Here's what you need to know about the Tuscarawas County Fair

Times-Reporter staff report
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Cora Dotts, 13, competes in ground roping at the 2021 at the Tuscarawas County Fair.
Cora Dotts, 13, competes in ground roping at the 2021 at the Tuscarawas County Fair.

The Tuscarawas County Fair is coming back.

The 2022 Fair will open Sunday, Sept. 18 and runs through Sept. 25.

A week of rides and food are available, as are the work of countless crafters and animals raised by FFA and 4-H members from around the area.

General admission tickets (3-and-older) are $5. while seniors (60-and-over) will pay $3. Parking at the Fairgrounds is $5.

Special entry days are scheduled for Monday (Veterans Day, free admission with valid ID), Tuesday (Safety Forces Day, $1 admission with valid ID), Wednesday (Senior Day, $1 admission, 65 and over) and Thursday (Family Day, discounted admission and rides).

Free events at the Grandstand include a Band-O-Rama on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and the Mod Rod on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Grandstand tickets are required for the rodeo on Monday, a truck and tractor pull scheduled for Friday and Saturday, as well as Sunday evening's Demolition Derby.

You can download a copy of this year's Fair Book online.

A schedule for the event is as follows:

Sunday, Sept. 18

  • 6:30 p.m. Junior Fair King and Queen Contest MAIN SHOW ARENA

  • 7 p.m. Commemorative Items Auction, Quilts of Valor Presentation, Companion Animal, Miscellaneous and FCS Project Awards Recognition MAIN SHOW ARENA

Monday, Sept. 19

VETERAN’S DAY (FREE admission with valid I.D.) Sponsored by Wendy’s Restaurant

  • 9 a.m Junior Fair Beef & Kiddie Showmanship Junior Fair Bred, Born & Raised Show Open Class Beef Show MAIN SHOW ARENA – Black Angus, Charolais, Herford, Chianina, Shorthorn, Salers

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair Poultry Show LOCATION TBD – Interview Award Winners Acknowledged Junior Fair Standard & Fancy Poultry Show Junior Fair Broiler Show Junior Fair Market Duck Show Junior Fair Market Turkey Show Junior Fair Poultry & Kiddie Showmanship

  • 4 p.m. Draft Horse & Draft Mule Halter Judging Show MAIN SHOW ARENA

  • 6:30 p.m. Junior Fair Market Lamb Show MAIN SHOW ARENA – Interview Award Winners Acknowledged Junior Fair Sheep Breeding Show Junior Fair Sheep & Kiddie Showmanship

  • 7:30 p.m. Rodeo GRANDSTAND – TICKETS REQUIRED

Tuesday, Sept. 20

SAFETY FORCES DAY ($1 admission with valid I.D.) Sponsored by Bob & Trudy Sensel

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair Market Hog Show MAIN SHOW ARENA – Interview Award Winners Acknowledged

  • 5 p.m. Market & Dairy Goat Show MAIN SHOW AREAN Junior Fair Market & Dairy Goat & Kiddie Showmanship 6:00 p.m. BAND-O-RAMA GRANDSTAND FREE SEATING

  • 7:30 p.m. Open Class Dairy MAIN SHOW ARENA – Guernsey, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn

Wednesday, Sept. 21

SENIOR DAY ($1 admission, 65 and over) Sponsored by Dover Eagles

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair Market & Dairy Steer Show MAIN SHOW ARENA – Interview Award Winners Acknowledged Junior Fair Feeder Calf Show Junior Fair Beef Breeding Show

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair Ranch & Ground Roping HORSE ARENA – Interview Award Winners Acknowledged

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair, Kiddie & Old Timer’s Rabbit Showmanship – Interview Award Winners Acknowledged Junior Fair Breeding Rabbit Show Junior Fair Market Rabbit Show LOCATION TBD

  • 1 p.m. Junior Fair Contesting Show HORSE ARENA

  • 2 p.m. Open Class Dairy & Kiddie Showmanship MAIN SHOW ARENA – Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein

  • 4 p.m. Junior Fair Swine & Kiddie Showmanship MAIN SHOW ARENA

Thursday, Sept. 22

FAMILY DAY – Discount Admission & Rides Sponsored by First National Bank of Dennison, Novelis, WTUZ & BellStores

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair Dressage & English HORSE ARENA

  • 10 a.m. Open Class Draft Horse Hitch Show GRANDSTAND

  • 12 p.m. Livestock Sale – Swine MAIN ARENA

  • 4 p.m. Livestock Sale MAIN ARENA sale order: Lambs / Market Beef / Dairy Steers

  • 7 p.m. Mod Rod GRANDSTAND FREE SEATING

Friday, Sept. 23

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair Western Horse Show HORSE ARENA

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair Dairy Show MAIN SHOW ARENA – Interview Award Winners Acknowledged Junior Fair Dairy Showmanship

  • 12 p.m. Harness Racing GRANDSTAND

  • 12 p.m. Junior Fair Pygmy Goat Show LOCATION TBD Junior Fair Pygmy Goat & Kiddie Showmanship

  • 1 p.m. Junior Fair Versatility Show HORSE ARENA

  • 2 p.m. Junior Fair Utility Goat Show LOCATION TBD

  • 3 p.m. Dairy Product Sale MAIN SHOW ARENA

  • 6 p.m. Animal & Me Show MAIN SHOW ARENA

  • 7 p.m. NSTPA Sanctioned Truck & Tractor Pull GRANDSTAND – TICKETS REQUIRED

Saturday, Sept. 24

  • 9 a.m. Junior Fair General Livestock Judging Contest MAIN SHOW ARENA

  • 10 a.m. Cloverbud Round-Up GRANDSTAND

  • 10 a.m. Horse Fun Show HORSE ARENA

  • 12 p.m. Junior Fair Super Showmanship MAIN SHOW ARENA

  • 12 p.m. Harness Racing GRANDSTAND

  • 3 p.m. Junior Fair Small Animal Sale MAIN SHOW ARENA sale order: Duck / Rabbit / Broiler / Goat / Turkey

  • 4 p.m. Kiddie Tractor Pull GRANDSTAND

  • 7 p.m. OSTPA Sanctioned Truck & Tractor Pull GRANDSTAND – TICKETS REQUIRED

  • 8 p.m. Square Dance MAIN SHOW ARENA

Sunday, Sept. 25

  • 9:30 a.m. Worship Service GRANDSTAND

  • 10 a.m. Open Class Beef Judging MAIN SHOW ARENA – Limousin, Simmental, Maine Anjou, Red Angus

  • 1 p.m. Harness Racing GRANDSTAND

  • 7:30 p.m. Demolition Derby GRANDSTAND – TICKETS REQUIRED

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