Events & Judging
2023 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Coming Soon!
All Shooting Sports Disciplines/Competitive shoots will be held at the end of their sessions.
Target and ribbon placing will be displayed in the White Exhibit Building throughout the Fair.
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SATURDAY - Feb. 26 |
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9:00-2:30 PM |
4-H Festival of Arts Demonstration Contest, Sparta |
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Monday June (TBA) |
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9:30 AM |
4-H Clothing Preview, (9:00 Registration) Rolling Hills Auditorium, Sparta |
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July (TBA) |
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6:00 PM |
Registration 4-H Foods Revue, TBA |
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6:30PM |
Judging |
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SATURDAY JULY 22 8:00 - 11am WEDNESDAY JULY 26 |
FAIR CLEAN UP DAY (Exhibitors) Fair Entry Tag Pickup
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3:00-7:00 PM |
White Exhibit Building Entry Times |
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3:00 PM |
Early Age Categories Judging (White Exhibit Building) |
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5:00 PM |
Dog Obedience Judging (White Exhibit Building) |
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All Beef must be in place and weighed in by 5:00 PM. Swine scales are open from 5pm to 8pm. All Market animals will only be weighed once! Sheep weigh ins till 10:00 PM |
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9:30 PM |
White Exhibit Building Closes |
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THURSDAY JULY 27 |
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8:00AM-11:00AM |
White Exhibit Building- Entry Times. All Fair entries must be in place by 11:00 AM |
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9:00 AM 10:00 AM |
Beef Judging (Dairy/Beef Barn Show Ring) Rabbit Judging |
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12:00 PM |
Optional Poultry weigh-in – Show Barn (Market birds only) |
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12:30 PM |
Junior/Open Class Foods & Food Preservation, Dairy Recipes, Plant & Soil Sciences, Natural |
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Sciences, Mechanical Sciences, Electricity, Woodworking, Self-Determined Project/Youth |
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Leadership (White Exhibit Building) |
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1:00 PM |
Photography (White Exhibit Building) |
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1:00 PM |
Flowers & Houseplants (White Exhibit Building) |
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4:00 PM |
SHEEP SHOW (Dairy/Beef Barn Show Ring) |
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10:00 PM |
White Exhibit Building closes |
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FRIDAY JULY 28 |
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7:00 AM |
Crowing Contest for Roosters – Poultry Show Barn |
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8:00 AM |
Exhibit Building opens |
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9:00 AM |
Dairy Show |
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9:00 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Cultural Arts & Booths, Clothing, Knitting & Crocheting (Junior/Open/Sr.), followed by Home Environment, Family Development, Health, Social & Political Sciences (White Exhibit Building) Antiques (White Exhibit Building) Poultry Show (Lower barn show ring) |
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4:00 PM |
Swine (Open Class followed by Junior Fair) |
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10:00 PM |
White Exhibit Building closes |
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SATURDAY July 29 |
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8:00 AM |
White Exhibit Building opens |
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9:00 AM |
Llama Show (Dairy Barn show ring) Goat Show (Lower Barn show ring) Round Robin Following Goat Show Special Needs Livestock Show following Round Robin (10:30-depending on Goat and Round Robin shows) |
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11:00 AM |
Draft Horse Hitch Class |
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1:00 PM |
Cat Show (White Exhibit Building) |
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Immediatly following cat show |
Small Pet Show |
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3:00 PM |
4-H Action Center/Demonstrations |
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4:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM |
Buyers Appreciation Dinner Dinner (Located in the Gold Building) Jr. Dairy Basket Silent Auction Junior Livestock Sale (Farm Progress Building) |
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10:00 PM |
White Exhibit Building closes |
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SUNDAY July 30 |
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8:00 AM |
Dog Agility Show (Location TBD) |
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10:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM |
White Exhibit Building Opens Draft Horse Halter Class (Horse Barn area) Ag Olymipics in Open Barn Antique/Farm Tractor Pull - Grandstands |
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12:00 PM |
4-H Action Center/Demonstrations |
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2:30 PM |
Junior Fair Clothing Style Show |
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4:30-5:30 PM |
EXHIBIT RELEASE TIMES - Exhibits will NOT be released before 4:30 PM. |
