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2026 Routt County Fair

2026 Schedule

Friday, August 7

8am	4-H/FFA Livestock Stalling	MPB
9:00 AM	Home Arts Superintendent Setup	EH
8:00 am - 3:00 pm	Open Horse Show/4-H/FFA Ranch Horse Versatility	OA
3:00 PM	English Flat Classes (hunter under saddle, hunt seat eq)	OA
IMMEDIATELY follows 3:00 PM Show	Friday Night Lights (JUMPER$) - Hosted by South Valley Classic Team	OA

Saturday, August 8

8am	4-H/FFA Livestock Stalling	MPB
8:00am -5:00pm	Open Horse Show - Performance Show	OA
7:00 PM	ATV/UTV/MOTO Rodeo - Enter at fair office	OA

Sunday, August 9

11am - 6pm	Home Arts Check In (lunch & dinner for superintendents)	EH
8am	4-H/FFA Livestock Stalling	MPB
8:00 AM	Open Gymkhana	OA
11:00 AM	Ranch Sorting	OA
1 pm	Lion's Club Parade	Downtown Hayden
2:00 PM	Chuck Fulton Memorial Open Draft Horse Demo	OA
5:00 PM	Power Wheels Derby	MIDWAY
6:00 PM	Ranch Rodeo	OA

Monday, August 10

9am	Exhibit Hall Open	EH
8am	4-H/FFA Livestock Stalling	MPB
8:30 AM	Judges Arrive/Breakfast for Judges/Superintendents (also provide lunch)	EH
9am	Home Arts Judging Begins	EH
9am	4-H/FFA Western Horse Show	OA
	4-H/FFA English Horse Show	OA
12pm	4-H Gymkhana	OA

Tuesday, August 11

9am - 7pm	Exhibit Hall Open	EH
8am	4-H/FFA Livestock Stalling	MPB
8:30am	4-H/FFA Dog Show	F
12pm	4H/FFA Rabbit and Poultry Weigh In	SAB
5-6 pm	Taste of Fair	EH Tent and EH
6:00	Open Event to Public/Ribbon Cutting of Exhibit Hall	EH Tent and EH
6:00 pm	Pie Silent Auction	EH Tent
6:15pm	Bake Sale Starts (ends when all goods are gone)	EH Tent
6:30 pm	Pie Silent Auction Closes/ Pick up your pie	EH Tent
6pm - 9pm	Battle of the Bands	MIDWAY
6pm	4-H/FFA Swine Weigh In	MPB

Wednesday, August 12

9am - 7pm	Exhibit Hall Open	EH
	Baled Hay Contest
8am	4-H/FFA Poultry Show	LB
	Open Poultry Show (following 4-H Show)	LB
10am	4-H/FFA Sheep and Goat Weigh In	MPB
11:30am	Steer Weigh In	MPB
11-1:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Event - Seniors Lunch / Project	EH
Noon	Veterans Appreciation Day / lunch at the Fair RSVP needed	EH
4 - 6pm	Yampa Valley Community Connections (nonprofit showcase, Dutch Oven Demo)	EH Tent
5 - 7pm	FFA Fundraiser Meal / Ice Cream Social	FIELD
5pm	4-H/FFA Swine Show	MPB
6:00 PM	Eugene Buchanan YAMPA YEARNINGS Author Talk and Book Signing Confirmed	EH Tent
7:00 PM	Stock Dog Show	OA
8:00 PM	Wednesday Night Movie following Swine Show	MIDWAY

Thursday, August 13

9am - 7pm	Exhibit Hall Open	EH
8am - 8pm	4-H/FFA Rabbit Show	SAB
	Open Rabbit (follows 4-H Show)	SAB
10am - 6pm	4-H F.M. Light & Sons Ag Experience	LB
12 - 7pm	Ride Free Day Courtesy of Mountain Valley Bank	M
12:30pm	Bucket Calf Show	MPB
12:30pm	4-H/FFA Dairy/Beef Breeding Show	MPB
2pm	4-H/FFA Market Beef Show	MPB
2 pm - 4 pm	EH Tent craft time?	EH tent
3pm - 6pm	CAM's Ag Academy	LB
5:00 PM	MINI HORSE RACING/ DADS RACE	TRACK
6:00 PM	Home Arts Craft Night or Sip N Paint	EH Tent
6:00 - 10PM	Beer Garden	MPB / outside
Tentative	Goat Roping following Beef Show	FIELD

Friday, August 14

9am - 7pm	Exhibit Hall Open	EH
9am	Fancy Future Royalty	EH
10am - 1 pm	Daycare Invitation Day	all
10am - 6pm	4-H F.M. Light & Sons Ag Experience	LB
10am - 4pm	CAM's Ag Academy	LB
10am - 7pm	Free Ride Day Courtesy of Mountain Valley Bank	M
10am	Dress Your Animal Contest	MPB
11am	4-H/FFA Goat Show	MPB
1pm	EH Tent craft time	EH tent
2pm	Bum Lamb Contest	MPB
2pm	4-H/FFA Sheep Show	MPB
5:30	Wine & Beer Contest	EH
6pm - 10pm	Beer Garden	M/T
6:00 PM	Junior Rodeo - Central Region Junior NFR Qualifier	OA
9:00 PM	Street Dance with Live DJ	POPLAR STREET

Saturday, August 15

9am - 7pm	Exhibit Hall Open	EH
8:30am	4-H/FFA Round Robin Showmanship	MPB
10 am	Pretty Baby Contest	EH
10am - 4pm	4-H F.M. Light & Sons Ag Experience/CAM's Ag Academy	SAB
10am - 7pm	Free Ride Day Courtesy of Town of Hayden	M
11am	YVEA's Mutton Bustin' - 25 entries	TRACK
2pm	Horse Shoe Tournament	F
3pm - 5pm	4-H Bobby Robinson Sr. Memorial Free Community BBQ ft. Geurin Lewis	F
3pm	KRAI Free Coke Floats	F
3pm - 11pm	Beer Garden	M/T
4:30pm	Routt County Junior Livestock Sale	MPB
8:30pm	Concert	OA

Sunday, August 16

7:30 am	Livestock load out	MPB
8am - 4pm	4-H/FFA Pen tear-down	MPB closed
9am- 2pm	Exhibit Hall Open
12pm - 2pm	Open Class Payout	EH
12pm - 2pm	Home Arts Exhibits Released	EH
10am - 2pm	Free Ride Day Courtesy of Town of Hayden	MPB closed
11:00 AM	Mutton Bustin' - 25 entries	TRACK
1:00 PM	Adopt - A - Pig	TRACK