2024 Preliminary – Watch for changes
Friday and Saturday Admission By Donation
Sunday Tractor Pull Admission: 14 and over $5.00; 13 and younger – FREE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 2024
| 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | ADVANCE REGISTRATION & EXHIBITS DROP-OFF |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 2024
| 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Placing exhibits and displays (late arrivals will not be accepted) |
| 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Judging in the Showhouse (Closed to the public) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Doors open to the public (“Gate B”) for viewing exhibits & displays Silent Auction begins Fall Fair Fun Factory in the hall (Open until 9:30 p.m.) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Kid’s Peddle Tractor Pull, meet at the zamboni entrance * Registration Starts at 6:30 p.m. |
| 7:30 p.m. | Official Opening of the Fall Fair Master of Ceremonies Host & Entertainment for the Evening Junior and Senior Ambassador of the Fair Competition Dessert Auction |
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 2024
** Please note that All of the livestock Show times are Approximate.
| ALL DAY | EGR Grey Guard – Polish up your armor, practice sword skills! |
| 10:00 a.m. | English Horse Show, please use “Gate A” only |
| 9:00 a.m. | Grounds and Showhouse (“Gate B”) open to public, Silent Auction continues |
| 9:30 a.m. | 4-H Calf Club Achievement, please use “Gate C” only |
| 9:30 a.m. | Western Saddle Horse Show, please use “Gate A” only |
| 10:00 a.m. | English Horse Show, please use “Gate A” only |
| 10:00 a.m. | Baby Show – Area Floor at Center Stage |
| 11:00 a.m. | Parade to the Fair Grounds |
| 11:00 a.m. | 4-H Invitational Dairy Show, please use “Gate C” only |
| 12:00 noon | Free Tractor Drawn Wagon Rides, to Passport locations on Fairgrounds, begins |
| 1:00 p.m. | Pet Show, behind arena – Registration Starts at 12:45 p.m. |
| 1:00 p.m. | 4-H Invitational Beef Show, please use “Gate C” only |
| 12:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. | Fall Fair Fun Factory in the hall |
| 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Bike Rodeo, in the back parking lot ** Prizes for every participant! ** Kids, Bring Your Bikes, Scooters And Helmets! ** |
| 1:30 p.m. | 4-H Invitational Beef Calf Show, please use “Gate C” only |
| 2:00 p.m. | High Tea, Red Hat Ladies – Public Welcome – Warming Room |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. | Entertainment by “Jimmys Old Time Radio Show” |
| 1:00 p.m. | Registration, at west side of arena, for the Excavator Operator Competition Back by popular demand Durham Library “Story Time” by the kids corn box |
| 2:00 p.m. | Excavator Operator Competition (“Gate B”) |
| 4:15 p.m. | “Friend of the Fair” & Children’s prize draws, & Silent Auction Winners to be Announced |
| 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Removal of exhibits, displays & colouring prizes, by Exhibitors, from Showhouse |
| 6:00 p.m. | 4-H Invitational Sheep Show, please use “Gate C” only Registration at 5:00 p.m. |
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 2024
| 9:00 a.m. | Hearty Breakfast Adults $15.00 / Children under 12 – $10.00! Preschoolers Free (Sponsored by the Durham Agricultural Society and the Durham Ministerial Association) |
| 10:30 a.m. | Community Church Service, to be held at the Durham Community Centre |
| Afternoon (Below the hill) | Antique Tractor Pull, Registration starts at 11 a.m. Pulling starts at Noon – Sharp Durham Agricultural Society 50/50 Raffle Draw at end of Tractor Pull |
