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2026 Tentative Fair Schedule

Stay Tuned for Final Schedule! Schedule subject to change, email ari@vt.edu with questions. 

Highlights

  • Equine Showcase
  • Critically Endangered Caspian Horse - Live
  • Carnivorous Plant Feeding
  • Fire Truck
  • Interactive Black Bear Display
  • Soap Making
  • Magic Show
  • Roping Steer

 

Workshops

  • 9:45am - Soap Making Workshop 1*
  • 9:45am - Birding Workshop*
  • 10:00am -12:00pm - Sewing Workshop**
  • 10:45am - Dendrology Workshop*
  • 11:15am - Nature Journaling Workshop*
  • 11:45am - Soap Making Workshop 2*
  • 11:45am - Forest Health Workshop*
  • 12:15pm - Rabbitry Workshop**
  • 1:00pm - Mammalogy Workshop**
  • 1:30pm - Poetry In Nature Workshop*
  • 2:00pm - Birding 101 Workshop*

Competitions

  • 9:00am-12:00pm - Stockman’s Contest**
  • 10:15am-1:15pm - Hippology Contest**
  • 10:30am-3:00pm - Innovation Plan, Start Up Plan, and Youth Vendor Judging**

Schedule (tentative)

Stay tuned for the printable schedule!

8:00am-9:00am...……………………………………………..…..Special Exhibitor Breakfast

9:00am……………………………………………………………………………… Fair OPENS

9:00am-12:00pm……………………………………………………..… Stockman’s Contest**

9:00am-9:30am………………………………………. Opening Ceremony & Ribbon Cutting

9:00am……………………………………………………. Special Miniature Pony Ceremony

9:30am…………………………………………………………..…… Equine Show Ceremony

9:45am…………………………………………………………….. Soap Making Workshop 1*

9:45am………………………………………………………………………. Birding Workshop*

10:00am-12:00pm………………………………………………...……… Sewing Workshop**

10:15am-1:15pm…………………………………………………………. Hippology Contest**

10:30am………………………………………………………………….... Equine Showcase 1

10:45am……………………………………………..…………...……. Dendrology Workshop*

11:15am………………………………………………………… Nature Journaling Workshop*

11:45am………………………………………………………...…. Soap Making Workshop 2*

11:45am……………………………………………………..…...…. Forest Health Workshop*

12:00pm………………..……………………… Critically Endangered Caspian Horse Demo

12:00pm-3:00pm…………………………………………...…….. Community Voting OPENS

12:15pm……………………………………………………...…...……… Rabbitry Workshop**

12:45pm……………………………………………………………………………. Magic Show

1:00pm……………………………………………………………..… Mammalogy Workshop**

1:00pm-3:00pm………………………………………………...….Roping Steer Game OPEN

1:30pm…………………………………………………………………….. Equine Showcase 2

1:30pm…………………………………………………………………….………… Hippology**

1:30pm……………………………………………………………. Poetry In Nature Workshop

1:30pm…………………………………………………………….. Carnivorous Plant Feeding

2:00pm…………………………………………………………......….. Birding 101 Workshop*

2:00pm………………………………………………….… Gardening 101 Demonstration

2:00pm………………………………………………………... Balloon Animal Demonstration

2:30pm……………………………………………………………….. Stockman’s Workshop**

3:00pm…………………………………………………………….………. Equine Showcase 3

3:00pm…………………………………...…..…. Cold Process Soap Making Demonstration

3:00pm………………………………………………………..... Soil Health Demonstration

3:45pm………………………………………………………….. Pony Driving Demo (in hand)

4:45pm…………………………………………..………………………..… Awards Ceremony

4:45pm……………………………………………………….. Special Equine Flag Ceremony

6:00pm………………………………………………………..…...……………… Fair CLOSES

*Schedule times and activities are subject to change

NOTE: All items marked with a single asterisk (*) require registration to participate, and items marked with a double asterisk (**) require a registration fee paid prior to the date of the fair. Please email ari@vt.edu with any questions.