The People's Fair is an annual event, held in early June, in Civic Center Park

Civic Center, Denver

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 in Denver

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, Colorado

Colorado

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, U.S.A.

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 It is sponsored by Capitol Hill United Neighbors

Capitol Hill, Denver, Colorado

Located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, the Capitol Hill neighborhood is bounded by Broadway, Downing Street, Colfax Avenue, and Seventh Avenue, which carry large volumes of traffic around the neighborhood. It is technically located in East Denver which begins immediately east of...

 (CHUN).

The People's Fair is one of several free events held annually in Denver. The first People's Fair was held in 1971 at Morey Junior High School (now Morey Middle School), with 2,000 in attendance. Within five years, the fair had outgrown its home and moved to East High School

East High School (Denver, Colorado)

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. In 1987, the fair moved to its current home, Civic Center Park, located between the Colorado State Capitol

Colorado State Capitol

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 and the City and County Building.

The fair has about 500 vendor booths. Some sell food, but the focus of this juried

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 event is on arts and crafts. CHUN describes it as "Colorado's Premier Arts and Crafts Festival." Throughout the event, bands perform live on several stages, and carnival rides are set up in one portion of the fair's grounds.

Part of the mission of the People's Fair is to fund community non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

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s. This is accomplished via the beverage booths, staffed by volunteers whose respective organizations receive a portion of the profits from sales.