Crystal Faire

Crystal Fair is an annual event in The Crystal Empire. It was established by their first queen and became their most important tradition. The fair is held every year to renew the spirit of love and unity in the empire so they could protect it from harm.

Depiction in the series
In The Ballad of the Crystal Empire, the main characters sing about setting up the fair. According to Twilight's book, the Crystal Ponies liked jousting, flew a colorful flag, made sweets with crystal berries, had a petting zoo with tiny ewes, played crystal "flugelhorns", and had a national anthem.

The last page of the book mentiones that a crystal heart is the centerpiece of the fair. Twilight uses her magic to cut one out of a crystal block, but later discovers that the heart is an actual relic that was sealed away long ago by King Sombra. According to the librarian pony, the whole purpose of the Crystal Fair is to lift the spirits of the crystal ponies, so the light within them can power the Crystal Heart, so that the empire can be protected.

Twilight announces the beginning of the Fair from the castle balcony.

The Fair
"Come on in, y'all. Got food and drinks thataway, games and crafts are thataway, crystal heart to the back near the Princess."

- Applejack

The fair has many tents and booths, each featuring a traditional product or event.
 * There is a booth with "Crystal Empire Berry pie" and "Crystal corn-on-the-cob".
 * The librarian pony mentiones "funnel cake" which propably has it´s own booth too.
 * Two Crystal ponies are seen playing ring tossing.
 * Rarity has a traditional crafts booth with straw hats.
 * Rainbow Dash is seen selling flugelhorns at one point.
 * Fluttershy has a petting zoo with tiny ewes.
 * Later Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are having a jousting match.
 * Applejack mentiones Crystal Empire nectar and fritters.