The Champaign County Fair opened on Friday, with morning visitors dodging a few raindrops.
Below is a schedule of the fair for the weekend:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
8:00 a.m. Weighing of Jr Fair Dairy Feeders and Dairy Steers
Jackpot Goat Show, Open Class Goat Show
followed by Goat Carcass Contest, Jr Fair Pygmy Goat Show, Dairy Goat Show, Jr. Fair Goat Showmanship & PeeWee Goat Showmanship
9:00 a.m. Junior Fair Swine Showmanship followed by Junior
Fair County Farrowed Swine Show (Swine Arena)
4-H Cloverbud Recognition (Jr. Fair Modeling Pavilion)
Junior Fair Horse Show
10:00 a.m. One day A.R.B.A. Sanctioned Rabbit Show
11:00 a.m. Culinary Exhibits in place
11:30 a.m. Garden Club Exhibits in place
Homemaker’s Style Show (Modeling Pavilion)
12:00 noon ALL Exhibits in place
1:00 p.m. Garden Club judging
5:00 p.m. Jr. Fair Beef Feeders followed by Beef Breeding, Scramble Class, Cattlemen’s Special Steer & Commercial Heifer Show – Top 5 (Woodruff Show Arena)
7:00 p.m. Champaign Co. Classic Truck & Tractor Pull (Grandstand)
10:00 p.m. Junior Fair Llamas to be in place
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
8:30 a.m. Junior Fair Beef Showmanship –Beef feeders
Released following show.
9:00 a.m. Fancy & Breeding Poultry Show followed by
Poultry Showmanship (Poultry Building)
10:00 a.m. Worship Service (Activities Modeling Pavilion)
11:00 a.m. Junior Fair Horse/Pony Classes
11-12:00 noon Entries for Pie Contest (Pork Council Building)
12:00 noon PeeWee Swine Showmanship (Swine Show Arena)
Guys & Gals Sheep Lead-In Classes followed by
Open Class Carcass Lamb Contest,
PeeWee Sheep Showmanship
1:00 p.m. Junior Fair Rabbit/Cavy Exhibits in place
2:00 p.m. Junior Fair Rabbit & Cavy Skillathon, Poster &
Royalty results announced (Rabbit & Cavy Building)
3:00 p.m. Pie Auction – Swine Show Arena (following PeeWee Showmanship)
6:00 p.m. Champaign County Schools Bands (Grandstand)
7:00 p.m. Crowning of 2022 Junior Fair Queen, 4-H Boy & Girl
of the Year, FFA Boy & Girl of the Year, followed by
Pig and Calf Scrambles (Grandstand)