Today’s Fair Schedule (Monday, July 22, 2024) – Opening Day

Photos by Tom Rivers: Georgia Baxter, 14, of Churchville gives a Holstein animal a cleaning at the wash rack. Baxter will be leading two dairy animals in the ring during the dairy show at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Midway will not be open. Gates open at 4 p.m.

Daily Exhibit: Pretty Bird Paradise. Interact with beautiful, chirping friends!

Trolley Building: Painting of the 1st Orleans County 2025 Bicentennial Oxen.

FAIR Feaster: Checklist available at the fair office. Eat one item at all the included vendors and win a commemorative button and be entered to win one of four $50 gift cards sponsored by the Coffee Pot Café in Medina.

9 a.m. to 11a.m. – 4-H Senior Council Stand Breakfast Hours at 4-H Senior Council Stand

8 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Commercial exhibits in place, throughout event

Carissa Klossner, 16, of Holley, left, and her friend Allison Merle, 17, of Holley feed alpacas hay and give them some attention on Sunday evening after the animals were moved into the fairgrounds. The llama and alpaca show will be on Thursday at 5 p.m.

8 a.m. – Cloverbud Horse Show followed by Walk/Trot Horse Show at Carlos Marcello Arena

9 a.m. – Rabbit and Poultry Meeting for all Exhibitors, Wachob Building

9:20 a.m. – Cattle Barn Department Meeting for all exhibitors at Cattle Barn

9:40 a.m. – Goat/Sheep Department meeting for all exhibitors at Goat/Sheep Barn

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. – 4-H Exhibits including common garden vegetables, market packages, cut flowers, indoor gardening, fruits and nuts, plant collection (and scrapbook), landscape pictures and plants, experiments, horticulture methods judged at Trolley Building

11 a.m. – Senior Council 4-H Food Booth Hamburgers, Hots, and Cold Drinks. Proceeds support teen award trips and programs at 4-H Senior Council Stand

Anna Grillo, 15, of Albion and her sister Lena, 12, get their sheep settled in their pens. They also show beef and dairy animals.

11a.m. – Field Crops judged at Trolley Building

1 to 3 p.m. – Group Exhibits, Food Preservation, Baked Goods and Visual Arts judged at Trolley Building

4 p.m. – Paid public admission begins at Wood and Taylor Hill Road Parking Lots

4 p.m. – 4-H Leaders’ Pie Stand opens at Pie Stand

5:30 p.m. – Free Entertainment: The Bubble Couple, strolling through grounds

6 p.m. – Orleans County 4-H Fair Opening Day Parade, throughout grounds

6:30 p.m. – Opening Ceremony, Presentation of Colors by Orleans County Veterans at flag pole on Ed Center Lawn

6:45 p.m. – Dairy Decathlon at Orleans Hub Stage

Elizabeth Dresser, 12, of Medina leads a red and white Holstein dairy animal out of a trailer on Sunday evening. Elizabeth will be showing in the dairy and beef shows this week. Chad Wall, a veterinarian with the state Department of Agriculture and Markets, checked the animals for their immunization records for rabies and a respiratory vaccines. He also made sure they had been tested for BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhea) and didn’t have any visual signs of ringworm. There are 30 dairy and 80 beef animals at the fair this week.

6 p.m. – Free Entertainment: Circus Incredible at Knight’s Green Space

7 p.m. – 4-H Fashion Revue at Orleans Hub Stage

6:30 p.m. – Mini-Horse Show and Horse Driving Classes at Carlos Marcello Arena

6:30 p.m. – Trolley Building Youth Exhibits open at Trolley Building

7 p.m. – 4-H Swine Show at Livestock Show Arena

8 p.m. – Free Entertainment: The Bubble Couple, strolling through grounds

8 to 10 p.m. – Orleans County 4-H Fair $1,000 Karaoke Contest at Orleans Hub Stage

8:30 p.m. – Free Entertainment: Circus Incredible at Knight’s Green Space

10 p.m. – Buildings Close – Goodnight Fair, throughout event

Grant Kuipers, 12, of Byron has his Belted Galloway beef animal settled in at the fair on Sunday evening. The Belted Galloway is a Scottish breed with a distinctive broad white belt.