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
grandstand event **
Date and Time
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016 Sunday Jul 31, 2016
Fair officially opens on Wed. July 27th but there are events scheduled on Monday, July 25th and also on Tuesday, July 26th.
Location
Columbia County Fairgrounds at Veterans' Memorial Field in Portage
Fees/Admission
There is no gate fee nor parking fee. Admission is charged for the grandstand events. The carnival charges for rides, etc.
Website
Contact Information
Paul Becker, President
Russ Shaw, Treasurer
Marianne McMillan, Secretary
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