Established in 1878 and reconstituted in 1981, the Veiled Profit Fair, nominally the Fair Saint Louis starting in in 1992, is an annual festival held during the July 4 holiday in downtown St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

 at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

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. Some call it "America

United States

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's largest birthday party". The event showcases a variety of attractions, educational activities, a barbecue

Barbecue

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 competition, stages featuring popular entertainers, and an enormous fireworks

Fireworks

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 display held nightly.

Background

Known as the "Veiled Prophet Fair" (or sometimes just "VP Fair") to the public, and officially prior to 1992, Fair Saint Louis was organized by the Veiled Prophet Organization, a secret society

Secret society

A secret society is a club or organization whose activities and inner functioning are concealed from non-members. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as intelligence agencies or guerrilla insurgencies, which hide their...

 of prominent St. Louisans who also put on the "Veiled Prophet Ball

Veiled Prophet Ball

The Veiled Prophet Ball is a dance held each December in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, by a secret society named the "Veiled Prophet Organization" , first founded by prominent St. Louisans in 1878, and originally part of the Veiled Prophet Fair , which today is Fair St. Louis...

", a debutante

Debutante

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 ball held annually in December, as well as the Veiled Prophet Parade, which usually kicks off Fair Saint Louis. http://www.nps.gov/jeff/adhi%20Folder/adhi2-3.htm

Fair Saint Louis

July 2 - Steve Miller Band

Steve Miller Band

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July 3 - Maroon 5

Maroon 5

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July 4 - Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry

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Celebrate Summer Concerts Series

July 15 - Bell Biv Devoe

Bell Biv DeVoe

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July 16 - Gavin DeGraw

Gavin DeGraw

Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for his songs "Chariot", "Follow Through", "I Don't Want to Be" , "In Love with a Girl", and "Not Over You".-Early life:DeGraw grew up in the Catskills in South Fallsburg,...

July 22 - Keb' Mo'

Keb' Mo'

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July 23 - Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies

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Fair St. Louis Music Video Contest Winners

July 2 - Doorway

July 3 - Option// Control

July 4 - Last Nights Vice

Last Nights Vice

Last Nights Vice is a five-piece Pop-Rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. After forming in 2006, the group self-released their debut EP called The Power Cosmic EP. Locally, some of Last Nights Vice's milestones would include playing at both Pointfest 27 and Pointfest 28 as well as the 2011 Fair...

External links

• Veiled Prophet Grand March music by 19th century St. Louis composer J. W. Postlewaite