May 26 to May 29, 2011
The Schomberg Agricultural Spring Fair runs from May 26th until May 29th and is home to a wide range of events that the whole family will enjoy. Whether it’s farm animals, crafts, delicious homecookin’ or great country music that interest you, the Schomberg Fair is Ontario’s best way to experience friendly, good old country hospitality and learn about the issues that define agricultural life.
(events subject to change without notice, please check here closer to the fair dates)
Thursday May 26th–free admission
5:00pm “Worlds Finest Shows” Midway
Pay one price $25.00
Friday May 27th(Arena closed)
4:00pm Worlds Finest Shows Midway opens
5:30 Miniature Horse Demonstration (Show ring)
6:45 Shuttle bus pick up Kitchen Breedon Manor (2ndpickup at 7:10)
7:00 Peripheral Vision (Stage)
7:30 Euchre (Community Hall)
7:30 Demolition Derby
8:00 The Streetlights (Stage)
9:00 James and the Ready’s (Stage)
Saturday May 28th
9:00am Gates open
10:00 Draught Horse Show (Show Ring)
10:30 Midway opens
11:00 Arena opens
11:00 Grand Parade
11:00 Sheep show (North End)
12:00pm Opening ceremonies (Stage)
12:00 Bavarian Garden opens (Main Tent) Entertainment –DayzGoneBy
1:00 ATV Pull (South End Track)
1:00 Bond Head Old Tyme Fiddle Club (Stage)
1:15 Meet This Year’s Schomberg Fair Ambassador Contestants (Arena)
1:30 Six Horse Hitch class (Show Ring)
1:30 Children’s pedal pull (Tennis Courts)
2:00 Fair Ambassador Introduction (Stage)
2:00 Trash or Treasure (Arena)
2:30 The Front Porch Four (Stage)
2:30 Grow Vegetables In Your Flowerbed (Arena)
3:15 Stylamanders (Stage)
3:45 Charles and Jerome (Stage)
4:00 Lawn Tractor Pull registration (Track)
4:00 Variety Hour (Stage)
5:00 Lawn Tractor Pull
5:00 The Goods (Stage)
4:30 Schomberg United Church
Roast Beef Dinner (Community Hall)
5:00 The Goods (Stage)
6:00 “Hank” (Stage)
8:00 Buzz Deluxe (Stage)
9:00 The Schomberg Fair (Stage)
Sunday May 29th
8:00am Lions Pancake Breakfast (Town Hall)
10:00 Rabbit and Cavy Show (Small Tent)
10:30 Midway opens
10:30 4H Dairy Clip & Fit (Show Ring)
10:30 Pet and Mutt Show registration begins (Stage)
11:00 Arena Opens
11:00 Stylamanders (Stage)
11:00 Junior beef Cattle Show (Show Ring)
11:00 Junior Dairy Cattle Show
11:00 Goat Show (North End)
11:30 Pet Show (Stage)
12:00 Mutt Show (Stage)
12:00 Horseshoe Pitch (Derby Pit)
12:30 Ambassador –1stPart (Stage)
12:00 Baby Show registration (Main Tent)
1:00 Baby Show (Main Tent)
1:00 Arcadia Academy of Music (Stage)
1:00 Horse Pull (Track)
1:00 Beef Cattle Show (Show Ring)
1:15 Learn How To Read Food Product Labels (Arena)
1:30 Family Fun Events (Tennis Courts)
1:45 Humber River Shaekespear Company (Stage)
2:00 Ambassador finals (Stage)
2:00 Learn How To Plan, Plant & Harvest (Arena)
2:30 Jambalaya (Stage)
3:00 Learn How Easy It Is To Make Freezer Jam (Arena)
3:45 Micheal D’Alessandro (Stage)
4:00 Homecraft Awards (Arena)
4:15 Charles and Jerome (Stage)
Note: All Events & Times Subject To Change
Saturday & Sunday
New This Year!
Miniature Horse Demonstration
The Stylamanders Children’s Entertainers
Stock & Modified Garden Tractor Pull
Blacksmithing Demonstration, Agricultural Equipment, Our Fair Farm,
Pig Mobile, Pony Rides, Face Painting, and Tall Tex
Arena Displays; Homecraft, School Work,
Horticulture, Culinary and Crafting Demonstrations;
Dairy Farmers of Canada, Masonic CHiP Program
Stage: Don’t miss the many new and returning
local performers on our Main Stage!
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Euchre Night
Friday – 7 PM
- In the Community Hall
- No fair admission required
- Smashing up cars not your thing? Come join us for an evening of cards.Located in the Community Hall on Main St. beside the Centennial Gates leading into the Fairgrounds.
Live Stage Entertainment
Friday night, Saturday and Sunday on the stage
Chair: Monica Duggan, 905-859-4119
Take a break from the day’s activities and enjoy local bands, singers and dancers – just some of the events both the young and old can enjoy. Check the daily Fair flyer for the many shows and children’s entertainers taking the stage.
Jack’s Place – Sausages
Friday Night – Derby Area
Saturday and Sunday – MAIN TENT
Need to refuel?
Come and feast on one of Jack’s famous sausages on a bun!
Opening Ceremonies
Saturday – 12 PM
On the stage
Following the Fair Parade, the Schomberg Agricultural Society President along with members of the local community and Special Guests open the 161st Schomberg Spring Fair.
Homecraft
Sat and Sun in the arena
Chair: Bev Donaldson, 905-859-5257
From Needlework to Antiques, Horticulture to Culinary Art, Crafts and Hobbies to Photography and Artwork, the Homecraft Exhibit has it all – AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT! Go to here for more information on getting an exhibitor’s entry number and how to enter.
Organic Farming
Saturday and Sunday
In the Arena
As more organic food finds its way from the farm to the grocery store, isn’t it time you learned what you’re eating? Organic farming & the importance of grain harvesting in our community is explored
On The Farm ~ Old And New
Saturday and Sunday
In the Arena
Janet Orr brings us another wonderful interactive and hands-on Homecraft Exhibit. Explore and rediscover things that were once commonplace on the farm and can still be easily done today.
King Township Heritage
Saturday and Sunday
In the Arena
The Township of King Heritage Committee, King Museum and King Library bring interactive and informative displays showcasing the wonderful township we all live in. With a great history and a promising future King Township might surprise you!
Vendors
Saturday and Sunday
North End of Fairgrounds
Chair: Andy MacPherson, 905-939-8181
From cotton candy to candy apples, cowboy hats to placemats, local homemade honey to delicious fudge, vendors from all around Ontario fill the fairgrounds selling local wares and wonderful treats
CHiP – Child Identification
Saturday and Sunday
In the Arena
The Masonic CHiP program allows parents the opportunity to create a kit of identifying materials for their child, free of charge. The kit contains such things as a fingerprint card, a physical description, a dental imprint, and a DNA sample. The purpose of the kit is to provide critical information to the public and to law enforcement in the event that a child goes missing.
School Exhibits
Saturday and Sunday
In the Arena
Chair: Barb Hitchman, 905-939-7459
Every year schools from across the region enter art, writing and crafts to be judged and displayed for the fair weekend. It is always a pleasure to see the fine talent emerging within our own community. Go to here for more information and school categories.
Snacks / Light Lunches
Saturday and Sunday
In the Arena
Provided by our Agricultural Society members
Including delicious homemade baked pies and sandwiches
Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Meet This Year’s Schomberg Fair Ambassador Contestants
Saturday – 1:15PM
In the Arena
Meet This Year’s Schomberg Fair Ambassador Contestants and hear former ambassadors & 4-H club members tell how being involved “brought positive changes to their lives”.
Bavarian Gardens
Saturday 12 – 5 PM
Main Tent
Chair: Anita Phillips, 905-939-1114
A Schomberg Fair tradition is back again FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR
Staffed by Community and Fairboard volunteers this 19+ venue is full of all of your favourite beers and coolers. A great chance to get out of the sun and catch up with old friends. Grab a cold one and enjoy some live music or watch some of the Fair events from our large patio (smoking area included).
Trash or Treasure
Saturday
2 – 4 PM
In the Arena
Chair: Joanne Smith, 905-939-7217
Schomberg Antiques Road Show Event –
Have your antiques identified at the antique booth in the arena.
Free with Fair admission
Horticulture Exhibit
Grow Vegetables In Your Flowerbed
Saturday – 2:30PM
In the Arena
Grow vegetables in your flowerbed
By Kathleen Gorsline Master Gardener
Our Fair Farm
Saturday and Sunday
South End of Fairgrounds
Chair: Maurice Blanchard, 705-458- 0278
Children can get up close and personal with their favourite animals. This event is free with admission to the fair. Make sure you talk to Uncle Ed while you’re there !!!
Children’s Entertainers & Activities
All Weekend – Throughout the Fairgrounds
New This Year – The Stylemanders
As seen previous years – Tall Tex, Alex the CNE Beaver, King Township Face Painters, Four Seasons Pony Rides
Smocking Demonstration
Sunday
In the Arena Demonstrations
By Lynn Binding
Before elastic, an embroidery technique called smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable. Smocking developed in England and has been practised since the Middle Ages and still popular today.
Rabbit And Cavy Show
Sunday – 10 to 4
In the small tent
Chair: Roma Toffan, 705-835-2565
A Dominion Rabbit & Cavy Association Sweepstake Event
Starting at 10 am Rabbit and Cavy enthusiasts come together to compete in this professional event. What’s a Cavy? The guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also called the cavy, is an animal belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. They originated in the Andes. See here for more information and Show Classes.
4-H Dairy Clip & Fit
Sunday – 10:30 AM
North End of Fairgrounds
South Simcoe 4-H Dairy Clip and Fit competition
4-H is an organization of Leaders building Leaders.
Youth aged 10-21 yrs and volunteers pledge their Head, Heart, Hands and Health as members of this community based club.
Junior Beef Cattle Show
Sunday – 11 AM
North End of Fairgrounds
Chair: Connie Hughes, 905-939-7229
Come join us at the Show Pen and watch the next generation of farmers and breeders from across Ontario come together to showcase their finest. See here for Entry information and Classes.
Goat Show
Sunday – 11 AM
North End of Fairgrounds
Chair: Debbie Blanchard, 705-458-0278
Various Breeds are judged throughout the day from 11am to 4pm
and you can get up close and personal with the animals. See here for more Entry information and Classes
Pet Show
Sunday – 11:30
On the STAGE
Chair: Cheryl Cameron, 905-859-8645
Bring any pet except dogs (separate show)
Please provide cages or well vented boxes
We will create your classes according to entries.
No entry fee required. Only entrants shall be with pet when judged. The pet will be judged on a pet basis – grooming and appearance. Children will be required to answer questions regarding their pet.
The Mutt Show
Sunday – 12 PM
On the stage
Chair: Cheryl Cameron, 905-859-8645
All dogs must be on a leash.
Prizes to be determined before the fair
1. Largest dog 3. Longest tail 5. Best trick
2. Smallest dog 4. Shortest tail 6. Best dressed
7. Dog / Handler look-alike
TOP DOG – Prizes awarded to High Points & Runner-up
Horseshoe Pitch
Sunday – 12 PM
In the Derby Pit
Chair: Rick Fortune, 905-939-1114
You must register as a team at 11:30 AM.
Cash & Ribbons with be awarded
Horticulture Exhibits
Learn How To Read Food Product Labels
Sunday 1:15PM
In the Arena
Bring your questions to a panel of Experts.
Learn How To Plan, Plant & Harvest
Learn how to plan, plant & harvest a vegetable garden by Brenda Atkinson
Sunday 2:00PM
In the Arena
Learn How Easy It Is To Make Freezer Jam
Sunday 3:00PM
In the Arena
Jam By Janet & Jean
Face Painting
Saturday and Sunday
In the Fairgrounds
Hosted By King Township Parks & Recreation
Lots of great childrens’ activities including facepainting
Agricultural Demonstrations and Livestock Exhibits
- Pig Mobile
- Blacksmith Demonstrations
- Commercial Cattle Display
- Miniature Horse Demonstration (Friday in the Ring) New this year!
All weekend throughout the fairgrounds.
Check the daily fair flyer for showtimes.
Tall Tex The Stilt Walker
All WeekendThroughout the Fairgrounds
Tall Tex is one of the many performers you will find wandering through the Fairgrounds entertaining young and old alike!
Livestock Exhibits
Saturday and SundayThroughout the Fairgrounds
The Ontario Pork Producers are back again with the Pork-mobile and look out for other great exhibits throughout the Fairgrounds.
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