2022 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FAIR – HOMEGROWN FUN

The 2022 Hillsborough County Fair is invite you to enjoy the 11-day celebration of community, youth competitions, arena entertainment and fair fun for everyone! The board of directors invite you to our annual fair themed “HOMEGROWN FUN!” to enjoy the rides, food, entertainment, and exhibits! Now and always, the health and safety of our guests, participants and community must be our highest priority. The 2022 Fair will partner with Dreamland Amusements of Lake Tahoe, NV to provide our carnival rides and games. Dreamland Amusements has a reputation for quality, honesty and good citizenship for over 30 years and the fair is honored to partner with Dreamland Amusements for the 2022 Fair.

New this year the fair will run continuously for 11 days from Nov 3-13 which will offer more time to enjoy our rides, food and exhibits! More information about our fair hours and daily schedule can be found on our website www.hillsboroughcountyfair.com or on our Facebook page! The sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the annual county fair are something we wait all year to enjoy! Of course, the fair will offer fair food that will satisfy your taste buds! Including CORNDOGS, FUNNEL CAKES, COTTON CANDY, BBQ, ICE CREAM AND SO MUCH MORE!

One of the highlights of each year’s fair are the youth livestock shows and sales which will be held Nov. 3-13, 2022, in our NEW 18,000 square foot Livestock Exhibition Building. The livestock committees are working diligently to provide youth of Hillsborough County the opportunity to show in a variety of youth livestock shows including market shows for steer, swine, lamb, goat and turkey and breeding shows for beef, dairy, sheep, goat, rabbit and poultry. If you have any questions about the youth livestock shows you can email the Livestock Director, Serena Stratton at [email protected] or the Fair Manager, Suzanne Holcomb at [email protected]. More information about shows and sale schedules can be found at www.hillsboroughcountyfair.com

The annual fair would not complete without our special arena events that offer action-packed fun for everyone! From our stomping good time at the 2 nights of the Fair Rodeo, smashing time of the Demo Derby or the 2 nights of the dirt flying Truck and Tractor Pull! The Fair rodeo will be held Nov 4 & 5 produced by 5S Bucking Bulls filled with barrel racing, bronc riding and bull riding! The Truck and Tractor pull offers 2 nights of fun Nov 11 & 12 from antique tractors, hotrods and the BIG BOY trucks and tractors are they come out to compete in our dirt arena! On the last day of the fair, Sunday Nov 13 the arena events conclude with our Demolition Derby in which drivers compete for bragging rights to be the last car standing!

We have much more lined up for you this year with NEW EXHIBITS AND ENTERTAINMENT, Daily SPECIALS AND PROMOTIONS, and our traditional display of exhibits. Our family living exhibition hall will be full of arts, crafts, educational exhibits and activities! We will offer FREE daily entertainment including The Camel Kingdom Show, Disc-Connected K-9s and the educational Firefighter Show! And if you are lucky, you will catch a glance of our own Farmer Sydney as he parades around the fair greeting our guests! We offer you a stroll through our historical Hometown Hillsborough area and invite you to participate in Cowboy Camp by Les McDowell to enjoy some fun of yesteryears! Our Hillsborough County School District offers school exhibit displays in our “Little Red Schoolhouse”. Sit down and relax in our Entertainment Pavilion and enjoy the sounds and entertainment from our community stages! Watch our Facebook page as we get closer to the fair as will be announcing some of our NEW and EXCITING entertainment acts and exhibits for the 2022 Fair!

LIVESTOCK SHOWS

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Rabbit Check in – 5-7 pm

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Market Steer Check in – 10 am-1 pm
Beef Check in – 10 am-1 pm       
Rabbit Judging – 10 am 
Turkey Judging – 6:30 pm            
Steer/Beef Fitting & Grooming Clinic – 3 pm       
Steer/Beef Fitting & Grooming – 5 pm  

Friday, November 4, 2022

Steer Show/Showmanship – 6 pm

Saturday, November 5, 2022

Rabbit Showmanship – 10 am    
Beef Showmanship – 12 pm       
Market Turkey & Steer Sale – 6 pm         
Steer Check out – Following Sale               .             

Sunday, November 6, 2022    

Beef Show – 12 pm        
Beef/Steer/Market Turkey Check out – 5 pm
(beef following show if after 5 pm)         

Monday, November 7, 2022

Goat Check in – 9-11 am
Goat Fitting & Grooming – 1-2 pm
Rabbit Costume Contest – 5:15 pm
Goat Showmanship – 5:30                     .

Tuesday, November 8, 2022  

Rabbit Check out – 2-4 pm          
Goat Show – 5:30 pm                    

Wednesday, November 9, 2022           

Poultry Check in – 8-11 am          
Poultry Judging – 12 pm               
Goat Check out – 1 pm 
Market Lamb Check in – 3-5 pm               
Breeding Sheep Check in – 3-5 pm          
Market Goat Check in – 3-5        
Poultry Showmanship – 4 pm    
Breeding Sheep Costume Contest – 7 pm     

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Swine Check in – 8-10 am
Dairy Check in – 12-3 pm
Dairy Fitting & Grooming – 4:30 pm
Market Lamb Show – 6 pm
Market Lamb/Breeding Sheep Showmanship – 7:30 pm

Friday, November 11, 2022     

Dairy Judging Contest – 1 pm     
Market Goat Show/Showmanship – 5:30 pm     
Swine Show – 7 pm        

Saturday, November 12, 2022               

Dairy Show/Showmanship – 11 am         
Market Swine, Goat & Lamb Sale – 6 pm              
Goat/Swine/Lamb Check out – following conclusion of sale     
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Sunday, November 13, 2022

Dairy Costume Contest/Milking Contest – 11-1 pm
Sheep Show – 1 pm
Dairy Check out – 5 pm
Sheep Check out – 5 pm (following show if after 5)

Date: November 3-13, 2022

Time:

Monday - Wednesday, 5 pm – 10 pm
Thursday - Friday, 5 pm  – 11 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 11 pm
Sunday, 10 am – 9 pm

Location: Greater Hillsborough County Fair - 215 Sydney Washer Rd, Dover, FL 33527

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