Fair Schedule

August 15,2025-GrandOpening

12:00 am - All Livestock Must Be on The Grounds
7:00 am - Gates Open
8:00 am - GRAND OPENING RIBBON CUITING CEREMONY - GATE #2
8:00 am - Junior Fair Dairy Market Weigh-in & Barn Meeting - Cattle Show Arena
8:30 am - Mandatory Swine Barn Meeting - All Exhibitors - Swine Barn
9:00 am - 4-H Booth Judging - Youth Building Closed for Judging
9:00 am - FFA Shop and Crop Judging - Youth Building Closed for Judging
9:00 am - Junior Fair Market Barrow weigh-in - Swine Barn
9:00 am - Junior Fair Market Lamb Fitting Contest - Intermediate Division - Sheep Arena
9:00 am - Junior Fair Horse Show, Contesting Classes - Horse Show Arena
10:00 am - 10:00 pm - Vendor and Booth Displays Open
11:00 am - Jr Fair Beef Exhibitors Barn Meeting, followed by weigh-in - Cattle Show Arena
11:30 am - Cheerleading Contest - Grandstand
12:00 pm - 11:00 pm - Amusement Rides Operating
1:00 pm - Junior Fair Mandatory Goat Exhibitors Meeting followed by Weigh-in - Goat Barn
1:00 - 7:00 pm - Junior Fair Rabbit Weigh-in & Check-in - Rabbit Barn
2:00 pm - Jr. Fair Sheep Exhibitors Meeting followed by weigh-in and check-in - Sheep Barn
2:00 pm - Weigh Carcass, Crossbred, Ewe and Market Lambs, following Barn Meeting - Sheep Barn
2:30 pm - Junior Fair Dairy Clinic - Cattle Show Arena
4:00 - 6:00 pm - David Wayne - Gazebo
4:30 pm - General Livestock Judging Contest - Cattle Arena
5:00 pm - Poultry Announcement of Royalty King & Queen, Prince & Princess - Poultry Barn
6:00 - 9:00 pm - Junior Fair Dogs on Stand
6:00 - 9:00 pm - Mandy Rismiller - Gazebo
6:00 pm - 6-person Round Robin Horseshoe Pitching Tourney - Horseshoe Courts
6:30 pm - Junior Fair Canine King and Queen Contest - Dog House
6:30 pm - Harness Racing - Grandstand
Sensory Friendly Room Open
Bear Hollow Wood Carvers - 4 Times a Day - Same Location
See Darke County Veterans’ Display for Exhibit Items
Midnight - Gates Close

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