🌟 Featured Highlights & All-Day Attractions:

Grounds Open: 8:00 a.m.

Sensory-Safe Visiting Hour (with activities): 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Old MacDonald’s Farm: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Tiny Town: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Exotic Animal Zoo Ground Act: Open Daily 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. sponsored by TH Media

Creative Arts Building & Kids Korner: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

4-H Building: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Country Store: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (medicine, misc items and canned beverages!)

Exhibit Hall: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Mechanical Bull: Opens at 2:00 p.m.

Fairground Rides: Open at 4:00 p.m. (1 ticket = $3, 1 ticket per ride)

🕒 Daily Schedule of Events
8:00 a.m. – Entry of all 4-H & FFA Horse and Pony Exhibits

8:00 a.m. – Foam and Bubble Show til 9 a.m.

9:00 a.m. – Judging of 4-H & FFA Dairy Goat

9:00 a.m. – Judging of 4-H & FFA Sheep

9:00 a.m. – Judging of 4-H & FFA Horse and Pony Exhibits

9:30 a.m. – Judging of 4-H & FFA Dairy Cattle

10:00 a.m. – Hands-On STEM Exploration (until 4:00 p.m. in the 4-H Building)

10:30 a.m. – Scott’s Comedy and Magic Show

11:00 a.m. – Grace Good Performance

12:00 p.m. (Noon) – Honey Tasting (12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.) by Dubuque Swiss Valley Beekeeping Club

12:30 p.m. – Judging of 4-H & FFA Dairy Cows

12:30 p.m. – Judging of 4-H & FFA Meat Goats

1:00 p.m. – BINGO (until 5:00 p.m.)

1:00 p.m. – Lasting Impressions Performance

1:00 p.m. – Cupcake Decorating for All Ages (by Sprinkled Confections)

2:30 p.m. – Lasting Impressions Performance

3:00 p.m. – Release of all Milking Animals

3:00 p.m. – Grace Good Performance

3:30 p.m. – Scott’s Comedy and Magic Show

4:30 p.m. – 4-H and FFA Award Ceremony

5:00 p.m. – Bubble and Foam Show (until 6:00 p.m.)

6:00 p.m. – Fair Opening Ceremony

6:30 p.m. – Scott’s Magic Show

7:00 p.m. – Lasting Impressions Performance

7:00 p.m. – Mainstage Event: Country Duets and Neil Diamond Tribute by Doug Allen Nash sponsored by Biechler Electric

8:00 p.m. – Grace Good Performance

8:00 p.m. – Foam and Bubble Show (until 9:00 p.m.)

🎸 Entertainment Stage
Blain’s Stage in the Festival Garden: 8:00 p.m. – Ken Peiffer

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