
Venango County Fairgrounds
867 Mercer Road, Franklin PA 16323

Daily Admission $8 per person
Weekly Passes: $25 per person
(includes entry to all exhibits, displays, animal shows, barns)
Kids under 8 and 4-H members showing a project are free.
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Grandstand fee additional $5 per person for Demo Derby
Pit Passes additional $20 per person
Memories Come Alive in 2025
Venango County Fair
August 2 - 9, 2025
Animal Show Schedule:
Horse Shows Daily
Monday - Goat and Sheep Show
Tuesday - Hog, Rabbit and Cavy, Pet and Dog Show
Wednesday - Beef Show
Thursday - Dairy Show
Friday - Jr Livestock and Cheese Yield Auction
2025 Fair Week Grandstand Events
Saturday- August 2 - GSP Demolition Derby - 7 PM
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Sunday - August 3 - Toyota Concert Series (Chris Higsbee and Josh Gracin) - 7 PM
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Monday - August 4 - Garden Tractor Pulls - 6 PM
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Tuesday - August 5 - Truck & Tractor Pulls - 6:30 PM
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Wednesday - August 6 - Keystone Mini Rods - 7 PM;
Main Street Market Bluegrass Night - 7 PM at Log Cabin
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Thursday - August 7 - KOI Drag Racing -- 7 PM
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Friday - August 8 - Jr Livestock and Cheese Yield Auction - 6 PM at Phillips Arena
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Saturday - August 9 - GSP Demolition Derby - 7 PM
followed by Kellner's Fireworks!!
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Full 2025 Schedule Listed Below
Saturday, August 2nd
12 pm – 3 pm – Non-Animal Exhibit
Registration – Flower Building, Foster Bullock and Log Cabin closed
11 am – Mega Mud Trucks DOT – below track
12 pm – Laser Tag
6 pm – Honey Bake-Off – Foster Bullock
7 pm – GSP Demo Derby – Grandstands
Sunday, August 3rd
12 pm - 5 pm – Non-Animal Exhibit Registration – Flower & Foster Bullock closed
Throughout day- Chainsaw demonstrations, Flint Knappin, “Wild World of Animals,” Foam & Fun, Glass Blowing, Magic Masters, Whispery Pines Percherons
9 am – Oil Valley Jeep Club Obstacle
Course – below track
12 pm – Worship Service – Ron Knapp –
Log Cabin
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12 pm – Laser Tag
4 pm – All Animal Exhibitors Meeting –
Phillips Arena
5:30 pm – Brianna Blankenship – Grandstand
6 pm – VCF Queen Pageant & Coronation –
Phillips Arena
Toyota Concert Series
7 pm – Chris Higsbee – Grandstand
8 pm – Josh Gracin – Grandstand
11 pm – Fair Closes
Monday, August 4th
Throughout day- Chainsaw Demonstrations, Flint Knappin, “Wild World of Animals,” Foam & Fun, Glass Blowing, Magic Masters, Whispery Pines Percherons
9 am – Open & 4-H Dairy Goat Show –
Phillips Arena
9 am – Non-Animal Project Judging – Flower,
Foster Bullock & Log Cabin closed
10 am – Cloverbuds Horse Show - Kiwanis
Bowl
*Followed by 4-H Pleasure Horse
Show
11 am – Open & 4-H Market and Meat Goat
Show – Phillips Arena
*Followed by Non-Dairy Fiber Goats
1 pm – Barnyard Olympics – Watermelon
Seed Spitting – Scrubgrass Stage
1 pm – 5 pm – Gameland Open
4 pm – Open & 4-H Sheep Show – Phillips
Arena
4 pm – Laser Tag
5 pm – 4-H Horse Game Show – Kiwanis
Bowl
6 pm – Garden Tractor Pulls – Grandstand
6:30 pm – Baked Goods Auction –
Foster Bullock
7 pm – Pedal Tractor Pull – Phillips Arena –
Sponsored by Walls Dairy Transport
11 pm – Fair Closes
Tuesday, August 5th
Throughout Day- Chainsaw Demonstration, Flint Knappin, “Wild World of Animals,” Foam & Fun, Glass Blowing, Magic Masters, Whispery Pines Percherons
9 am – Open & 4-H Hog Show – Phillips
Arena
10 am – Open Pleasure Horse Show –
Kiwanis Bowl
*Followed by the Versatility Show
1 pm – 5 pm – Gameland Open
2 pm – Rabbit /Cavy Show – Rabbit Barn
4 pm – Barnyard Olympics – Milk Drinking
Contest – Scrubgrass Stage
4 pm – Laser Tag
5 pm – Pet Show & Companion Goat –
Phillips Arena
6:30 pm – Mostly Brass – Log Cabin
6:30 pm – Dog Show – Phillips Arena
6 pm – 8 pm – Bingo – Gameland
6:30 pm – Truck & Tractor Pulls –
Grandstands
11 pm – Fair Closes
Wednesday, August 6th
Throughout day- Chainsaw Demonstrations, Flint Knappin, “Wild World of Animals,” Foam & Fun, Glass Blowing, Magic Masters, Whispery Pines Percherons
7 am – 8 am – Poultry Registration – use
front gate only
9 am – Open & 4-H Beef Show – Phillips
Arena
10 am – Open Pee Wee Horse Show –
Kiwanis Bowl
*Followed by Open Costume Horse (approx. 7 pm)
10 am – Poultry Talk – Showmanship
Activity – Poultry Barn
1 pm – 5 pm – Gameland Open
1 pm – Barnyard Olympics – Nail Driving
Contest – Scrubgrass Stage
2 pm – Adult “Vintage” Livestock
Showmanship Contest – Phillips
Arena
3 pm – Lego Building Contest – (Must Bring
Own Legos) – Foster Bullock
4 pm – Laser Tag
5 pm – 4-H Dairy Clipping Contest – TBA
6pm – 8 pm – Trivia Night - Gameland –
(teams of 1-5 people)
7 pm – Keystone Mini Rods – Grandstand
7:30 pm – Sonny Buckholtz Memorial
Pinewood Derby – Phillips Arena
Main Street Market Bluegrass Night
7 pm – Bluegrass Night – Pine Valley Boys
& Friends – Log Cabin
11pm Fair Closes
Thursday, August 7th
Throughout day- Chainsaw Demonstrations, Flint Knappin, “Wild World of Animals,” Foam & Fun, Glass Blowing, Magic Masters, Whispery Pines Percherons
10 am – Open & 4-H Dairy Cattle Show –
Phillips Arena
10 am – Open Horse Games Show –
Kiwanis Bowl
1 pm – 5 pm – Gameland Open
4 pm – Barnyard Olympics – Frog Jumping
Contest – Scrubgrass Stage
4 pm – Laser Tag
6 pm – 4-H Teen Council’s Cornhole
Tournament – Phillips Arena
6 pm – 8 pm – Bingo – Gameland Open
7 pm – KOI Drag Racing – Grandstand
11 pm – Fair Closes
Friday, August 8th
Throughout day-Flint Knappin, “Wild World of Animals,” Foam & Fun, Glass Blowing, Magic Masters, Whispery Pines Percherons
9 am – Supreme Senior Livestock
Showmanship Contest – Phillips
Arena
1 pm – Barnyard Olympics – Pie Eating
Contest – Log Cabin
1 pm – 5 pm – Gameland Open
1 pm – Laser Tag
6:00 pm – Jr Livestock and Cheese Yield
Auction – Phillips Arena
11 pm – Fair Closes
Saturday, August 9th
Autism Tough Day
Throughout day- Flint Knappin, “Wild World of Animals,” Foam & Fun, Glass Blowing, Magic Masters, Whispery Pines Percherons
10 am – Bacon Buddies Show – Phillips
12 pm – Laser Tag
12 pm – 2 pm – Gameland Open
1 pm – Barnyard Olympics – Hay Bale
Throwing – Kiwanis Bowl
1 pm – Senior Livestock Showmanship
Contest – Phillips Arena
4 pm – 4-H Awards Ceremony – Phillips
Arena
7 pm – Demo Derby – Grandstands
*Followed by Kellner’s Fireworks
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