Green County vendors share what the Tulsa State Fair means for their local business

TULSA, Okla. — FOX23 spoke with local businesses at the Tulsa State Fair about how this year compared to years past.

"A lot of people. I see they had a good crowd this year," said Johnnie Jackson with Freddie's Corn.

Jackson said business was good during the 2024 Tulsa State Fair.

Every year, the Muskogee-based business sets up shop for 11 Days of Awesome.

"This year is a lot different," said Jackson. "There were more people this year, which is good. It's good. We had a lot of people this year; a good turnout."

Inside the Expo building, Deep Branch Winery, out of Cookson, Okla., if back for their seventh year.

Owner Vonnetta Allenbaugh said although her customers are loyal, this year they're on a tighter budget.

"You see a lot of traffic, but I think people are sort of feeling the pain. A lot of comments we get are that people are feeling the pains of the economy," said Allenbaugh.

She said she still expected to sell out at the Tulsa State Fair, just like they did at the Oklahoma State Fair.

"I think the biggest change you see is people don't buy in quite as large quantities maybe as they used to," she said. "We still have had a really good turnout."

The 2024 Tulsa State fair was from Sept. 26 through Oct. 6.