JULY 15-19 2026 – HAMPTON, IA – FREE GATE & PARKING


167th Franklin County Fair


It's Fair Week! Enjoy the Fair!

2026 Fair Schedule

Please use the schedule below and check back during the fair for daily schedule updates.

All
Livestock
4-H
Entertainment
Food
Exhibits
On Grounds
Grandpa's Farm

Sunday, July 12

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Warm-Up & Horse Exhibitor Check-in — Horse Arena
9:30 AM Open Horse/Pony Show — Horse Arena
Following Open Horse/Pony Show Horse Show — Horse Arena

Monday, July 13

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Youth Exhibit Judging — Exhibits Building
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Youth Exhibit Judging — Exhibits Building
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Open Class Entry (EXCEPT Horticulture & Floriculture) — Exhibits Building
5:00 PM Tack may be set up

Tuesday, July 14

7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Livestock Arrive (Must be in by 1:00 PM)
7:30 AM – 11:00 AM Open Class Entry (EXCEPT Horticulture & Floriculture) — Exhibits Building
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Tractor Ride Registration, Line-Up, & Meal
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tractor Ride — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM Open Class Judging — Exhibits Building
1:15 PM Exhibitor Meeting (All exhibitors EXCEPT horse) — Show Arena
1:30 PM Beef Cattle Weigh-In
2:15 PM Poultry Pollarium Testing
3:00 PM Parade Line-Up
3:00 PM Swine Weigh-In
5:00 PM Fair Parade
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (Toppings)
6:30 PM Dairy Cattle & Goat Check-In
7:00 PM Sheep (Plus Meat & Fancy Goat) Weigh-In

Wednesday, July 15

8:00 AM Sheep Show — (Show Arena)
Following Sheep Show Meat & Fancy Goat Show — (Show Arena)
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Clover Kids Exhibits Judging — Exhibits Building
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
10:00 AM Opening Ceremony — North County Landscaping Pergola
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (peach)
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
1:00 PM 4-H Clothing Event Style Show — Van Wall Tent
Following Style Show 4-H Share the Fun — Van Wall Tent
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Music by Dawn Groszkruger — Mort's Water Gazebo
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
3:00 PM Rabbit Show — Rabbit/Poultry Tent
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
5:00 PM Mother/Daughter & Father/Son Look Alike Contest — Van Wall Tent
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Show Cattle Clinic (Bucket Calf Exhibitors) — Show Arena
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
5:15 PM Show Cattle Clinic (4-H & FFA Exhibitors) — Show Arena
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM Rogue Rodeo
Sponsor of the Day - First Bank Hampton (Giveaways)

Thursday, July 16

7:30 AM – 11:00 AM Open Class Horticulture & Floriculture Entry — Exhibits Building
8:00 AM Swine Show — (Show Arena)
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (strawberry)
10:00 AM Premier Exhibitor Educational Displays
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Franklin County Farm Bureau Scavenger Hunt — Ag Learning Center
12:00 PM Sponsor of the Day (Burger Feed - Farm Bureau)
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
12:30 PM Musical Chairs — Van Wall Tent
1:00 PM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Harriman Neilson House Open
1:00 PM Dairy Cattle Show — (Show Arena)
Following Dairy Cattle Show Dairy Goat Show — (Show Arena)
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Music by Bill Hendren + Friends — Mort's Water Gazebo
1:00 PM Open Class Horticulture & Floriculture Judging — Exhibits Building
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Lego Day — Youth Exibits Building
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
3:00 PM Fair Princess & Prince, Little Miss & Mister Coronation — Van Wall Tent
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
5:00 PM Fair Queen Coronation — Van Wall Tent
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
8:30 PM Anne Wilson

Friday, July 17

8:00 AM Beef Cattle Show — (Show Arena)
Between Market & Breeding Show 4-H Bucket Calf Show — (Show Arena)
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
9:30 AM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (butterfinger)
11:00 AM – 4:30 PM Franklin Farmhands — Grandpa's Farm
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Live Music by Tim Collins + Denny Campbell — Mort's Water Gazebo
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
12:00 PM Water balloon Toss — Pleasant Hill Street
12:30 PM 4-H Educational Presentations/Extemporaneous Speaking — Youth Exibits Building
12:30 PM – 6:30 PM Knockerball — Pleasant Hill Street
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tractor Auto Steer Demo — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Harriman Neilson House Open
1:00 PM Rubber Chicken Throwing Contest — Pleasant Hill Street
2:00 PM Pie Eating Contest — Van Wall Tent
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
3:00 PM Poultry Show — (Rabbit/Poultry barn)
3:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
3:00 PM Watermelon Feed- Provided by Franklin General Hospital — Mort's Gazebo
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Monster Arm Wrestling Weigh-In — Marketplace Building
4:00 PM 4-H Working Exhibits — Youth Exibits Building
5:00 PM Monster Arm Wrestling — Marketplace Building
5:00 PM Prairie Pullers Garden Tractor Pull — Grandpa's Farm
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
8:30 PM Get The LED Out
Sponsor of the Day (UBTC - Giveaways)

Saturday, July 18

8:00 AM Open Bucket Calf Show — (Show Arena)
Following Open Bucket Calf Show Feeder Pig Show — (Show Arena)
Following Feeder Pig Show Bottle Lamb/Goat Show — (Show Arena)
9:30 AM Tractor & Pickup Pull — Grandpa's Farm
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
9:30 AM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bedazzling in the Exhibits Building — Youth Exibits Building
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM Horse Powered Threshing Demo — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Ice Cream Stand Open (Raspberry)
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
10:30 AM Pedal Pull Weigh-In — Van Wall Tent
11:00 AM – 4:30 PM Franklin Farmhands — Grandpa's Farm
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Livestock Judging Contest Registration — (Show Arena)
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
11:00 AM Pedal Pull Conntest — Van Wall Tent
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
11:30 AM Livestock Judging Contest — (Swine Barn)
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
12:00 PM Cribbage Tournament Registration — Conference Room (Exhibits Building)
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Live Music by Sleepy Bones Allison — Mort's Water Gazebo
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Veggie 500 Decorating — Youth Exibits Building
1:00 PM – 10:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tractor Auto Steer Demo — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Harriman Neilson House Open
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Cribbage Tournament — Conference Room (Exhibits Building)
1:00 PM – 9:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
1:30 PM Veggie 500 Races — Youth Exibits Building
2:00 PM Horse Powered Threshing Demo — Grandpa's Farm
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM BBQ Contest Judging — Pleasant Hill Street
3:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
4:00 PM 4-H Press Day — Youth Exibits Building
4:00 PM Cutest Baby Contest — Van Wall Tent
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Ribeye Roundup — Van Wall Tent
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
8:30 PM Craig Morgan
Sponsor of the Day (POET - Giveaways)

Sunday, July 19

Before 9:00 AM All Blocking Chutes MUST be Removed
9:00 AM Tack May be Removed
9:00 AM Horse Show Rain Date — (Horse Arena)
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM First Security Day - Free Water & Swag
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Exhibits Building Open — Exhibits Building
9:30 AM Old Fashioned Farming — Grandpa's Farm
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Comercial Exhibits Open — Commercial & Marketplace Buildings
10:00 AM Ice Cream Stand Open (Toppings)
10:00 AM Farm Chore Relays — (Show Arena)
10:00 AM Worship Service — Van Wall Tent
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM North Central Model Railroad Club Open — Railroad Club
11:00 AM Read & Roam — Pleasant Hill
12:00 PM Bucket of Junk Silent Auction Bidding Closes
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Carnival (Gold Star Amusements)
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Franklin Farmhands — Grandpa's Farm
12:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Ag Learning Center — Pleasant Hill
1:00 PM Iowa Draft Horse Overload Pull — Grandpa's Farm
1:00 PM – 7:00 PM Knights Of Columbus BINGO — Marketplace Building
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Music by Jack Jensen — Mort's Water Gazebo
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Science Fair at the Fair — Exhibits Building
2:30 PM Horse Powered Threshing Demo — Grandpa's Farm
2:30 PM Blacksmith Demo — Pleasant Hill
3:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound
3:00 PM Livestock Exhibitor Meeting & Awards — Show Arena
4:00 PM Chainsaw Sculpture Auction — East of Commercial Building
4:30 PM Grandstand Gates & Beer Garden Open
4:30 PM Youth Exhibits Released — Exhibits Building
5:00 PM Open Class Exhibits Released — Exhibits Building
5:30 PM Livestock Check-Out Begins
5:30 PM Muddy Mayhem (Figure 8 Races)
6:00 PM Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show — North Fairgound

* Schedule is subject to minor changes *



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