Today’s Fair Schedule (July 28, 2022)

Photos by Tom Rivers: The midway is a colorful and busy place with food and rides this week at the Orleans County 4-H Fair.

Daily Feature: Animal Meet and Greet with Party Animals

Daily Feature: Orleans County Amateur Radio Club Scavenger Hunt win one of 20 free ice creams daily!

Daily Feature: Family Games Lounge located in the Lartz Commercial Exhibits Building

8 a.m. Western Dressage Horse Show – Carlos Marcello Arena

8 a.m. Open Class Llama and Alpaca Show – Show Arena

Isabella Basinait, 10, of Barre participants with a dairy animal during the dairy show on Wednesday.

9 a.m. Senior Council Stand Opens

10 a.m. Wildlife I.D. Contest – Log Cabin

12 p.m. Paid admission begins, Buildings open to the public – Wood and Taylor Hill Road Parking Lots

12 to 5 p.m. Red Cross Blood Drive – Education Center

12 to 10 p.m. Free Psychic Readings by the Shushed Charlatan – Lartz Building

1 to 7 p.m. WNY PRISM, invasive species experts – Lartz Building

Colleen Pages leads a group of four camels in the ring as part of Hog Diggity Dog & More, which includes many dogs doing acrobatics and a 750-pound pig that can sing to Old MacDonald Had A Farm.

2 p.m. Blacksmithing Demo by Barn Owl Blacksmithing – Beadle Heritage Building

2 p.m. 4-H Dog Agility Demo – Knights Building

2 to 4 p.m. Family and Consumer Science Knowledge Bowl – Trolley Building

3 to 10 p.m. Midway Rides by Main Event Amusements $25 Unlimited Ride Wristband – Midway

4 p.m. Leader’s Pie Stand Opens

4 p.m. Free Entertainment: Hog Diggity Dogs – Knight’s Green Space

Joe Cecchini, 18, of Medina gets a dairy animal ready for Wednesday’s show. The animals received a close shave to show off their features. Cecchini has been showing animals at the fair for about a decade.

4 to 7 p.m. SNAP Educators – Trolley Building

4:30 p.m. Cornell Recipe Chicken BBQ by Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension – Curtis Pavilion

5 to 6 p.m. Leadership Orleans Rubber Duck Racers! Free Event for ages 3-11 – JCH of Buffalo Food Court

5 p.m. Pie Eating Contest – Orleans Hub Stage

5 p.m. Arestov Acrobatic Extravaganza – Education Center Parking Lot

6 p.m. Sheep Show – Show Arena

Hollee Cook, 10, of Albion had to work hard to keep up with her goat during Wednesday’s goat show.

6 p.m. Agility Dream Dogs Demo – Knights Building

6 p.m. Blacksmithing Demo by Barn Owl Blacksmithing – Beadle Heritage Building

6 p.m. Registration for Small Fry Pedal Tractor Pull Ends – Fair Office

6 to 7 p.m. Storytime with Orleans County Libraries (Yates Community Library) – Trolley Building

6 p.m. Free Entertainment: Hog Diggity Dogs – Knight’s Green Space

6:30 p.m. Small Fry Pedal Tractor Pull – JCH of Buffalo Tent

7 p.m.  Arestov Acrobatic Extravaganza – Education Center Parking Lot

One of the dogs from Hog Diggity Dog & More clears five hurdles during a show at the fair on Wednesday. A group of dogs impressed with daring leaps and other tricks.

7 to 7:45 p.m. Hot Country Liners Dance Group – Orleans Hub Stage

8 p.m. Orleans County 4-H Fair $1,000 Karaoke Challenge Finals (No Qualifying Round) –  Orleans Hub Stage

8 p.m. Small Animal Grand Master Information Session – Wachob Pavilion

8 p.m.Free Entertainment: Hog Diggity Dogs – Knight’s Green Space

10 p.m. Buildings Close

10 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

Anna Grillo, 13, of Albion gives her Brown Swiss a nuzzle after they were in the show ring for Wednesday’s dairy show.