Schedule of Events August 3rd to 7th Attractions and 2016 Grandstand (815)338-5315 Information www.mchenrycountyfair.com 2016 Fair Logo Designed by Leanne Anderson
rd Wednesday, August 3 2016 7:30am Swine Barn 4-H Swine Carcass Show
8:00am Hansen Pavilion Open & Jr Open Beef Show 9:00am Rabbit Barn 4-H Rabbit Show 9:00am Poultry Tent Open Poultry Show 9:00am Building D Open Antiques Show
9:00am Building F Open & Jr Art Show 9:00am Goat Tent Open Dairy Goat Show
9:30am Hansen Pavilion 4-H Dairy Cattle Show 10:00am Commercial Tents and Buildings Open! 10:00am Sheep Barn 4-H Sheep Show
11:30am Building F Open & Jr Photo Show 12:00pm Building E Open & Jr Veggie Show
12:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 1:00pm Carnival Open! Midway 1:00pm Sheep Barn 4-H Sheep Market Lamb Show 2:00pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show 3:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show
4:00pm Agriculture Barns Tractor Parade 4:00pm Goat Tent 4-H Pygmy Goat Show
4:00pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show
5:00pm Hansen Pavilion Junior Judging Contest all Depts. 5:00pm Hansen Pavilion Sheriff K-9 Demonstration 5:00pm Entertainment Tent Sponsor & Chamber Dinner
5:30pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 6:00pm Grandstands McHenry Co. Queen Pageant
6:30pm 4-H Building 4-H Cloverbud Judging
7:30pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show
Thursday, August 4th 2016 8:00am Swine Barn 4-H & Jr Swine Show 9:00am Goat Tent 4-H Dairy Goat Show 9:00am Hansen Pavilion 4-H Beef Show 9:00am Rabbit Barn Jr Open Rabbit Show 10:00am Chainsaw Sculpture Show
10:00am Commercial Tents & Buildings Open!
10:00am Sheep Barn Jr Open Sheep Show
11:00am Entertain. Stage Magic Show
11:30am Goat Tent Jr Open Goat Show 12pm-8pm Barnyard Buddies Barnyard Buddies
12:00pm Building F Jr Open Flower Show
12:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show
12:30pm Building F Open Flower Show
1:00pm Carnival & Rides Open! Midway 1:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 2:00pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show 3:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 4:00pm Agriculture Barns Tractor Parade 4:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 5:00pm Hansen Pavilion Sheriff K-9 Demonstration
5:30pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show
5:30pm Entertain. Stage Mother Daughter Look A Like
6:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 7:00pm Grandstands Caroline Kole and Willis Clan 7:00pm Hansen Pavilion 4-H Awards Ceremony 7:30pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show 9:00pm Hansen Pavilion 4-H Dance
Friday, August 5th 2016 8:00am Swine Barn Open Swine Show 8:30am Horse Arena 4-H Horse Show 9:30am Hansen Pavilion Open & Jr Dairy Show 10:00am Chainsaw Sculpture Show 10:00am Sheep Barn Open Sheep Show 10:00am Commercial Tents & Buildings Open! 11:00am Entertain. Stage Magic Show 11:30am Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes 12:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 12pm-8pm Barnyard Buddies Barnyard Buddies 12:30pm Pedal Pull Ally Pedal Pull Check In 1:00pm Carnival & Rides Open Midway 1:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 2:00pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show 2:30pm Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes 3:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 4:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 4:00pm Agriculture Barns Tractor Parade 5:00pm Hansen Pavilion Sheriff K-9 Demonstration 5:00pm Entertain. Stage Lip Sync Battle (K2 DJ) 5:30pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 6:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 6:00pm Grandstands KTM Motocross Racing 6:30pm Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes 7:00pm Hansen Pavilion Talent Contest 7:30pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show 9:00pm Entertainment Tent 7th Heaven
th Saturday, August 6 2016 9:00am Horse Arena Open Horse Speed Show
9:00am Rabbit Barn Open Rabbit Show
9:30am Hansen Pavilion Auction Sellers Meeting
10:00am Commercial Tents & Buildings Open!
10:00am Carnival & Rides Open Midway 10:00am Chainsaw Sculpture Show 10:30pm Grandstands Truck and Tractor Pulls 11:00am Entertain. Stage Magic Show 11:30am Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes
12pm-8pm Barnyard Buddies Barnyard Buddies
12:00pm Hansen Pavilion 4-H Auction
12:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show
12:30pm Pedal Pull Ally Pedal Pull Check In 1:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show
2:00pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show
2:30pm Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes
3:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show
4:00pm Agriculture Barns Tractor Parade 4:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 5:00pm Hansen Pavilion Sheriff K-9 Demonstration 5:00pm Grandstands Truck and Tractor Pulls 5:30pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 6:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show
6:00pm Horse Arena Drill Team Demonstration 6:30pm Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes 7:30pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show 9:00pm Entertainment Tent Caroline Kole
Sunday, August 7th 2016 8:30am Horse Arena Open Horse Show 10am-5pm Barnyard Buddies Barnyard Buddies
10:00am Chainsaw Sculpture Show
10:00am Commercial Tents and Buildings Open!
10:00am Carnival Open Midway 11:00am Entertain. Stage Magic Show
11:30am Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes
12:00pm Agriculture Barns Tractor Parade 12:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 12:30pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show 1:00pm Grandstands Demolition Derby 2:00pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show
2:00pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show
2:30pm Hansen Pavilion McHenry Co. Square Dancers 2:30pm Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes
3:00pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show
3:30pm Chainsaw Sculpture Show
4:30pm Hansen Pavilion Wood Sculpture Auction 5:00pm Grandstands Demolition Derby 5:00pm Livestock Barns Livestock Released 5:30pm Ultimate Flying Canine Show 6:00pm Entertain. Stage Magic Show
6:30pm Entertain. Stage Fast Eddie and the Corvettes
7:00pm Building F Home Arts Released Vendors Released 8:00pm Building C,D&E All Buildings Closed
Entertainment at the Fair
Thursday through Sunday during the fair we will have a The “K9 Crew Trick Dog Show” is the ultimate high- chainsaw sculptor energy canine thrill show. They became a touring show , Joe Stebbing Jr., here on the with the purpose of providing good family entertainment. grounds doing four one hour show each day. The show contains canine comedy, tricks and amazing high During these shows flying Frisbee routines. The “K9 you will be able to Crew” has performed with watch Joe at the Indianapolis & Baltimore work taking pine Symphony’s, Americas Got logs and creating Talent season 4 (first animal act to make the top twenty), works of art. These Good Morning America, statues will be up for and Animal Planet. auction on Sunday of The “K9 Crew” is always fair at 4:30pm in busy training and Hansen Pavilion. All building new show proceeds go to routines to dazzle and delight the audience. Each show is support the McHenry set to upbeat music, is high County Fair Association so they are able to continue energy and will be an exciting family fun and educational events during future fairs experience each time you see and throughout the year. We hope to see you at the them. They will have three auction! shows a day every day during the fair!
Barnyard Discoveries is a free adventure in the Bovine barn for children of all ages. This area has various activities and Andy Martello won his displays for everyone to learn about where their food comes first talent show here from. There is also a chance to meet different baby barn yard during our fair in the animals and watch chicks hatch. Stop by to learn and FULL early 1980’s. He have some fun! DAY OF FUN currently is a headliner in the comedy magic duo Spike and Hammer in Las Vegas. Andy is On Friday and Saturday during the fair we will have Pedal very talented in magic, Pulls. At this event you will try to see how far you can pedal a juggling, plate spinning, tractor with increasing weight on the sled. All ages can fire eating, and has participate. It is free to enter and everyone who enters will been seen on Last Comic Standing for his amazing receive a coupon for a free ice cream cone from the Farm comedy routines. Andy will be joining us for 3 shows Bureau Food Stand in Building D and the chance to win their daily every day of the 2016 fair. Make sure to stop by very own pedal tractor. The drawing for the pedal tractor will the 4-H food tent to see him on our entertainment be on Saturday at the end of the pulls. Be sure to join us for stage! the fun!
Entertainment at the Fair
All week of the fair you can stop by three locations where you can spend some time Fast Eddie and the Corvettes will be preforming in the food tent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the fair. coloring in Monster Murals. These 7 feet It's back to the days of long murals are located in Conservation World, sock hops, hot rods and Barnyard Discoveries, and the Food Tent. It will Golden Oldies. Enjoy the be a great way for kids to stay active and have sounds of the 50's, 60's, fun while parents can take a bit of a rest in a and 70's including do- shaded area. wop vocals, rock n'roll, and impressions of your favorite artists . Fast Eddie and the Corvettes have performed coast to coast, with Rock n Roll Legends Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Rivers, Bill Mother Daughter Look-alike Contest Haley's Comets and has become a great tradition of the Frankie Valli and the McHenry County Fair. The contest will Four Seasons. Be there or be square, when Fast Eddie and the be held at 5:30pm on Thursday in the Food Corvettes cruise into town! Tent’s Entertainment Stage. Calling all mothers and daughters of all ages to come and compete Contestants in the against others from the county. Find out whose 2015 Lip Sync Battles, apple fell closest to the family tree. including our 2015 Queen, Nora Brown!
Conservation World is on its second year and is steadily growing. This year you will be able to see our new Green House and walk through both a Lip Sync Battles butterfly garden and a natural prairie. The tent Do you have a favorite song that you will still be set up with booths and activities for all know all of the words to and have your ages to participate in. These booths are from own dance for? Do you preform it various organizations, such as the 4-H regularly into your hairbrush in your Conservation Club, The McHenry County room? Now that you have the practice Defenders, McHenry County Conservation District, why not compete in our Lip Sync Battles? The battles will be McHenry County Health Department, The Land held in the Food Tent’s Entertainment Stage on Friday at Conservancy, and The Worm Guy. Be sure to stop 5:00pm. It will be run by K Squared DJ and is sponsored by by to learn about conservation and have some fun McHenry County College. Check in will begin at 3:30pm, or with the interactive activities. skip the lines and pre-register by finding the registration form on our website under “A Day at the Fair”. We can’t wait to see your moves! Grandstand Entertainment at the Fair Wednesday Night Friday Night McHenry County Queen Pageant is a free event and KTM Motocross race is a $5 Grandstand show and begins at 6:00 pm in the Grandstands This is a competition to select our $10 Pit side show that begins at 6:00 pm McHenry County Queen who will Come watch some of the most talented riders in the represent us all year round at county events and at the area try to get the quickest time on the track! This state competition. This year will be the first year we will high speed show is a must see for audiences of all have a princess competition as well. Come and support ages! your town’s representative in this 68 year tradition. After the Motocross show we will have Thursday Night the band 7th Heaven playing in the Family Night Concert is a Entertainment Tent. This is a free event to $5 show in the enter and will begin around 9:00 pm. Grandstands and begins at 7:00 pm Caroline Kole will be performing beginning at 7:00 pm. She Saturday Late Morning-Evening is an up and coming country singer who has been featured Illini State Pullers will have two shows on Saturday at on the Horizon on Highway 16 Sirius XM radio and has 10:30 am and at 5:00 pm. Each show will be a $5 been an opening act for Reba in Las Vegas. Grandstand Show and $15 Pit side show. The Willis Clan will follow beginning at 8:00pm and will Come see modified tractors and trucks, stock trucks, perform for 90 minutes. They are a high energy family and antique tractors at our annual tractor pulls. This band of 12 siblings that sing both country and blue grass, play instruments and do Irish Dancing. Be sure to buy year’s street diesel truck shootout will be a total of 3 tickets early to save your seats! hooks for a combined total distance. The first two hooks will take place on Saturday, August 6th at the McHenry County Fair starting at our late morning show and continuing into our evening show. The last hook will take place at the Boone County Fair on Thursday, August 11th at their night show. If you are interested in participating please see ISP’s website for rules/regulations and information on how to enter: http://www.illinistatepullers.com/ After the pulls the Entertainment Tent will be Sunday Afternoon and Evening welcoming back Caroline Kole for an evening of Derby Icon presents two Demolition Derby shows at 1:00 country music. pm and 5:00 pm. Each show is $5 for Grandstand seats and for Pit tickets ages 8-13 are $10, 14 and older are $20. This is a family fun show that is a McHenry County Fair tradition that everyone loves! Join in on one of the Demolition Derbies that will take place this year. Be sure to buy tickets early to save your seats! At the beginning of each show there is a Kid’s Power Wheel Derby that anyone with a Power Wheel can enter. If you are interested in participating in the derby please visit Derby Icon’s website for all information: http://www.derbyicons.com/