You might find more specialized fairs more satisfying. For instance, though there's a whole lotta stuff being sold at Sheep and Wool festivals, there's also a whole lotta animals (mostly sheep, but also alpacas and angora rabbits and angora and cashmere goats and sheepdogs), and exhibits and demonstrations of people's handcrafts. (And a large proportion of the stuff for sale is also people's handcrafts, a lot of it even good.)