Parade form: 2018 Parade Entry
2018 Nemaha County Fair Schedule
Sunday, July 8th – 6:00 pm Set up/ cleanup at fairgrounds
Monday, July 9th 4H /FFA / Clover Kid Entry only
3:00 -7:00 pm Pre-Fair Judging and Entry of FFA/ 4-H Home Economics & General Areas Exhibits (Except Horticulture) . — Clover Kid projects entered and interviewed –4H building.
Tuesday July 10th Open Class to Enter
5:00-8:00 pm Open Class: entering in 4H building – All Home Economics & General areas exhibits –Including Garden Art Contest. (Horticulture will be entered on Thursday morning in 4-H building.)
Wednesday July 11th
8:00 am Open Class Judging in progress (4-H building – closed to the public)
5:00 pm 4-H Food Stand opens
5:00 -9pm Fairgrounds Open for All Livestock. Livestock will be weighed as unloaded
9:00 pm ALL livestock (4-H /FFA & Open Class) MUST BE IN PLACE
Thursday July 12th
Lil Orv’s Carving Thursday, Friday, Saturday
7:00 am Band/music Boosters Food Stand opens for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner (all four days)
8:00 am Horse Show & check in – 4H/ Open Class
8:00 –10:00am Horticulture/Beautiful Buckets- 4-H building
8:30-10 am Entry of Open Class Horticulture Exhibits – 4-H Building
9 am-10 pm 4-H Building opens to Public
10:00 am 4-H Shooting Sports-Archery–Ball Field Area
10:30 – 12:30pm Approx time -Judging open class begins after 4H judging is completed.
1:00 pm Sheep Show & Meat Goat Show – 4-H / FFA & Open Class
4:00 pm Rabbit Show – 4-H / FFA & Open Class – Livestock Arena
5 – 10:00 pm Commercial Building Open to the Public
5:30 pm ATV & Tractor Driving Contest registration, practice, then contest 6:30
6:00 pm River City Carnival on midway
Friday, July 13th
Lil Orv’s Carving Thursday, Friday, Saturday
8:00 am Swine Show – Livestock Arena – 4-H/ FFA & Open Class
9 am-10 pm 4-H Building opened
9 am –noon 4-H Shooting Sports/BB Gun Contest-Ball Field
10 am -10 pm Commercial building -Opened to the Public
2:00 pm Poultry Show (Waterfowl-Pigeons) – Livestock Arena
6:00 pm River City Carnival on the Midway
6:00 pm Parade (From Courthouse to Fairgrounds)
Theme – “Freaky Friday”
After the Parade the Nemaha Co Extension will serve Ice Cream in the Open Air Building
7:30 pm Dairy Goat Show/Pygmy/Other Goat Show -Livestock arena
8:00 pm Pioneer & Heritage Farm Awards
Free Grandstand Show –
Kevin Horner—Comedy Ventriloquism
Saturday July 14th
Lil Orv’s Carving Thursday, Friday, Saturday
8:00 am Bucket Calf Show / Beef Show
9 am-10 pm 4-H Building open to the Public
10 am–10pm Commercial building -Open to the Public
10:30 am Clover Kid Pet Show
11:00 am Rocket Launch (weather permitting)
12:30 pm 4-H Top Award Pictures
1:00 pm Horse, Dairy & Livestock Judging Contests-Livestock Arena
1-6:00 pm River City Carnival on Midway (Kid’s day-discount tickets)
3:30- 8:30 pm -Balloon artist – Colors da Clown
6:15 pm Little Tuggers Tractor Pull registration – Pull at 6:30pm
7:15 pm FFA Ag Olympics
7- midnight Beer garden – No gate charge.
9:00-12:00 Dylan Bloom Band
Sunday July 15th
8:30 am Faith at the Fair (a non-denominational service)-Open Air Building- (Brock Christian Church)
11 am 4-H & Commercial buildings -Open to the Public
12:30 pm Livestock Buyers Meal
1:00 –6:00pm River City Carnival on Midway- discounted tickets
1:30 pm Presentation of McIninch Judging Trophy & 4H Herdsmanship Awards
2:00 pm 4-H / FFA Livestock Premium Sale-Livestock Arena
3:30 pm Chain saw Wood Sculpture Auction – Open Air Building
Proceeds of Auction Benefits Nemaha County Agricultural Society
5:00 pm All Exhibits Released (4-H / FFA and Open Class).
(4-H Building Will Be Open For 1 Hour)
Nemaha County Agricultural Society is not responsible for exhibits or items not picked up.
Monday, July 16th 6:00 pm Clean Up at the Fairgrounds
Open Class entry cards may be picked up at the UNL Extension Office/Nemaha County Courthouse / Needles I Quilt shop or online at www.nemahacountyfair.org
Open Class Premium money will be handed out on Sunday night at 5:00 pm. Please remember to pick it up when you pick up your exhibits.
Premium money will be held for 1 week – after that the premium money will be forfeited.