JULY 15-19 2026 – HAMPTON, IA – FREE GATE & PARKING


167th Franklin County Fair


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2026 Fair Schedule

Please use the schedule below and check back during the fair for daily schedule updates.

All
Livestock
4-H
Entertainment
Food
Exhibits
On Grounds
Grandpa's Farm

Sunday, July 12

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Warm-Up & Horse Exhibitor Check-in — Horse Arena
9:30 AM Open Horse/Pony Show — Horse Arena
Following Open Horse/Pony Show Horse Show — Horse Arena

Monday, July 13

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Youth Exhibit Judging — Exhibits Building
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Youth Exhibit Judging — Exhibits Building
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Open Class Entry (EXCEPT Horticulture & Floriculture) — Exhibits Building
5:00 PM Tack may be set up

Tuesday, July 14

7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Livestock Arrive (Must be in by 1:00 PM)
7:30 AM – 11:00 AM Open Class Entry (EXCEPT Horticulture & Floriculture) — Exhibits Building
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Tractor Ride Registration, Line-Up, & Meal
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tractor Ride — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM Open Class Judging — Exhibits Building
1:15 PM Exhibitor Meeting (All exhibitors EXCEPT horse) — Show Arena
1:30 PM Beef Cattle Weigh-In
2:15 PM Poultry Pollarium Testing
3:00 PM Parade Line-Up
3:00 PM Swine Weigh-In
5:00 PM Fair Parade
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (Toppings)
6:30 PM Dairy Cattle & Goat Check-In
7:00 PM Sheep (Plus Meat & Fancy Goat) Weigh-In

Wednesday, July 15

8:00 AM Sheep Show — (Show Arena)
Following Sheep Show Meat & Fancy Goat Show — (Show Arena)
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Clover Kids Exhibits Judging — Exhibits Building
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
10:00 AM Opening Ceremony — North County Landscaping Pergola
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (peach)
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
1:00 PM 4-H Clothing Event Style Show — Van Wall Tent
Following Style Show 4-H Share the Fun — Van Wall Tent
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Music by Dawn Groszkruger — Mort's Water Gazebo
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
3:00 PM Rabbit Show — Rabbit/Poultry Tent
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
5:00 PM Mother/Daughter & Father/Son Look Alike Contest — Van Wall Tent
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM Rogue Rodeo
Sponsor of the Day - First Bank Hampton (Giveaways)

Thursday, July 16

7:30 AM – 11:00 AM Open Class Horticulture & Floriculture Entry — Exhibits Building
8:00 AM Swine Show — (Show Arena)
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (strawberry)
10:00 AM Premier Exhibitor Educational Displays
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Franklin County Farm Bureau Scavenger Hunt — Ag Learning Center
12:00 PM Sponsor of the Day (Burger Feed - Farm Bureau)
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
12:30 PM Musical Chairs — Van Wall Tent
1:00 PM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Harriman Neilson House Open
1:00 PM Dairy Cattle Show — (Show Arena)
Following Dairy Cattle Show Dairy Goat Show — (Show Arena)
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Music by Bill Hendren + Friends — Mort's Water Gazebo
1:00 PM Open Class Horticulture & Floriculture Judging — Exhibits Building
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Lego Day — Youth Exibits Building
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
3:00 PM Fair Princess & Prince, Little Miss & Mister Coronation — Van Wall Tent
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
5:00 PM Fair Queen Coronation — Van Wall Tent
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
8:30 PM Anne Wilson

Friday, July 17

8:00 AM Beef Cattle Show — (Show Arena)
Between Market & Breeding Show 4-H Bucket Calf Show — (Show Arena)
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
9:30 AM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (butterfinger)
11:00 AM – 4:30 PM Franklin Farmhands — Grandpa's Farm
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Live Music by Tim Collins + Denny Campbell — Mort's Water Gazebo
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
12:00 PM Water balloon Toss — Pleasant Hill Street
12:30 PM 4-H Educational Presentations/Extemporaneous Speaking — Youth Exibits Building
12:30 PM – 6:30 PM Knockerball — Pleasant Hill Street
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tractor Auto Steer Demo — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Harriman Neilson House Open
1:00 PM Rubber Chicken Throwing Contest — Pleasant Hill Street
2:00 PM Pie Eating Contest — Van Wall Tent
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
3:00 PM Poultry Show — (Rabbit/Poultry barn)
3:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Monster Arm Wrestling Weigh-In — Marketplace Building
4:00 PM 4-H Working Exhibits — Youth Exibits Building
5:00 PM Monster Arm Wrestling — Marketplace Building
5:00 PM Prairie Pullers Garden Tractor Pull — Grandpa's Farm
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
8:30 PM Get The LED Out
Sponsor of the Day (UBTC - Giveaways)

Saturday, July 18

8:00 AM Open Bucket Calf Show — (Show Arena)
Following Open Bucket Calf Show Feeder Pig Show — (Show Arena)
Following Feeder Pig Show Bottle Lamb/Goat Show — (Show Arena)
9:30 AM Tractor & Pickup Pull — Grandpa's Farm
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
9:30 AM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bedazzling in the Exhibits Building — Youth Exibits Building
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM Horse Powered Threshing Demo — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (Raspberry)
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
10:30 AM Pedal Pull Weigh-In — Van Wall Tent
11:00 AM – 4:30 PM Franklin Farmhands — Grandpa's Farm
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Livestock Judging Contest Registration — (Show Arena)
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM Pedal Pull Conntest — Van Wall Tent
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
11:30 AM Livestock Judging Contest — (Swine Barn)
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Live Music by Sleepy Bones Allison — Mort's Water Gazebo
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Veggie 500 Decorating — Youth Exibits Building
1:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tractor Auto Steer Demo — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Harriman Neilson House Open
1:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
1:30 PM Veggie 500 Races — Youth Exibits Building
2:00 PM Horse Powered Threshing Demo — Grandpa's Farm
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM BBQ Contest Judging — Pleasant Hill Street
3:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
4:00 PM 4-H Press Day — Youth Exibits Building
4:00 PM Cutest Baby Contest — Van Wall Tent
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
8:30 PM Craig Morgan
Sponsor of the Day (POET - Giveaways)

Sunday, July 19

Before 9:00 AM All Blocking Chutes MUST be Removed
9:00 AM Tack May be Removed
9:00 AM Horse Show Rain Date — (Horse Arena)
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM First Security Day - Free Water & Swag
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
9:30 AM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM Ice Cream Stand Open (Toppings)
10:00 AM Farm Chore Relays — (Show Arena)
10:00 AM Worship Service — Van Wall Tent
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
12:00 PM Bucket of Junk Silent Auction Bidding Closes
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Franklin Farmhands — Grandpa's Farm
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
1:00 PM Iowa Draft Horse Overload Pull — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 7:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Music by Jack Jensen — Mort's Water Gazebo
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Science Fair at the Fair — Exhibits Building
2:30 PM Horse Powered Threshing Demo — Grandpa's Farm
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
4:00 PM Chainsaw Sculpture Auction — East of Commercial Building
4:30 PM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Youth Exhibits Released
5:30 PM Muddy Mayhem (Figure 8 Races)
5:30 PM Open Class Exhibits Released — Exhibits Building
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound

* Schedule is subject to minor changes *



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