Canyon County Fair comes to an end after 4 days of fun

Published: July 29, 2012 

Closing day is smoke-free and family-friendly at the Caldwell fairgrounds.

The fun begins with a junior rodeo at 9 a.m. today and ends with a free (with paid fair admission) concert by contemporary Christian singer Jamie Grace and guest Nate Fowler.

Those events are bookends to a full slate of carnival rides, contests, fair food and entertainment that will close out the Canyon County Fair’s four-day run. To celebrate the end of the fair, today has been designated Smoke-Free Family Day.

Fair highlights today include:

9 a.m. — Junior Rodeo, rodeo arena

11:30, 1:30 and 7 p.m. — Magician Kent Messmer, Community Stage

Noon — Mariachi, Entertainment Stage

12:30, 2:30 and 8 p.m. — Juggler Curtis Carlyle, Community Stage

1 p.m. — Carnival midway opens

1, 4 and 8 p.m. — Dizzy Hips, Entertainment Stage

2 p.m. — Apple pie-baking contest, O’Connor Field House

2 p.m. — Milk-drinking contest, Farm Bureau Contest Corral

3 p.m. — 3-legged race, Farm Bureau Contest Corral

3:30 p.m. — Silly Dilly Storytelling with Joy Steiner, Community Stage

4 p.m. — Text-messaging contest, Farm Bureau Contest Corral

5 p.m. — Pianomaniacs dueling pianos, Community Stage

5 p.m. — Big Wheel championship race, Farm Bureau Contest Corral

6 p.m. — Ag Challenge, Farm Bureau Contest Corral

6:45 p.m. — Chicken Dinner Road, Entertainment Stage

6:30 p.m. — Canyon County Farm Bureau tractor-driving contest, rodeo arena

7:30 p.m. — 4-H and FFA awards ceremony, Fair Building Arena

8 p.m. — Watermelon-eating contest, Farm Bureau Contest Corral

8 p.m. — Jamie Grace and guest Nate Fowler, Main Stage

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