2018 Wyoming State Fair TENTATIVE SCHEDULE …

1 2018 Wyoming State Fair TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 Youth Horse Entry Deadline (electronic entry closes at 12 midnight) SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM Open Home Arts entries accepted SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 11 to 8 Open Gardening entries accepted; Open Home Arts entries accepted 5:00 Youth Livestock Entry Deadline (Required for Stalling allocation) MONDAY, AUGUST 13 8:00 Open Crafted Arts; Drawing and Photography: Foods: Gardening: and Needlework Judging TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 9:00 Begin arrival of Youth show Horses and Youth Livestock Youth Dormitories Open 4-H and FFA Exhibit Buildings open to receive entries 11 - 2 MRW Horsemanship (Pepsi Equine Center) 8:00 All FFA exhibits and all Youth show Livestock must be in place 8:00 4-H Extension Educator Meeting (Cafeteria) 9:00 FFA Member/Advisor Meeting (Cafeteria) 10.

2 30 4-H/FFA Curfew WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, Reasons, and Awards (Time and Location TBA) 7:00 Youth Horse show check-in 8:00 Open and Youth Wool show Judging; Natural Colored and Spinning Wool Judging Weigh Youth Market Beef & Youth Market Lambs Youth Breeding Sheep & Youth Dairy Goat Check-in 8:30 4-H Cat show Check-in (Location TBA) 9:00 4-H Cat show and Showmanship Contest (Location TBA) PRCA Steer Roping (Ford Grandstand Arena) 10:00 OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONIES (Ag Hall) Kidz and Kars Fair Parade (Fairgrounds) Youth Horse show Halter Classes followed by Youth Horse show Performance (English) followed by Youth Horse show Programmed Ride (Horse Arenas) Weigh Youth Market Swine & Youth Market Goats All 4-H exhibits (non-livestock) must be in place 11:00 Vendors Open CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS-YOUTH DAY Open Class Home Arts Exhibit Buildings Open 11:30 Weigh-in for MSLC Performance Lamb Contest (Ford Pavilion) 1.

3 00 AOB Cattle Shows followed by Wyoming Maine-Anjou Market Beef show FFA Ag Mechanics judging; FFA Agronomy/Classroom Judging (Ft. Laramie) 1:30 UW Extension Performance Lamb Evaluation Contest (Ford Pavilion) 3:00 Dock Dogs on-site registration followed by Big Air Wave performance Hay show Awards (Beef show Ring) 3:30 Natural Fiber Arts Judging (Wool Pavilion) Youth Beef Fitting contest followed by Wyo Mkt Steer Futurity (Beef show Rings) Youth Sheep Fitting contest (Sheep Barn) 5:00 Cowboy Church (Ford Grandstand) 5:30 Wyoming Livestock Roundup & Farm Credit Services Gathering - City Park 6:00 WVATA Youth Jackpot Market Lamb show (Ford Pavilion) 7.

4 00 PRCA RAM rodeo (Ford Grandstand Arena) 8:30-10:00 WREA and PEPSI Sponsored 4-H/FFA Exhibitors Dance (Cafeteria Commons) 9:00 Vendors Close Open Class, FFA, 4-H Exhibit Buildings close to public 10:30 4-H/FFA Curfew THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 Wyoming PIONEER DAY 7:00-8:00 Youth Horse show Check-in 8:00 4-H and FFA Horse Showmanship, followed by Western performance (Horse Arenas) FFA Sheep Showmanship and Youth Breeding Sheep show Hereford Cattle show followed by Pen of 3 Bulls and Wyoming Hereford Steer show 4-H and FFA Meat Goat Showmanship followed by Youth Breeding Meat Goat show followed by Youth Market Goat show (Goat Arena) 9:00 WPRA/PRCA Slack (Ford Grandstand Arena) 4-H Judging of ALL EXHIBITS (NOT ANIMALS) (public access limited during all exhibit judging) Youth Poultry Check-in/In Place (Location TBA) 10.

5 00 Wyoming Pioneer Assn. Meeting (Ruthe James Williams Building) 4-H and FFA Poultry Showmanship followed by Youth Poultry show (Location TBA) 11:00 Dock Dogs on-site registration followed by Big Air Wave performance Vendors Open Open Class Exhibit Buildings Open CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS 12 Noon Wyoming Pioneer Assn. Luncheon (Ruthe James Williams Building) Youth Horse show Trail (Horse Arenas) 1:00 Angus Cattle show followed by Wyo Angus Steer show and WJAA Heifer show , followed by Supreme Champion Beef Bull and Female Selection 3:00 4-H Swine Showmanship and Youth Breeding Swine 6:00 WVATA Youth Jackpot Beef show 6:30 PM Country Music CONCERT (Ford Grandstand Arena) 9:00 Open Class, 4-H, FFA Exhibit Buildings Close Vendors Close 10:30 4-H/FFA Curfew FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 7:00-9:00 AM MRW Horsemanship (Pepsi Equine Center) 7:00-8.

6 00 Youth Horse show Check-in 8:00 Youth Market Lamb show Youth Horse show Timed Events and Stock Events (Horse Arenas) Weigh-in for Open Prospect Calves (Ford Pavilion) WY Future Cattle Producers, Merit Heifer and NWSS 4-H Catch a Calf Showcase Youth Rabbit show Check-In (Location TBA) 4-H and FFA Dairy Goat Showmanship Contest followed by Youth Dairy Goat show 9:00 Youth Breeding Beef show followed by Open Prospect Calf show 4-H and FFA Rabbit Showmanship followed by Youth Rabbit show (Location TBA) Commercial Heifer show (Beef show Ring Area) 10:00 4-H Modeling judging (Location TBA) 10:30 Ranch Horse show (Equine Center) 11:00 Vendors Open Open Class, 4-H, FFA Exhibit Buildings Open to public Texas Longhorn Cattle show (Longhorn Ring) Open and Youth Exhibit Buildings Open Dock Dogs on-site registration followed by Big Air Wave performance CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS 1.

7 00 Wyoming State Finals Ranch rodeo (Ford Grandstand Arena) 3:00 Sheep Lead Contest (Event Tent) FFA Swine Showmanship followed by Youth Market Swine show USA Arm Wrestling weigh-in (until 5:00 , Ford Grandstand) WVATA Youth Jackpot Market Goat show 7:00 PRCA RAM rodeo (Ford Grandstand Arena) CROWNING OF MISS rodeo Wyoming 2018 (Ford Grandstand Stage) 9:00 Vendors Close Open Class, 4-H, FFA Exhibit Buildings Close to public 10:30 4-H/FFA Curfew SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 State FAIR PARADE DAY 8:00 4-H Beef Showmanship followed by FFA Beef Showmanship followed by Youth Market Beef show Open Class Sheep show and Natural Colored Sheep show (Sheep Barn) ARBA Rabbit show (Location TBA) Wyoming Mustang Days show (Horse Arenas) 4-H Dog show Check-In begins (Horse Arenas) 9:00 4-H Dog show and Showmanship Contest (Horse Arenas) Wyoming Ropefest (Silver Arena) 10.

8 00 Wyoming State FAIR PARADE Downtown Douglas Dock Dogs on-site registration followed by Big Air Wave performance 4-H Modeling Judging continues (Location TBA) 11:00 MSLC Performance Lamb & UW Extension Evaluation Contests Awards ( show rings) 4-H Sheep Showmanship, followed by Youth Champion of Champions Market Lamb Wyoming Farmer s Market (Event Tent) CRABTREE CARNIVAL OPENS Vendors Open Open Class, 4-H, FFA Exhibit Buildings Open to public USA Arm Wrestling weigh-in; followed by USA Arm Wrestling competition (Ford Grandstand) 1:00 PIG N MUD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP (Ford Grandstand Arena) Youth Market Goat Champion of Champions 1:30 Sheep Shearing Demonstrations (Wool Pavilion) Bonsai Demonstration (Ag & Natural Resource Center) 2:00 Centennial Farm & Ranch Ice Cream Social (Ruthe James Williams Conference Center) 3:00 Youth Alpaca Llama show (following 4-H Dog show , Grass Arenas) Youth Champion of Champions Market Beef (following Youth Mkt Beef show ) 4.

9 00 FFA Round Robin Showmanship (Swine/Goat Arenas) 5:00 Youth Market Swine Champion of Champions, followed by WVATA Youth Jackpot Market Swine show 6:00 DEMOLITION DERBY (Ford Grandstand Arena) 7:00 4-H Fashion Revue - (Location TBA) 8:30-10:00 WREA and PEPSI Sponsored 4-H/FFA Exhibitors Dance (Cafeteria Commons) 9:00 Open Class, FFA, 4-H Exhibit Buildings Close to public Vendors close 10:30 4-H/FFA Curfew 12 MIDNIGHT Carnival Closes SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 5:30 McKibben Cafeteria Open for Breakfast 6:00 Livestock Exhibits Released FFA and 4-H Exhibits Released 7:00 Release of Open Class Home Arts Exhibits (until 1:00 ) 10:00 Dormitories Close