Photos: Freaks and Geeks — and Everyone Else — at the Denver County Fair

Over the weekend, the fourth annual Denver County Fair brought everything Denver -- from pot and paraphernalia vendors in the first-ever county fair Pot Pavilion to drag queens and lucha libre wrestlers and pretty contortionists in the Freak Show -- to the National Western Complex for a nonstop weekend of...
By Susan FroydAugust 7, 2014
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Over the weekend, the fourth annual Denver County Fair brought everything Denver — from pot and paraphernalia vendors in the first-ever county fair Pot Pavilion to drag queens and lucha libre wrestlers and pretty contortionists in the Freak Show — to the National Western Complex for a nonstop weekend of eating contests, dog agility competitions, fair food, chicken bingo and a million other things. Photographer Brandon Marshall brought back these images of the Denver County Fair’s people and more.

See also: The 2014 Denver County Fair

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Susan Froyd started writing for Westword as the “Thrills” editor in 1992 and never quite left the fold. These days she still freelances for the paper in addition to walking her dogs, enjoying cheap ethnic food and reading voraciously. Sometimes she writes poetry.

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