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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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Venango County Fairgrounds
867 Mercer Rd

Franklin, PA 16323
venangofair@gmail.com
Tel 814-437-7716
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