Rev your engines and get your 4-H club ready: the 163rd-annual Hamilton County Fair is back with a midway full of rides and games, livestock displays, arts and crafts exhibits, carnival food, giant tomatoes and all the rest of the wholesome county antics you’d expect.
Things kick off Wednesday night with a celebrity demolition derby at 7:30 p.m., with non-celebrity demolition derbies throughout the rest of the week, plus micro wrestling on Friday and a rodeo on Sunday. Wander the grounds to find other activities like a petting zoo, circus acts, live music and blue ribbon displays in the exhibition halls.
4-11 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. $3 admission Wednesday; $7 admission all other days; $5 parking per car. Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 7700 Vine St., Carthage, hamiltoncountyfair.com.
This article appears in Aug 1-8, 2018.
