2012 Schedule – Tentative

Updated 1/13/2012

Main Arena – Advance tickets go on sale May 1, 2012

Please note, the Fair is opening ONE DAY EARLIER – it will run from Saturday to Saturday.

Gates Open at 11 am from Saturday to Friday and 8 am on closing day Saturday. On select days and for your enjoyment some of our local clubs have shows that begin prior to our official open times. Exhibit buildings, vendor booths, food stands open by 12 noon.

Sunday
12 pm – 6 pm

Lawnmower – Free Grandstand seating to fairgoers, Main Arena

Monday
7:30 pm

Fair Queen and Princess Competition, Main Arena

Tuesday
8 pm

Demolition Derby, Main Arena
$9 per person (Advance tickets do NOT include admission)

Wednesday
6 pm

Open Tractor Pull, Main Arena
$5 per person

Thursday
7 pm

4-Wheel Drive Truck Pull, Main Arena
$6 per person

Friday
8 pm

Demolition Derby, Main Arena
$11 per person (Advance tickets do NOT include admission)

Saturday
12 noon - 2 pm

ATV Mud Bog, Main Arena,
FREE

Saturday
5 pm

Mud Bog, Main Arena
$7 per person


Quick Links to Schedules
Click here - Horse Shows
Click here - Hot Air Balloon Festival schedule
POT BELLY PIGS on display and shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday (tentative)
Registration / Drop Offs
Call for Registration Info for Canning – 908-475-6504
Monday, July 23
5 - 7 pm Fine Arts & Crafts, Photography and Handwork, Home & Garden Bldg.
6 - 8 pm Scrapbook, Home & Garden Bldg.
Friday, July 27 (new day and time)
9 am-12 noon Hay Show, Beef Barn
12 noon - 6 pm Antique Tractor Registrations, Antique Tractor Barn
5 - 6 pm Youth & Adult Baking Contest, Home & Garden Bldg., Judging follows
Saturday, July 28 (new day and time)
Home & Garden Building will open later on Saturday – following judging & setup.
9 - 11 am

Herb Show, Home & Garden Bldg.
9:30 am – 10 am Scarecrow/Sunflower, Home & Garden Bldg.
10 – 11 am Fruit Show, Home & Garden Bldg.
10 – 11:30 am Open Vegetable & Hoser's Heaviest Vegetable, Home & Garden Bldg.
10:30 – 11 am Backyard Farmer Egg, Home & Garden Bldg.
9 – 11 am Flower Show, FFA Building, Home & Garden Bldg.
Saturday July 28, 2012
12 noon - 6 pm

Garden Tractor Pull, Main Arena (tentative)
12 noon - 4pm

Carnival Ride Special – Per Ride Special TBA
1:30 pm - tentative Big Wheel Race, (registration at 1 pm), Dance Floor
1– 4 pm Truck Show – new in 2012. Balloon Port. Check back for Rules and Regs.
1– 4 pm Bobtail Tractor Show – new in 2012. Balloon Port. Check back for Rules and Regs.
2 pm

4-H/FFA Small Animal Show, Poultry Bldg.
4 pm

4-H/FFA Rabbit Show, Livestock Bldg.
4 pm Motorcycle Show, Dance Floor
6 pm - 10 pm

Carnival Ride Special – Per Ride Special TBA
6 pm Hoser's Heaviest Vegetable awards presentation, Home & Garden Bldg.
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, up to 20 hot air balloons will compete in a Hare and Hound Race.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm Concert – TBA

Sunday July 29, 2012
Veteran's Day – Free Admission for Veterans all day by showing your military/veteran's ID card.
8 am - 6 pm

Open Horse Show, Horse Ring - Rain or Shine
English, Driving, Western & Speed. Click here for more horse shows.
All Day Harmony Speedway Historical Society presents Dirt Track Heroes – cars, drivers and memoribilia – inside and outside Livestock Show Building
9 am - 4 pm

Car Show in the Balloon Port on Strykers Road, Sponsored by Warren Hills FFA Alumni Affiliate
9 am - 6 pm BBQ Ribs Cook Off, pit area on Strykers Road
Amateur and Professional Divisions
12 noon - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.) Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:30 pm – Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style

Tuesday, Thursday & Sat – 3:00 pm
Pony Races
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Special – Per Ride Special TBA
12 noon - 4 pm

Lawnmower Races, Main Arena. FREE for fairgoers
12 noon - 6 pm Open Quoit Tournament – Dance Floor
1 & 3 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
2 pm Baby Crawl Contest - Grassy Area near Main Office
4:30 pm Dirt Track Cars Parade, Main Arena
5 pm

Fair's Largest Ice Cream Sundae, Dance Floor. Free sundaes for fairgoers while supplies last.
6 pm Hay Bale Rolling Contest, main arena
Men and Women's Divisions. Click here to see the Hay Bale contest featured on the Today Show
6 pm - 10 pm

Carnival Ride Special – Per Ride Special TBA
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, up to 20 hot air balloons will compete in a Hare and Hound Race.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road

Monday July 30, 2012
Senior Citizen Day - Free Admission for Senior Citizens all day by showing your Medicare Card.
10 am

4-H/FFA Games on Horseback, Horse Ring
10 am 4-H/FFA Sheep Show, Livestock Show Building #17
11 am 4-H/FFA Goat Show, Livestock Show Building #17
12 noon 4-H/FFA Swine Show, Livestock Show Building #17
12 noon - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.) Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:30 pm – Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style

Tuesday, Thursday & Sat – 3:00 pm
Pony Races
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Afternoon Special Wristband TBA
1pm 4-H Public Presentations, 4-H Exhibit Building
1 & 3 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place
4 pm Fire Equipment & Apparatus Display – Come see ladder trucks, pumps, tankers and other equipment of Warren County volunteer Fire Departments. Pit area on Strykers Road.
5 - 8 pm

Antique Car Show, Grassy Area by Main Office
6 - 10 pm

Carnival Ride Night Special Wristband TBA
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch - up to 35 balloons.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm Open Seeing Eye Dog Show, Dance Floor
7 pm

Fair Queen & Princess Competition on stage in Main Arena

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
10 am 4-H Public Presentations, 4-H Exhibit Building
12 noon - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:30 pm – Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style

Tuesday, Thursday & Sat – 3:00 pm
Pony Races
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Afternoon Special Wristband TBA
1 & 3 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
1:30 pm Youth Pedal Tractor Obstacle Course, (ages 4-8), Main Arena
Registration 1 pm
1:15 pm

Baby Crawling Contest, on dance floor,
Registration 1 pm
2:00 pm

Cutest Baby Contest, on dance floor
Registration 12 noon - 2 pm
3:30 pm

4-H/FFA Beef Show Livestock Show Bldg. #17
5 pm Beef & Steer Show
6 -10 pm

Carnival Ride Night Special Wristband TBA
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch - up to 35 balloons.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm

Talent Show, Dance Floor
Pre-registration is required.
8 pm

Demolition Derby, Main Arena $9 per person
If you miss this one there is another one Friday night.
Wednesday August 1, 2012 - Farmers’ Day
10 am Farmers' Stock Tractor Pull, Main Arena
10 am

4-H/FFA Dairy Show, Livestock Show Building #17
12 noon – 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:30 pm – Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style

Tuesday, Thursday & Sat – 3:00 pm
Pony Races
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12-4 pm

Carnival Ride Afternoon Special wristband TBA
1 pm 4-H/FFA English & Western Horse Trail Class, Horse Ring
1 & 3 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place
2 pm 4-H Public Presentations, 4-H Exhibit Building
6 - 10 pm

Carnival Ride Night Special wristband TBA
6 pm Jousting Demonostration, Horse Ring
6 pm 4-H/FFA Poultry and Game Bird Show, Small Animal Bldg.
6:30 pm Hot & Stock Tractor Pull, Main Arena $5 per person
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch - up to 35 balloons, and Bicycle Balloon.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm Stone Soup Symphony Orchestra
7:30 pm

Open Pet Show, Livestock Show Building #17

7:30 pm

4-H/FFA Dressage Demonstration, Horse Ring

Thursday, August 2, 2012
8 am 4H/FFA Horse Show - Horse Ring
12 noon

Antique Tractor Pull, Main Arena
Registration 8-11 am
12 noon - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:30 pm – Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style

Tuesday, Thursday & Sat – 3:00 pm
Pony Races
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Afternoon Special wristband TBA
1 & 3 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place
1 & 4 pm Brady the Class Clown Circus Show, on Stage by Main Office
5 pm

Antique Tractor Parade

6 pm Brady the Class Clown Circus Show, Dance Floor
6 pm

4-Wheel Drive Truck Pull, $6 per person, Main Arena

6 - 8 pm Plum Run Music Band, on Stage by Main Office
6 - 10 pm

Carnival Ride Night Special wristband TBA
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch - up to 35 balloons.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm 4-H Public Presentations, 4-H Building
7 pm 4-H Open Horse Costume Class, Horse Ring
7 pm Blue Ribbon Cloggers, Dance Floor
  Pot Belly Pigs Show - times TBA

Friday, August 3, 2012
10:30 am

Color Breed, Livestock Show Building #17
12 noon - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:30 pm – Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style

Tuesday, Thursday & Sat – 3:00 pm
Pony Races
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

Friday and Saturday - Brady the Class Clown Circus – 3 shows – TBA

Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Afternoon Special wristband TBA
1 pm 4-H Public Presentations, 4-H Exhibit Building
1 & 3 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place
1:30 pm Youth Pedal Tractor Obstacle Course (ages 4–8), Main Arena (registration 1 pm)
2 pm

Holstein Show, Livestock Show Building #17
3, 5 & 6 pm Brady the Class Clown Circus Show, on Stage by Main Office
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch - up to 35 balloons.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm The Tri-State Equine Riding Team Present Different Styles of Horseback Riding with live music, Horse Ring
7 - 9 pm Western Nights Dancers, music, dancing, lessons and demos, on Dance Floor
8 pm Demolition Derby, Main arena $11 per person
9 pm Balloon Glow
  Pot Belly Pigs Show - times TBA

Saturday, August 4, 2012
8 am - 6 pm Invitational Wrestling Tournament, Dance Floor
9 am

Nine Pines Open English & Western Pleasure Show, Horse Ring
Click here for more horse shows.
11 am Brady the Class Clown Circus Show, on Stage by Main Office
12 noon - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:30 pm – Watermelon Eating Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style

Tuesday, Thursday & Sat – 3:00 pm
Pony Races
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest

Friday and Saturday - Brady the Class Clown Circus – 3 shows – TBA

Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon Kiddie Pedal Pull, Livestock Show Bldg. #17

12 noon - 2 pm

ATV Mud Bog, Main Arena, FREE
12 - 8 pm Blood Mobile, main lot, please donate
1 pm Brady the Class Clown Circus Show, on Stage by Main Office
1 pm 4-H Public Presentations, 4-H Exhibit Building
1 & 3 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place
2-5 pm Old Time Country Karaoke with Guy Hendershot, On Stage
3 pm Baby Crawling contest, Grassy Area by Main Office
3 pm Agricultural Olympics, Livestock Show Bldg. #17
5 pm Mud Bog Competition, Main arena $7 per person
5 pm Brady the Class Clown Circus Show, on Stage by Main Office
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch - up to 35 balloons.

Tethered Rides TBA $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
9 pm Balloon Glow
  Pot Belly Pigs Show - times TBA
   

Pick Ups
7 - 8 pm Pick Up Flowers FFA Bldg.
8 pm All 4H animals may leave fairgrounds
8 pm 4H members pick up entries and premiums in 4H building
9 pm Home & Garden Bldg. closes
   

Note New Day and Times

Sunday August 5, 2012, from 1-2 pm, the Home & Garden Building opens for exhibitors only to pick up fruit, vegetables, herbs, handwork, crafts, fine art, canning, photos, scrapbook pages, decorated egg & scarecrow. Queen Candidates & Princess pick up portrait.