Photos: Rides, food, fun at the 2024 Great Anderson County Fair in Upstate South Carolina

Lights on a ride at the Great Anderson County Fair appear blurred with an eight-second time exposure on the first day of the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People watch pigs race at the Rosaire's Royal Racers show, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Taliya Nealey, left, and Jessica McClatchy of Anderson ride on the X Factory ride during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Donald Waddell makes grilled corn during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Samantha Heller of Anderson feeds a camel and donkey at the Eudora Farms tent, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People ride on the Circus swing ride during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Alyson Thompson, left, and Jacob Moore raise their hands in the air on the Matterhorn ride, the first ride they went on during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Anthony Neighbors helps sell lemonade during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Satchel Rose of Charleston sells a variety of fair toys wearing an umbrella hat during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Meylin Morales helps make cotton candy during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Jason Coffin enjoys a bratwurst during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Robin Saxon helps set up a free throw basketball booth arranging a large stuffed toy banana during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024. To win the big banana, participants need to make six free throws in a row.

People arrive on opening day of the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People arrive on opening day of the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Alyson Thompson of Greenville, the first person to enter the 2024 Great Anderson County Fair donates five cans of food to the Haven of Rest Ministries, at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People arrive on opening day of the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People arrive on opening day of the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Samantha Heller of Anderson feeds a camel and donkey at the Eudora Farms tent, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People booths aiming to win a prize toy at the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Donald Waddell makes grilled corn during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Grilled corn during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

A man takes a shot at Swoosh Nothing but Net booth trying to win a prize, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Sunny skies with some clouds and warm on opening day of the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Nikki Penta of Ready Go Dog Show tosses a plastic flying disc to one of her 15 dogs named Pepperchini, a cattle dog and border collie mix, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People ride on the Jekyll and Hyde ride during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People watch pigs race at the Rosaire's Royal Racers show, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People watch pigs race at the Rosaire's Royal Racers show, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People watch pigs race at the Rosaire's Royal Racers show, during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People ride on a ferris wheel near an Anderson water tower during the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

People arrive in the opening hour of the Great Anderson County Fair at the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Lights on a ride at the Great Anderson County Fair appear blurred with an eight-second time exposure on the first day of the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Lights on a ride at the Great Anderson County Fair appear blurred with an eight-second time exposure on the first day of the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Lights on a ride at the Great Anderson County Fair appear blurred with an eight-second time exposure on the first day of the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Complex in Anderson, S.C. Thursday, May 2, 2024.