Thursday, August 20 (10 am – 11 pm)
Judging of Exhibits in Hall (Hall opens in the afternoon after all judging has been completed)
10 am: Judging of Goats — In front of Barn
10:30 am: Ox Obstacle Course — Pulling Ring
10:30 am: Judging of Cattle, Swine, Miniature Horses, Miniature Donkeys — Barn
11 am: Ox in Hand — Pulling Ring
11 am: Lucky Bob — strolling
11 am–5 pm: The Blue Hills Brass Quartet — strolling
12 pm: Vegetable Car Races — back of Hall
12–4:30 pm: Registration, Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull — near Pulling Ring
1 pm: Ox Pull — Pulling Ring
1 pm: Pet Show — Stage
2:30–4pm: Kelly Peters Dance Show — Stage
4 pm: Sack Races — Show Ring
5 pm: Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull: pulling begins – near Pulling Ring
5 pm: Blue Ribbons — Stage
7 pm: “Acoustic Corner” Fiddlers with Nancy Jephcote & the Flying Elbows
7 pm: Jon Zeeman & Friends — Stage
8:45 pm: Psychles — Stage
** Three Daily Performances by Canine Stars — Show Ring
Hall Closes 10 pm
Friday, August 21 (10 am – 11 pm)
10 am: Judging of Poultry & Rabbits — Barn
11 am–5 pm: The Blue Hills Brass Quartet — strolling
11 am: Draft Horse Halter Class — Pulling Ring
11 am: Sack Races — Show Ring
11 am: Lucky Bob — strolling
11:30 am: Judging of Sheep, Llamas, Alpacas
1 pm: Draft Horse Pulling Contest — Pulling Ring
1:30 pm: Goat Milk Soap-Making Demonstration — outside Barn
2 pm: Corn Husking Contest — back of Hall
2:30–4 pm: Kelly Peters Dance Show — Stage
4 pm: Vegetable Car Races – back of Hall
4:30 pm: Stragglers — Stage
5:30 pm: Island Gymnastics Training Demonstration — Lawn
5:30 pm: Serendipity — Stage
6:30 pm: Johnny Hoy & the Bluefish — Stage
8 pm: Island Country — Rick O’Gorman, Anthony Benton Gude and Friends — Stage
** Three Daily Performances by Canine Stars — Show Ring
Hall Closes 10 pm
Saturday, August 22 (10 am – 11 pm)
10 am: Antique Tractor Pull — behind Pulling Ring
10:45 am: Puppetoke Puppet Musicale — Stage
11 am: 39th annual Woodsmen’s Contest – show ring
11 am–3 pm: The Blue Hills Brass Quartet — strolling
12–3 pm: M.V. Horse Council Pony Rides — Show Ring
12 pm: Vegetable Car Races — back of Hall
12 pm: Toe Jam — Stage
1:30 pm: Toe Jam — Stage
3 pm: Toe Jam — Stage
4 pm: Clam & Oyster Shucking Contest/Smoked Fish Contest — back of Hall
4:30 pm: Rise VPA Dance Company — Lawn
5 pm: The ROundabouts — Stage
6:30 pm: Tug-o-War — Show Ring
7 pm: “Acoustic Corner” with Tristan Israel, Paul Thurlow & Friends — Stage
7:30 pm: Bored of Health — Stage
** Three Daily Performances by Canine Stars — Show Ring
Hall Closes 10 pm
Sunday, August 23 (9:30 am – 7 pm)
9:30 am: Dog Show Registration — Pulling Ring
10 am: Dog Show — Pulling Ring
10 am: Rising Tide Therapeutic Equestrian Center — Show Ring
11 am: Puppetoke Puppet Musicale — Stage
11 am: Island Draft Horse Show — Show Ring
12 pm: Puppetoke Puppet Musicale — Stage
1 pm: Puppetoke Puppet Musicale — Stage
2 pm: Vegetable Car Races – back of Hall
3 pm: Women’s Skillet Throw — Pulling Ring
3 pm: Island Country — Rick O’Gorman, Anthony Benton Gude & Friends — Stage
5 pm: The Catbirds Jazz Trio — Stage
Hall Closes 6 pm
This year’s fair may receive financial assistance from the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture.
