Today’s Fair Schedule (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)

Photos by Tom Rivers: The midway opened on Tuesday and continues the rest of the week through Saturday.

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

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

Seniors, enjoy a free cup of coffee at the 4-H Senior Council Stand!

8 a.m. – 4-H English Dressage Horse Show at Carlos Marcello Arena

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

9 a.m. – 4-H Poultry Showmanship and Knowledge Contest at Wachob Pavilion

10 a.m. – 4-H Beef Cattle Show at Livestock Show Arena

10 a.m. – 4-H Dog Show Obedience and Rally Classes at Knights Building

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

Caleb Knoll, 7, of Lyndonville leads “Rose” around the show ring during Tuesday’s Clover Bud showmanship competition in the Dairy Show. It was Caleb’s first time showing an animal at the fair.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Nutrifare Senior Luncheon with the sing-along music of Craig Wilkins  (Food will be served at 12 p.m. with ticket) made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and NYS  Legislature and administered by GO ART!, Curtis Pavilion

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

12 p.m. – 4-H Poultry Breed Classes at Wachob Pavilion

1:30 to 3 p.m. – Bread & Butter Making Demo and Tasting at Trolley Building

2 p.m. – Fair Official Meeting at Fair Office

3 to 10 p.m. – Main Event Amusements $30 Unlimited Rides Wristband at Midway

3 p.m. – AI or not AI roving game show by Orleans Digital Literacy Initiative, Strolling through the grounds

The Down Home Country Cloggers perform to “Cotton Eye Joe” on Tuesday.

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

5-6 p.m. – Leadership Orleans Duck Pond Duos! ages 3-11, JCH of Buffalo Food Court

5 p.m. – 4-H Meat and Pack Goat Show at Livestock Show Arena

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

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

6 p.m. – Rooster Crowing Contest at Wachob Pavilion

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

Lyric Wallenda of Circus Incredible is more than 30 feet upon high in an aerial act on Tuesday at the fair. Her husband Simon Arestov performs acrobatics and balancing acts.

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

7 p.m. – Llama Meet and Greet (on conclusion of goat show) at Livestock Show Arena

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

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

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

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. at Hay Bale Rolling Course

10 p.m. – Buildings Close – Goodnight Fair

Alex and Elena Arestov are “The Bubble Couple.” They appear around the grounds with bubbles. Their son, Simon, performs with Circus Incredible.

Leylah Hochstine, 32, of Medina sings “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)” by John Michael Montgomery during karaoke on Tuesday evening. The finals are Thursday.