Pigs, high dives, acrobatics: Opening day of the Utah State Fair in Salt Lake City

| Sep. 7, 2018, 12:49 a.m.

| Updated: 1:20 a.m.

The 2018 Utah State Fair opened Thursday at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City, and some of the day’s entertainment included Swifty Swine pig races, the Flying Fools High Dive Show, song and dance from Divas through the Decades and acrobatics at the Big Top Circus Spectacular.

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