PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELANDRobert Heintzelman, director, Lehigh County Agricultural Society, opens The Great Allentown Fair 2025 with the invocation Aug. 27.

One of the many baby goats available at the Steinmetz Family Farm Petting Zoo is just hanging out during The Great Allentown Fair.

Ayla Blatt, Allentown Fair Queen, 2019-2020, welcomes visitors to The Great Allentown Fair 2025 held at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Aug. 27. Blatt was also emcee for the queen contest.

Jonathan Epstein, president, The Great Allentown Fair Foundation, encourages visitors to enjoy the fair.

Members of the Brandywine Colonials Fife and Drum Corps, Topton, provide patriotic music for the opening ceremony of The Great Allentown Fair.

Members of the Allentown Fire Department Honor Guard post the colors for the opening ceremony at The Great Allentown Fair held at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Aug. 27.

Singer Kristen Morgenstern performs the national anthem at the opening ceremony of The Great Allentown Fair.