Fair Day Planner
A personal itinerary builder for big summer fairs and exhibitions (KDays, the PNE, the CNE, the State Fair) that helps families map out rides, food, and shows by crowd level, kid age, and how much walking they can stomach.
Families planning a day at a multi-day local fair
- Drag-and-drop day schedule with crowd-level warnings for each ride and stage
- Kid-height and age filters so parents skip rides their 4-year-old cannot ride anyway
- Food map highlighting new vendors and dietary options (halal, gluten-free, kid-friendly)
KDays coverage is spiking in Edmonton as the festival opens, and local news keeps noting families struggle to "do it all in 10 days" — a planner solves a real friction point during the run-up and opening weekend.
KDays 2025 hit record 750K+ attendance and has 71K Facebook likes, and family trip planner apps (Wanderlog, FamilyTrips, MonkeyTravel) show category interest, but the niche 'fair-day family itinerary' demand is unproven and seasonal.KDays attendance tops more than 750K: The fest by the numbers ↗KDays | Edmonton AB - Facebook ↗
Major fairs already ship official first-party apps/sites (PNE Events app on App Store, KDays site with schedules/Sensory Zone, CNE ticketing) — a multi-fair 3rd-party aggregator with crowd-level + kid-age filtering appears largely uncovered, but entry requires competing with each fair's own tool.PNE Events on the App Store ↗Plan Your Day at the PNE Fair - PNE ↗Frequently Asked Questions - KDays ↗
PNE/CNE apps are free with admission; family trip planner category skews freemium (Wanderlog free, FamilyTrips free); users only need the app ~10 days/year per fair — extremely hard to extract meaningful ARPU.Wanderlog travel planner: free vacation planner and itinerary app ↗The Ex - Let's Go To The Ex ↗
Use is concentrated in a 2-3 week window per fair per year; KDays runs only July 17-26, PNE/CNE similar short windows — annual retention will be weak without expanding to multiple fairs or pivoting.KDays • The best days are KDays. July 17-26 ↗
Building an aggregator requires scraping/maintaining ride, food vendor and show data for each fair; real-time crowd-level data needs partnerships none of which appear publicly available; multi-fair coverage compounds maintenance work.K-Days Edmonton 2026 | Festival Schedule, Rides, Concerts & Family Guide ↗