2026
Mercer County
Fair Schedule
Tuesday & Wednesday
Tuesday 1 PM: 4-H Static Interview Judging
Tuesday 3:45 PM: 4-H Group Photo in the Arena
Wednesday 10:00 AM: 4-H Horse Show
Wednesday 6:00 PM: Draft Horse Demonstration
Thursday
Kids Night
Gates: 3pm - 10:30pm
9:00: Stalling available for all 4-H livestock check in at livestock office
11:00: FFA Static Entry Deadline
12:00: Commercial Vendor Set-up/Food Vendor Check-In
— AFTERNOON —
3:00: Gates Open
3:00: Deadline for Stalling for 4-H & FFA Livestock
3 - 7: Kids Zone Open: Messy Mania and Gateway to Science
3-10: Just 4 Laffs Entertainment
4:00: Midway West Carnival Opens/Beer Garden Opens
4 - 8: Open Class Static Entries Accepted
4:00: 4-H Pet Show
4:30: Poultry/Rabbit Show for 4-H & Open Class (Starting w/Poultry)
6:00: ND Mounted Shooting Association Demonstration & Quick Draw Event
8:00: Civic Center Building Closes
8:30: The Band Citrisity
10:00: 4-H Building Closes
Friday
Gates: 8am - 10:30pm
8 - 10: Open Class Static Entries Accepted (No Late Entries)
8:00: 4-H and FFA Livestock Weigh In
9:00: 4-H and FFA Livestock Judging: Swine, Dairy, Sheep, Goats, Beef (Round Robin starts 15 min after last show.)
10:30: Judging of Open Class Static Exhibits
12:00: Kids Zone Opens, Commercial Vendors
— AFTERNOON —
1:00: 4-H & FFA Open Class Exhibits on Display
1:00: Beer Garden Opens
12-10: Just 4 Laffs Entertainment
3 - 7: Gateway to Science
4:00: Midway West Carnival Opens
4:00: Root Beer Floats (Sponsored by Mercer County Farmers Union)
5:00: 4-H and FFA Premium Sale
6:30: Black Diamond Buck Off w/Mutton Busting
9-11: Open Class Livestock Check-In and Weigh-In
9:30: Slamabama
10:00: 4-H and Civic Center Building Close
11:00: Deadline for Stalling and Weighing Open Class Livestock
Saturday
Gates: 8am - 10:30pm
8:00: Open Class Livestock Show: Dairy, Swine, Goats, Beef
9:00: 4-H and FFA Open Class Exhibits on Display
10:00: Parade
— AFTERNOON —
12:00: Commercial Vendors on Display
Kids Zone & Midway West Carnival Opens
Beer Garden Opens
Free Coop BBQ
Quilts on Display
12 -4: Car Show
12-10: Just 4 Laffs Entertainment
2:00: Mylo Hatzenbuhler
3:00: Back Seat Driving Contest
6:00: Ranch Rodeo
7:00: Born to Banner Come Back Show
8:00: Civic Center Closes
9:30-12:30: Jared Rogerson & the Rodeo Wreck
10:00: 4-H Building Closes
Sunday
Gates: 8am
8:30: Dairy Goat Show
9:30: Junior Livestock Show: Swine, Sheep, Goats, Beef
9:00: Free Will Donation Pancake and Sausage Breakfast by Star Equestrian 4-H Club
10:00-12:00: Music by Connie Gjermundson
11:00: All 4-H, FFA and Open Static Exhibits Released
— AFTERNOON —
3:00: Clean up fairgrounds
