Cotton Candy Classic
About this race
Join us for the 7th Annual Cotton Candy Classic 5K in 2025! We invite you to run, walk, or skip through all of the sights and sounds the fair has to offer! The race begins at Patriot Circle inside Chilhowee Park and begins starting at 8am.
All proceeds go to supporting the Tennessee Valley Fair Foundation. The mission of the Tennessee Valley Fair Foundation is to preserve East Tennessee’s heritage by promoting agricultural awareness, supporting educational programs, and cultivating youth development through scholarships and youth activities.
Registration ends on September 6th , Race Morning at 7:45am. You can register on your smart phone device before checking in. Shirts are not guaranteed for week of registration after inventory runs out.
REGISTRATION INCLUDES:
- 2025 Cotton Candy Classic 5K shirt (if supplies available at time of registration)
- 2 FREE admission tickets to the 2025 TN Valley Fair
Packet pickup will take place at 6:30am on the day of the race. Parking is free in the Beaman Street parking lot. Participants will walk through the tunnel and registration is to the right at the top of the hill.
Course: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/5682662878
Learn more about the Tennessee Valley Fair Foundation here: https://www.tnvalleyfair.org/p/getinvolved/foundation.
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TN Valley Fair Cotton Candy Classic 5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Knoxville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:16 AM and sets at 7:47 PM local time (EDT) in Knoxville on September 12, 2026 — 12h 31m of daylight.
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- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
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