The Oneida County Fair is just days away and you won’t want to miss a minute of the fun.  The fair provides a great opportunity to support our young local ag producers, check out the aspiring artists, creators, and engineers, connect with community members and enjoy some exciting entertainment.  Before you assume that the county fair will be just the same as every year, take a look to see what changes are coming to the 2025 Oneida County Fair.

Monday- The first fair classes will begin bright and early Monday morning at 7 am with multiple horse shows.  Monday evening will now include weigh-in and ultrasound for all market goat, lamb, beef, and swine entries.  This change will allow the public to see the animals throughout the week as they enjoy the various events.

Tuesday-  Chicken and rabbit check-in will be early Tuesday morning from 7-8 am. The working ranch horse will also begin their show at 7am in an attempt to beat the heat, the dog show following at 8 am.  Dairy goats will begin showing at 11 am in the sale arena.  

The afternoon 4H/FFA shows will start at 12:30 pm with the breeding sheep followed by breeding beef.  The Oneida County Fair is excited for the second year of their growing breeding classes.  The poultry and rabbit shows have been moved to Tuesday afternoon as well, starting at 3 and 4:30 pm respectively.

Wednesday- Market lambs will start the showing Wednesday, August 13, at 7 am.  After a morning full of sheep showmanship and market classes, market goats will step into the ring at 1 pm.  Instead of waiting until after the rodeo to hear the local favorite, Rough Stock, the band will play Wednesday at 7 pm.

Thursday- Moving to Thursday morning, the market hogs will fill the arena, starting the day at 7 am.  Market steers will begin after lunch, starting at 1 pm.  The open class youth bucket calf show will round out the days’ classes at 4pm.  

Friday-  With all of the animal classes and fine arts judging finalized, Friday will feature its usual livestock judging, demonstration and round robin classes starting
at 9:30am.

Saturday-  Saturday will conclude the Oneida County Fair, beginning with the Market Sale at 9:30 am and ending with the ever entertaining Family Fun Rodeo at 7 pm.

A few changes on the schedule may give the Oneida County Fair a different look, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the great exhibits, entertainment, participants, and volunteers.  Months of hard work, dedication, sacrifices, and donations have all been given in hopes of pulling off the best fair ever.  The best way to say “Thank you” for all these efforts is to bring your friends and family down for a show or two, eat dinner with the fair crowd down food vendor lane, and stick around for the night time rodeos and
other fun!