Fair Schedule
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.