This year’s Monroe County Fair is set for August 6 to 9 at Northampton Park in the events area between the horse arena and the Ski Lodge, near the corner of Colby Street and Hubbell Road in the Town of Ogden.
Sarah Colby, a member of the Monroe County Fair and Recreation Association Board, says new this year is a food truck rodeo beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday, August 7. Featured will be food trucks from Rochester and Buffalo known collectively as Rollin’ Thunder.
“Friday night we are also having the 4-H Dog Show, so folks should come out to get dinner from the food truck rodeo or from the Brockport Rotary Club – who will be back with hot dogs and hamburgers – and then watch the 4-H kids run their dogs through the agility course,” Colby says.
Monroe County favorite LuGia’s ice cream will be returning to the food tent, she says, as well as Spencerport’s Barton’s Hots and Salavatore’s Pizza.
The 2015 Monroe County Fair opens Thursday, August 6 and Colby says two new events are scheduled that day.
“The Wine & Beer Tasting (6 p.m.) will (include) several wine and beer producers from the area like Leonard Oakes and A Gust of Sun, which recently opened a tasting room on Ridge Road,” Colby says. “We expect there will be some products for sale, so, if you like it, you can get some to take home with you that night.”
There is a $10 fee for the Tasting on Thursday, Colby adds. Access to the food truck rodeo on Friday is free with fair admission.
Also new on Thursday is a Pet Show for youth at 7 p.m.
“It’ll be a fun event for showing off costumes and silly tricks,” not like a formal breed show,” Colby explains. “Anyone ages 7-17 can participate with their pets and show off how well they work with and take care of their critters. The information is online at mcfair.com/exhibitors, including the entry form to mail in so we know they’re coming to the show.”
Also available online are entry forms and information regarding all shows open to the public: home arts and textiles, food, photography, fine arts, woodworking, and flowers and vegetables from your garden.
Colby says the deadline for entries is July 29 – one week before the fair. Depending on which show you enter, “… you drop off your items one of the days right before fair, so we can get them judged and put the ribbons on them when we display them,” she says. “We encourage anyone to enter, whether it’s a new hobby for them or a lifelong passion.”
This year, lap robes, blankets and quilts will be collected to donate to Meals on Wheels as part of the Home and Arts show. Donations can be dropped off at the Ski Lodge the morning of August 3 and will be displayed at the fair before being sent to Meals on Wheels to benefit those locally who are homebound.
Donated items can be entered in the Home Arts Show if desired, Colby says.
There will be some mechanical kiddie rides this year, she says. The rides are $3 each or $15 for an all-day ride wristband. Hay Wagon Farm rides are $6.
2013 Monroe County Fair tractor pull competition. Other attractions include a children’s fun zone, live music, and events for all ages. David Knox Photography
The Garden Tractor Pull returns on Sunday at 1 p.m. and the fair also features livestock shows including meat goats on Saturday.
Live music is planned and is free with admission, but Colby says that schedule is being finalized.
Parking is free. Tickets are $7 general admission, $6 seniors, children 12 and under are free. The Monroe County Fair runs Thursday, August 6, 1 to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, August 7 and 8, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, August 9, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
