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NYS FAIR
THURSDAY AUGUST 23 ( DAY 1 )
Opening Day
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand @ Chevrolet Court
Lynyrd Skynyrd
with special guest
Tracy Lawrence

at 7:30pm
Tickets: $48 or $43 Buy Now
War
at 4:00pm & 8:00pm

Hit the Midway for lots of fun every day of the Fair until midnight
Ride all day today with a $20 ticket, $15 with coupon from Coca-Cola and participating Fastrac’s.

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Quilting by the Lake Country Quilt Guild – Agriculture Museum

CNY Woodturners Club, woodturning demos – Agriculture Museum

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Letterset printing demo by Farmers Museum, Cooperstown, NY – Agriculture Museum

1876 Harris Brothers Blacksmith Shop – Blacksmiths Rightmyer & Keiffer – Carriage Museum

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Basketmaking, Linda Sanders, Days Gone by – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

Dulcimer making, Bernd Krause, Luthier – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

Lace making, tatting, crochet & more, Granny Nichols – demo & sales – Agriculture Museum

Antique Stoves of New York State – collector Sherman Adams – Carriage Museum

10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Antique Tractor Exhibit – outdoor tent – Agriculture Museum

The Heart of an Apple, exhibit featuring a look at New York’s apple industry – Agriculture Museum

Broom making – Cold Springs Crafts – Walt Thomas – display & sales – Agriculture Museum

Weaving – Cold Springs Crafts – Clara Rose Thomas – display & sales – Agriculture Museum

1800’s Cattle Drive Camp – chuck wagon, artifacts & cowboys: Doug & Steve – Carriage Museum

The Force of Horse – exhibit of horse powered farm & road vehicles – Carriage Museum

10:00am

Showmanship and Halter Classes Bred and owned, Llama get of sire, produce of dam – Llama Show Ring

The Tool Chest – Nick Nichols – antique tools, woodworking & storytelling – Agriculture Museum

Westside Gymnastics – Sports Activity Center

10:30am

Candle making – Lorrie Beach, Canterbury Cabin – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

10:45am

Soap making – Lorraine Jackson – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

11:00 - 11:45pm

Uzo Unobagha, author and storyteller – stage/Pan-African Village

11:00am

Rooster Crowing Contest – Poultry Barn

Thomas & Friends – Chevrolet Court

Mini Contest – Little Caesars Talent Showcase

Hot Country Line Dancers – Stage/Pepsi International Pavilion

Howie Bartolo – Stage/Dairy Products Building

Liverpool School of Dance – New Times Theater/McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

John Bender, Crackerman of Etna – Wegmans Food Demonstration Kitchen/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

Traditional Dances – Iroquois Indian Village

11:30am

The Tool Chest – Nick Nichols – antique tools, woodworking & storytelling – Agriculture Museum

12:00noon


Coronas Circus featuring Kid’s Fest Sponsored by Pondside Promotions – Family Fun Center

Brian Ruth, Master of the Chainsaw sponsored by W.F. Saunders & Son – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Sea Lion Splash Show sponsored by Kitchen Craft – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Harvyn Tarkmeel, Organist – New Times Theater/McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

Lakeside Country Cloggers, Rochester, NY – Stage/Grange Building

Jazz at the Fair – Special Events Tent

12:15pm

Candle making – Lorrie Beach, Canterbury Cabin – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

12:30pm

Mapapa Acrobats – Sports Activity Center/Front of Coca-Cola Coliseum

Maximum Velocity BMX Show – Family Fun Center

4-H Dairy Challenge Contest – Open Dairy Cattle Ring

Eat Well, Live Well with Wegmans – Wegmans Food Demonstration Kitchen/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

Soap making – Lorraine Jackson – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

1:00 - 8:00pm

Woolworker/weaver – Linda Miller, fiber artisan – demo & sales – Agriculture Museum

1:00pm

RAGGS KIDS CLUB – Kiddieland Stage/Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Thomas & Friends – Chevrolet Court

Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show – Kiddieland/Price Chopper Youth Activity Center

“JUMP”, The Ultimate Canine Thrill Show – Family Fun Center

Hot Country Line Dancers – Stage/Pepsi International Pavilion

Howie Bartolo – Stage/Dairy Products Building

Hero’s Hour – Sean Holm and Joel Kotola, regional gymnastics champions – Sports Activity Center

WCNY Presents “The Barn” – New Times Theater/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

1:30pm

Farm Life Stories for Children presentation by Linda Miller – Agriculture Museum

2:00pm

LIVE ! SHARK ENCOUNTER SHOW sponsored by Meyer’s Campers – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Talent Hunt Contest – Little Caesars Talent Showcase

Lakeside Country Cloggers, Rochester, NY – Stage/Grange Building

Harvyn Tarkmeel, Organist – New Times Theater/McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

Jazz at the Fair – Special Events Tent

Westside Gymnastics – Sports Activity Center

Turning Stone Resort & Casino – Wegmans Food Demonstration Kitchen/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

2:15pm

The Tool Chest – Nick Nichols – antique tools, woodworking, storytelling – Agriculture Museum

2:30pm

Brian Ruth, Master of the Chainsaw sponsored by W.F. Saunders & Son – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

2:45pm

Candle making – Lorrie Beach, Canterbury Cabin – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

3:00 - 4:00 pm

One Black Voice, afro-caribbean/R&B – stage/Pan-African Village

3:00 pm

Coronas Circus featuring Kid’s Fest Sponsored by Pondside Promotions – Family Fun Center

Thomas & Friends – Chevrolet Court

Sea Lion Splash Show sponsored by Kitchen Craft – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show – Kiddieland/Price Chopper Youth Activity Center

Harvyn Tarkmeel, Organist – New Times Theater/McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

Los Vega – Stage/Pepsi International Pavilion

Howie Bartolo – Stage/Dairy Products Building

Junior Hereford Show – Open Beef Show Ring

Soap making – Lorraine Jackson – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

3:30 pm

Youth Dairy Goat Fitting Competition – Goat Tent

Peter Cappuccilli & Judge Tony Paris – Wegmans Food Demonstration Kitchen/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

Maximum Velocity BMX Show – Family Fun Center

3:45 pm

The Tool Chest – Nick Nichols – antique tools, woodworking, storytelling – Agriculture Museum

4:00 pm

WAR – New York Central Mutual Insurance Concert Series on the Stan Colella Stage at Chevrolet Court

Mapapa Acrobats – Sports Activity Center/Front of Coca-Cola Coliseum

RAGGS KIDS CLUB – Kiddieland Stage/Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

“JUMP”, The Ultimate Canine Thrill Show – Family Fun Center

Jazz at the Fair – Special Events Tent

WCNY Presents “The Performers” – New Times Theater/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

It Takes A Family to Make Clothing presentation by Linda Miller – Agriculture Museum

Traditional Dances – Iroquois Indian Village

4:15 pm

Candle making – Lorrie Beach, Canterbury Cabin – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

4:30 pm

Brian Ruth, Master of the Chainsaw sponsored by W.F. Saunders & Son – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Westside Gymnastics – Sports Activity Center

Soap making – Lorraine Jackson – demo, display & sales – Agriculture Museum

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Kim and Reggie Harris, traditional folk – stage/Pan-African Village

5:00 pm

LIVE ! SHARK ENCOUNTER SHOW sponsored by Meyer’s Campers – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show – Kiddieland/Price Chopper Youth Activity Center

Harvyn Tarkmeel, Organist – New Times Theater/McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

Los Vega – Stage/Pepsi International Pavilion

Howie Bartolo – Stage/Dairy Products Building

Turning Stone Resort & Casino – Wegmans Food Demonstration Kitchen/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

5:15 pm

The Tool Chest – Nick Nichols – antique tools, woodworking, storytelling – Agriculture Museum

6:00 pm

Daily Parade sponsored by Mid State Golf Car – Chevrolet Court area

Coronas Circus featuring Kid’s Fest Sponsored by Pondside Promotions – Family Fun Center

Brian Ruth, Master of the Chainsaw sponsored by W.F. Saunders & Son – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Sea Lion Splash Show sponsored by Kitchen Craft – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Erie Canal Cloggers, Jordan, NY – Stage/Grange Building

Jazz at the Fair – Special Events Tent

Youth Dairy Goat Milk Production, Preliminary Milkout – Dairy Goat Milking Parlor

Movie – New Times Theater/ McNeil & Co. Art & Home Center

6:30 pm

Maximum Velocity BMX Show – Family Fun Center

7:00 pm

RAGGS KIDS CLUB – Kiddieland Stage/Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

“JUMP”, The Ultimate Canine Thrill Show – Family Fun Center

Los Vega – Stage/Pepsi International Pavilion

Howie Bartolo – Stage/Dairy Products Building

Leaping Llama – Llama Show Ring

Traditional Dances – Iroquois Indian Village

7:30 pm

LYNYRD SKYNYRD with Special Guest Tracy Lawrence – AT&T Concert Series at the Mohegan Sun Grandstand (Tickets required)

8:00 - 10:00 pm

Soft Spoken, R&B – stage/Pan-African Village

8:00 pm

WAR – New York Central Mutual Insurance Concert Series on the Stan Colella Stage at Chevrolet Court

LIVE ! SHARK ENCOUNTER SHOW sponsored by Meyer’s Campers – Price Chopper Youth Activity Center/Kiddieland

Erie Canal Cloggers, Jordan, NY – Stage/Grange Building

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