New general manager named as Lake County Fairgrounds returns from pandemic pause The 92nd annual Lake County Fair was canceled in 2020. A smaller, shorter version called Back to Our Roots Micro-Fair is scheduled this year for July 30 to Aug. 1. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2020 Chey Pribel, left, and Shannon Dunn at the Lake County Fairgrounds & Event Center at an event in February 2020. Dunn was just promoted to general manager of the facility and Pribel is taking over as sales and marketing manager. Courtesy of Shannon Dunn
Updated 6/29/2021 5:28 PM
The Lake County Fairgrounds & Events Center in Grayslake has a new general manager, as operations at the facility ramp up and a scaled-down county fair approaches.