Music acts: Johnny Holm Band, Pop Rocks, Mason Dixon Line, Fabulous Armadillos.
Location: In the 1980s and 1990s the events were at Lake Winona, but a bigger midway required more space. Also: Electricity lakeside was insufficient.
Entry fee: $5 entry button Some events extra. Advance purchases at Kwik Trip, Midtown Foods, Hy-Vee.
Clearances. Goldstar Amusements is unable to bring its larger state-fair quality rides to Winona. The new Center Street location has insufficient clearance from buildings along the sidewalk and boulevard trees.
Carnival: The carnival is one of two units of Faribault-based Goldstar Amusements. The other is playing simultaneously this weekend in Buffalo, 40 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Southern venues. In cooler months Goldstar sets up at festivities in Louisiana. Its northern venues in warmer months: Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.