeway driving afterward couldn't blow it all away. Prepare to wash your car afterwards! Can they configure a different exit point next year or pave the road with hay/asphalt?

Great little fair. The pear pie, deep fried pear, and pear chicken sausage was delicious. The pear cider was more of a pass, It wasn't really sweet nor sour; it was just meh. I can see coming back here when in the area. The little museum was also pretty neat and they had posters & calendars available for purchase. The rest of the shops were, well the typical mismatch of random stands you'd expect at any small or large fair. Sadly we missed all the opening festivities and the parade.

LOVED the pear fair. A good friend of mine is actually apart of the Pear Fair committee and I had previously never heard of it until she mentioned that I should stop by. Pear Fair is held in Courtland (about 30 minutes away from Sacramento). I think it's such a hidden treasure and I hope to come regularly every year. Great thing about Pear Fair is that it's not the size of the State Fair...small and community oriented. People really invest a lot of time and effort into it! Lots of booths, attractions, different types of food and things to buy! My favorites: 1. Pear bread - YUM. Reminds me of banana bread just pear bread. $5 for small loaf to help benefit fire fighters! 2. Pear fries - OH WHY YES PLEASE! I didn't order this but had a small tasting! Goodness gracious 3. Pear Martinis - how sweet it is! 4. Pears by the bag - $5. GREAT price and a good amount of pears in the bag to take home! 5. Pear ice cream - simply delicious I wish they advertised it more in Sacramento, I'm sure a lot of granola crunchers would love to come to this event! Great music! Live bands that played cover songs all day long. Lots of people sitting to watch the band but not enough people dancing around! Maybe because it was hot?

We decided to check the Pear Fair today. We first heard about it from Huell Howser's TV program "California's Gold" many years ago, so we were curious. Parking is $10 per car. Follow the signs (or line of cars) to a large lot from Hwy 160. Later, when you Exit, you will go out at the back on dusty roads (like forever) to get back to Hwy 160, so don't wash your car the day before. The dust is really bad. Back to the Pair Fair -- there is a Children's Area, "food court" (vendors), Main Stage (music under a tent), auditorium for historical photos and posters, and an outdoor arts and crafts (vendors). At 1 p.m., they have a parade. Food court was pretty good -- variety of stuff to eat from wood fired pizza to adobo and pear pies to crepes with pears. Be ready to pay $8 - $10 for something. We decided on crepe with pears, 12 finger sized pieces of lumpia (egg rolls), and bottled water. Cost: $18. We wanted to get a "pear pie", but oh well -- we were on a budget (e.g. $14 for a whole pear pie). Other stuff you can buy: Pear Fair Posters ($10), Pear Fair Calendar ($15), bag of pears ($10), and so on. It all adds up. We didn't stay long (maybe 2 hours or less) and left before the parade. A lot of other people were already heading back to the parking lot before 1 p.m. too. The Fair is great for families, but if you're in a wheelchair or have difficulty in walking -- beware. The ground is uneven in some places especially their parking lot. And No Pets allowed! Anyway, this is one of those Fairs you go "once" in your life (out of curiosity) and that's it.

Nice small town event! Whoever thought of the exit process of having a 15 minute drive of close to a mile through loose dirt to leave the event wasn't thinking! You charge a reasonable $20 to park and now I have to have a $35 car wash to have my car cleaned from leaving. Not Good!