Orleans County Fair

This is an old-time agricultural county fair with entertainment and fun for the entire family.

• Midway rides, demolition derby,  and truck & tractor pulls.
• Music: The Orleans County Fair has multiple venues for live music, including the center stage of the grandstand and under the beer tent.
• Animal exhibits and judging shows (horse shows, horse pulls, horse harness racing, gymkhana, dairy cattle shows, beef shows, oxen show, ox pulling, milking parlor demonstrations, sheep shows, petting zoo, poultry exhibit, rabbit exhibit, alpaca exhibit).
• Agricultural displays include horticulture display, arts & crafts, wool spinning, farm machinery dealer display, antique farm machinery.
• Maple House: Enjoy the sweet taste of liquid gold in the Maple House, run by the Vermont’s Orleans County Maple Producers. The Maple House comes alive each August during the Orleans County Fair, and at various other times throughout the year to promote the industry and education the public about maple.
• Blacksmith Shop: In 2019, thanks to the vision of Art LaPlante, Co-Owner of E.M. Brown and Sons, the small building that was once the old blacksmith shop was pulled from the bramble and restored. The new forge fired up for the first time during the 152nd Annual Orleans County Fair.
• Little Farm Hands is an educational mock-farm tour where children 3 to 10 years old are able to experience first-hand, the agricultural process by doing farm chores at each miniature barn filled with faux animals. Children help with farm chores by collecting corn, gathering the eggs and wool, peddling mini tractors, milking the mechanical cow and collecting fruits and vegetables. The goods they collect are then “sold” at the farmer’s market and they receive “earnings” for their hard work on the farm. They can bring their “earnings” to the Little Farmer’s Store, the final miniature barn in the exhibit, to buy products, many of which are made in Vermont.