Today’s Fair Schedule (Friday, July 26, 2024)
Photos by Tom Rivers: Amelia McDonald, 2 1/2 of Lyndonville, gets close to parakeets at Pretty Bird Paradise. There are about 100 parakeets that people can see. Beckie Meress brought up the birds from Florida. She travels 12 weeks a year. This is her first time in Orleans County with the parakeets. Meress said the kids at the Orleans County 4-H Fair have all been well behaved around the birds.
Daily Exhibit: Pretty Bird Paradise. Interact with – beautiful, chirping friends!
Trolley Building: Painting of the 1st Orleans County 2025 Bicentennial Oxen.
8 a.m. – 4-H Western and Ranch Horse Show, Carlos Marcello Arena
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. – 4-H Senior Council Stand Breakfast Hours, 4-H Senior Council Stand
10 a.m. – 4-H Dog Show Agility and Fun Classes, Knights Building
Gracie Batt, 12, of Albion shows a llama during a show with llamas and alpacas on Thursday evening.
11 a.m. – Senior Council 4-H Food Booth Hamburgers, Hots, and Cold Drinks. Proceeds support teen award trips and programs., 4-H Senior Council Stand
12 p.m. – Paid public admission begins, Buildings open to the public, Wood and Taylor Hill Road Parking Lots
12 p.m. to 10 p.m. – Towpath Trading/Ormemes Post with Orleans County Merchandise and Memes, JCH Food Court
12 p.m. to 10 p.m. – Lauren Rae Pottery and PottAri, JCH Food COurt
1 p.m. – 4-H Cake Decorating Contest (for rules contact office), Orleans Hub Stage
Lyric Wallenda of Circus Incredible performs an aerial act on Thursday at the fair. Her husband Simon Arestov performs acrobatics and balancing acts, and their 7-year-old son Alexander also is art of the performance.
3 to 10 p.m. – Main Event Amusements $30 Unlimited Ride Wristband, Midway
3 p.m. – AI or not AI roving game show by Orleans Digital Literacy Initiative, Strolling through the grounds
3:30 p.m. – Free Entertainment: Circus Incredible, Knight’s Green Space
4 p.m. – Free Entertainment: The Bubble Couple, Strolling through grounds
4 p.m. – Royalty Questionnaires Due, Fair Office
4 p.m. – 4-H Leaders’ Pie Stand Opens
Elena Arestov has fun as part of “The Bubble Couple.” She and her husband Alex appear around the grounds with bubbles.
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. – WBSU 89.1 the Point SUNY Brockport Radio – Music, and giveaways, North Lawn of Leader’s Pie Stand
5- 6 p.m. – Leadership Orleans Duck Pond Duos! FINALS, JCH of Buffalo Food Court
5:30 p.m. – Classic Car Cruise-In , Education Center Lot
6 p.m. – Registration Ends for Small Fry Pedal Tractor Pull, Fair Office
6 p.m. – Large Animal Grand Master Showman, Livestock Areas
6 p.m. – Free Entertainment: Circus Incredible, Knight’s Green Space
6 p.m. – Free Entertainment: The Bubble Couple, Strolling through grounds
Meredith Albone, 5, of Medina competes in the small fry tractor pull on Thursday.
6:30 p.m. – Small Fry Pedal Tractor Pull, JCH of Buffalo Tent
7 p.m. to 10 p.m. – Live Music with Craig Wilkins Band made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of New State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and NYS Legislature and administered by GO ART!, Orleans Hub Stage
8 p.m. – Free Entertainment: The Bubble Couple, Strolling through grounds
8:30 p.m. – Free Entertainment: Circus Incredible, Knight’s Green Space
10 p.m. – Fireworks Show (Rain Date Saturday @ 10pm)
10 p.m. – Building Close
10:15 p.m. – Hay Bale Rolling Contest – Teams of 1-2 ages 16 and up. Register at the fair office by 9:50 p.m., Hay Bale Rolling Course
There was a competition for best braids on Thursday. There were five contestants. They were part of the entrainment at the Curtis Pavilion while many people were eating their chicken barbecues served by the Cornell Cooperative extension. From lef include Jesse Rebisz, emcee Kayla Denkler, Adele Mathes and Danielle Schmidt.
McKenna Richardson, 9, of Barre won the best braids competition.
