CORNWALL, Ontario – For 148 years, the Stormont County Fair in Newington has been a Labour Day weekend tradition.
Organizers say over 12,000 people visit the fairgrounds from September 4-7 during the four-day event, which focuses on agriculture and farming.
“This is where families get together annually for Labour Day weekend, then folks are off to college, or school – it’s summer’s last hurrah,” said Barbara-Ann Zummach, the fair’s secretary treasurer. “More than 300 volunteers from all over Stormont County rally to make sure it’s a success.“
The Stormont County Fair began in a field east of Willard Wereley’s. It then made its way to Osnabruck Centre, until 1867, when the official Stormont Agricultural Society was formed and permanently moved it to Newington.
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Fair schedule
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
All Day Agricultural Machinery Display – South of South Ring
8:00am Modified/3-Pitch Tournament
9:00am Light Horse Show -North Ring
9:30 am Interdenominational Church Service – Grandstand
11am-6pmEducational / Kinder Corner- Community Area> Old Exhibit Hall
11am-6pm Old Exhibit Hall Open – Hospitality & Community Area / Concessions
11am- 6pm Stormont Hall Open (new locations for EXHIBITS)
11am-5pm Hospitality Area -Open in Old Exhibit Hall
11am-5pm Highlighting our Heritage -Old Exhibit Hall
11am-5pm Petting Zoo – South of South Ring
11am-Close Midway by Gable Brothers Show
11:30am Rebecca Skye Kids’ Show -Pavilion
11am Baby Contest Registration -Dugout
11:30am-1:30pm Perkins Rona Children’s Workshop -Community Area in Old Exhibit Hall – Limited to 60, first come first served
11:30am 4H Beef Achievement Day -Cattle Ring
12:00 noon Antique Farm Machinery Display-South Ring – Baby Contest -The Dug Out – Hands On Exotics -South Ring -in between shows> hands on 1:1
12:30pm Country Roads-Grandstand
1-2:30pm Craft Table & Treasure Hunt (parent & child, 6yrs & under)-Community Area in Old Exhibit Hall
1pm & 4pm Junkyard Symphony -South Ring
1pm Hereford & Simmental Show – Cattle Ring Cattle Entry Form (Fill-able)
1-4pm Face Painting-Tattoos -Pavilion
1pm-11pm Dugout Open with MDJ
1:30pm Country Roads -Grandstand
1:30pm Hands on Exotics -South Ring -in between shows> hands on 1:1
1:30pm BINGO-Stormont Hall
2-4pm Pickled Weiner Contest -Dugout
2:30pm Rebecca Skye -Kids’ Show -Pavilion
3pm Hands on Exotics -South Ring -after show until 4pm> hands on 1:1
3:30pm-4:30pm Brittany Boots-Grandstand
4pm Junkyard Symphony -South Ring
4:40-5:30pm Gracie and Eric Willison-Grandstand
5pm Rebecca Skye – Kids’ Show -Pavilion
6pm Talent Search -Grandstand Talent Search
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
All Day Agricultural Machinery Display – South of South Ring
9am-1:30pm Farmers’ Market
9am-3:45pm Exhibit Hall Open
9am-3:45 pm Hospitality Area -Open in Old Exhibit Hall
9am-3.45pm Stormont Hall Open (new locations for EXHIBITS)
10am Modified/3-Pitch Tournament Finals
10am-3pm Petting Zoo – South of South Ring
10am-4pm Educational / Kinder Corner- Community Area> Old Exhibit Hall
10am Close Midway by Gable Brothers Show
10:30am 4-H Dairy Achievement Day -Cattle Ring
10:30am Radical Science -South Ring
11am-6pm Dugout Open -DJ/Karaoke
11am, 1pm, 3pm Sheep Shearing -Cattle Barn
1pm-4pm Face Painting-Tattoos -Pavilion
11am-3pm Highlighting our Heritage – Hospitality Area in Old Exhibit Hall
12noon Horse Drawing Competition – Bingo -Stormont Hall
12:30pm Radical Science -South Ring
2:15pm Radical Science -South Ring
