Sponsors: Bear River Valley Coop; Builders First Source; Cook Chevrolet, Subaru, and Ford; Steamboat Veterinary Hospital
Exhibit Hall Superintendents: Nancy Mucklow, Shannon Valora, Nancy Wilson (Fair Advisory Board)
Fair Entry Administrator: Shannon Valora - 970-276-7243 - bslwvalo@hotmail.com
ENTRIES OPEN ONLINE – August 1st
NEW SCHEDULE FOR 2025!
CHECK-IN – Sunday August 10th 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
JUDGING – Monday August 11th, 9:00 am
****Only Routt County residents are eligible.****
TWO WAYS TO ENTER:
1) Enter all your projects online prior to transporting them to the fairgrounds! Follow the instructions on the link posted above (Posted in July). NOTE: You will have to go through the "payment section" of Fair Entry, but there is NO COST to enter Home Arts. Then bring your project to the Exhibit Hall at the Fairground on Sunday, August 10th from 11 am - 6 pm and check it in for judging!
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2) Enter in person by taking your projects to the exhibit hall at the fairgrounds on Sunday, August 10th, from 11am - 6pm and enter upon arrival. We will have volunteers available for questions and help with registering!
NEW FOR 2025! –
TASTE OF FAIR EVENT – TUESDAY, AUGUST 12th – 1PM - 7PM
Taste of Fair is your chance to be an insider and experience all that happens in our Exhibit Hall with Open Exhibits.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 12th! We will have an insider look at the life of creators and exhibitors and home artists in the Routt County Fair Exhibit Hall! Come check out quilting demonstrations, hand weaving, community booths, and more! Complete the Round Robin of the Hall and enter for a drawing of free concert tickets and prizes! Bid on priceless silent auction items featured in each of the Exhibit Hall Departments! Then, at 5 pm, we will have a Taste of Fair Bake Sale with a taste of premium Baked Goods entered in the Fair! Stay tuned for more additions AND be sure to get your entries ready for the 111th Routt County Fair!
NEED TO KNOW FOR SELLING OF BAKED GOODS, CANNED OR FARM PRODUCT ENTRIES:
With the extension of the exhibit time, we are aware that many of the baked, canned or farm produced entries will not last the week in peak condition. We are offering a solution that each exhibitor will need to OPT IN if willing. On Tuesday (after judging on Monday), there will be a “Taste of Fair” event open to the public. Entries may be donated by the exhibitor to this event. Samples will then be purchased by the public. Proceeds from this event will be donated back to the Exhibit Hall fund. A small slice, piece or portion of any baked goods exhibit will be preserved with the ribbons for pickup on Sunday. This is NOT a requirement of entry and exhibitors are welcome to take their entire exhibit home on Sunday, should it last the week. Any entry that exhibits mold or other spoilage, will be removed from the hall immediately when discovered. Each entry must “OPT IN” at time of entry if it is to be used in the “Taste of Fair” donation.
The following products are ineligible to be sold under the Cottage Foods Act:
· Foods that require refrigeration for safety
· Baked or fried goods having cream, custard or meringue fillings or toppings
· Cakes or pastries with buttercream frosting or cream cheese icing or fillings; or other frostings requiring refrigeration for safety
· Cream Pies
· Pumpkin or sweet potato pie,
· Pumpkin butter
· Beverages
· Fresh pasta
· Flavored oil
· Pepper jelly and fruit preserves, jams, or jellies made with fresh peppers or homemade dehydrated peppers
· Fruit preserves, jams, or jelly made with alcohol
· Meat products, bacon, jerky, chicharron, poultry, fish and shellfish products; these products are also prohibited from being used as ingredients or toppings
Please do not hesitate to enter entries that have the above products in them, but know that they cannot be sold at the Taste of Fair Bake Sale!
We HIGHLY suggest that any exhibitor wanting to donate a CANNED item bring an extra jar of the product, rather than the jar that is opened by the judge! We would gladly accept donations that meet the Cottage Food Acts standard!
ANY entry in question, will NOT be sold!