Fair to begin Saturday in Hillsboro
Staff writer
Live music, a parade, and rodeos with mutton bustin’ and calf scrambles are only a few entertaining things to be found next week at the Marion County Fair.
The fair will begin Saturday and run through July 27 at the county fairgrounds on E. D St. in Hillsboro.
Check-in of 4-H and open class exhibits will begin Sunday.
A kids’ bounce house will be available from 4 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
Concessions operated by 4-H will be available 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Food trucks will be at the fair 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
Commercial booths and ground displays will open at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and continue through Friday.
Wednesday
A parade at 6 p.m. followed by live music by Night Live Sounds at 6:30 p.m. will kick off festivities. Free registration for a kids’ pedal pull competition will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Live 4-H presentations, new this year, will begin at 7 p.m. Also at 7 p.m. will be a watermelon feed and kids showing their strength in pedal-pull competition.
Wednesday’s rodeo will begin at 8 p.m. and feature mutton bustin’ for kids ages 6 and younger and calf scramble for kids ages 10 and younger.
July 25
A 4-H sheep show will begin at 6 p.m., and bucket calf and beef shows will begin at 7 p.m.
A cornhole tournament will begin at 7 p.m.
Thursday’s rodeo will begin at 8 p.m. and feature mutton bustin’ for kids ages 6 and younger and calf scramble for kids ages 10 and younger.
July 26
A livestock auction is planned for 6:30 p.m.
Lawnmower and dirt bike races will be at 7 p.m. Check-in for the races will be at 5 p.m., and gates will open at 6 p.m.
Mowers must have mower decks removed and meet various criteria.
July 27
Wet ’N’ Wild with the fair association will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Loud and crashing cars will be Saturday’s wrap-up. The fair’s annual demolition derby will begin at 7 p.m.