Last weekend the city of Sandwich celebrated its 123rd annual Sandwich Fair.

Entertainment included harness racing, livestock judging, demolition derbies, truck and tractor pulls, and chart-topping country artists performing. Various venders from the surrounding areas also added to the festivities. Many have been coming to the fair for years.

“This booth is the oldest booth here; it’s been here since 1949,” said Ed Wonsowski of Audi’s Acres Natural Farms, 601 Little Rock Road, Plano. They sold honey products which included honey, salad dressings, barbecue sauces and marinades.

Lonnie Booker was hosting a booth filled with various sewing machines stitching intricate designs. One design even included a picture of Oprah Winfrey. The Fabric Center, 301 Liberty St., Morris, has been around for 40 years. It not only sells sewing machines but also offers sewing classes. “The rules and regulations [for vendors] are very restrictive, but it’s definitely worth the money,” Booker said. “It’s a good marketing strategy.”

George Kaleel and his son, Mark, own a shop named Kaleel’s Clothing & Shoes, 226 E. Main St., Amboy, that sells sweatshirts, T-shirts, jackets, and Carhartt merchandise. They have had a booth at the fair every year, for the past 20 years. Their family-run business in Amboy has been around for 54 years. George assures his customers that 80 percent of their merchandise is American-made. “With the cooler weather, business has been very good for us this year,” George said.

The fair attracts more than just a wide variety of vendors, but also people from the surrounding towns and suburbs.

“We’ve been coming to the fair for the past seven years,” said fourth-grade teacher and mother of two young girls, Gina Ancel. “This is the closest thing we get to a state fair, so I always recommend it to my friends and students,” said Ancel.

On Friday night, crowds of country music enthusiasts flocked to the Grandstand to watch Jason Michael Carroll and Jake Owen take the stage. Popular songs included “I Can Sleep When I’m Dead,” “Livin’ Our Love Song,” “Tell Me,” and “Eight Second Ride.” Owen capped off the evening by ripping a hole in his jeans, while climbing up the corner supporter of the stage. Luckily, the stage crew was able to solve the problem by supplying the singer with some duck tape. “There’s nothing duck tape can’t fix,” Owen joked to the crowd.