Columbia County Fair

Columbia County Fair consists of all the events that one would expect to see at a fair. It includes a Junior Pleasure Horse Show on Monday, July 25th at 8 AM and an Open Dog Show also on Monday, July 25th at 6 PM.

Junior entry and judging day is Tuesday, July 26th beginning at 2 PM. Open entry day is also Tuesday, July 26th with judging on Wed. July 27th.
Livestock/animal shows begin with the rabbit judging at 9 AM on Wed. July 27th with the swine show on Wed. July 27th at 5 PM. Both the beef and sheep shows are on Thur. July 28th at 9 AM. Not to be forgotten the dairy, poultry and goat shows are on Fri. July 29th.
The animal events are completed on Saturday, July 30th with the Horse Speed Show at 8:30 AM.

The Columbia County Fair officially opens on Wed. July 27th with the carnival opening at 6 PM with specials each day of the fair until closing day on Sunday, July 31st. The grandstand events begin on Wed. July 27th at 7 PM. The events continue on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7 PM. The commercial buildings open on Wed. July 27th with vendors selling and/or promoting a wide variety of products. The commercial buildings are open from 10 AM to 10 PM from Wed. to Sat. with the commercial buildings open until 4 PM on the last day of the fair.
 

Sunday, July 24, 2016

• 8pm  Horse Pleasure Show and Trail Class-Horse Arena

Monday, July 25, 2016

• 6pm  Open Dog Show-Ag Building

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Buildings open 1pm to 8pm

• 9am  Junior Dog Judging/Rally & Agility-Ag Building
• 2pm  Model Horse & Horseless Horse Judging-Bidwell Building
• 2-7pm  Junior Division Entry and Judging-Buildings 7 & 8
• 2-7pm  Open Class Entry-Building #7
• 3-8pm  Junior Rabbit Entry-Ag Building
• 5-8pm  Enter & weigh-in swine

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Buildings open 10am to 10pm

• 8am-11am   Ultrasound Livestock
• 9am   Open Class Judging Begins
• 8am-12pm   Open Rabbit and Cavies Entry-Ag Building
• 9am   Junior Rabbit Judging followed by Open Rabbit Judging-Ag Building
• 10am-12pm   Enter & weigh-in other livestock-at the scale
• 12pm-6pm   Ta-Da Robots Roaming the Grounds sponsored by Spectrum Ent.
• 12pm-7pm   Non Sale Animal Entry
• 4pm   United Methodist Church Chicken BBQ-by Bidwell Building
• 5pm   Swine Judging-Swine Barn
• 5pm   Kiwanis Bingo-Fair Office Building
• 5:30pm-10:30pm   Beer Garden-Live Music TBA
• 6-10pm   Spectrum Carnival Special-Wristbands $20.00
• 6:30pm   Cruisin' at the Fair(car show)-Near the Entertainment Tent
• 7pm   CMJ SX MotoCross ** $12 Adult, Child $8, Under 5 free

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Buildings open 10am to 10pm

• 9am   Beef Judging-Ag Building
• 12pm-6pm   Ta-Da Robots Roaming the Grounds sponsored by Spectrum Ent.
• 1-5pm   Spectrum Carnival "Buddy Day"
  (1 Person purchases ride tickets only and a friend can ride free.)
• 5pm   Kiwanis Bingo-Fair Office Building
• 5pm   Sheep Judging/Sheep Lead Class-Sheep Barn
• 5:30pm-11pm   Beer Garden-Entertainment by Extreme Sound-6-11pm
• 6-10pm   Spectrum Carnival Wristband $20.00
• 7pm   Tractor/Truck Pull **  $12 Adult, Child $8, Under 5 free

Friday, July 29, 2016

Buildings open 10am to 10pm

• 8:30am   Dairy Show-Ag Building
• 9am   Poultry Judging-Ag Building
• 10am   Meat Goat Judging-Swine Barn follwed by Junior and Open Shows
  HCE Cream Puffs available Wednesday - Sunday in the Bidwell Building
• 12pm-6pm   Ta-Da Robots Roaming the Grounds sponsored by Spectrum Ent.
• 1-5pm   Spectrum Carnival Wristband $20.00
• 4pm-Midnight   Beer Garden-Entertainment by Extreme Sound-6-Midnight
• 4:30pm   Columbia Cty Pork Partners Barbecue-Under the Grandstand
• 5pm   Kiwanis Bingo-Fair Office Building
• 6-10pm   Spectrum Carnival Wristband $20.00
• 7pm   Cat Show-Ag Building
• 7pm   Rodeo-Bulls & Barrels ** $15 Adult, Child $10, Under 5 free

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Buildings open 10am to 10pm

• 8:30am   Horse Speed Show-Horse Arena
• 11am   Pedal Pull (all ages and adults) by the fireman's eat stand
• 11am-Midnight   Beer Garden-Entertainment by Extreme Sound-6-Midnight
• 11am-12:30pm   Buyers Buffet-back of fair office
• 12pm-6pm   Ta-Da Robots Roaming the Grounds sponsored by Spectrum Ent.
• 1pm   Sale of Champions-Ag Building
• 1-3pm   Coloring Contest (ages 3-12)-Building #7
• 1-5pm   Spectrum Carnival Wristband Special-$20.00
  ($5 discount with a non-perishable food item)
• 4pm   Farm Bureau Steak Fry at Farm Bureau Eat Stand
• 5pm   Kiwanis Bingo-Fair Office Building
• 6-10pm   Spectrum Carnival Wristband $20.00
• 7pm   Demo Derby **  $12 Adult, Child $8, Under 5 free, Backgate $15
• 9:00pm-12:00am   Spectrum Carnival "Midnight Madness" all rides $1.00

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Buildings open 10am to 5pm

• 8-11am   FFA Breakfast-Fair Office Building
• 10am   Showman of Showman Ag Building
• 11am   Christian Worship Service-Entertainment Tent
• 12pm   Parade of Champions and Merit Award Recognition-Ag Bldg
• 12pm-4pm   Ta-Da Robots Roaming the Grounds sponsored by Spectrum Ent.
• 12pm-4pm   Beer Garden
• 1pm   Kiwanis Bingo-Fair Office Building
• 1pm-4pm   Spectrum Carnival Wristband $20.00
• 2pm   Donkey Races ** $5 per person
• 4pm   Fair Closes and Exhibits Released
• 5pm   Buildings Locked

Columbia County Dairy Promotion serving ice cream Wednesday-Saturday in the Bidwell Building 1-9pm daily.

grandstand event **