Berrien County Youth Fair

12/04/2024

Fair friends - The BCYF office will be closed on Thursday, December 5. We apologize for any inconvenience. We will reopen on Friday, December 6.

11/27/2024

11/19/2024

Fair friends - Our phone and internet are out for the time being. We should hopefully have restoration before lunch. We apologize for the inconvenience.

11/18/2024

Need some new kitchen gadgets for Turkey day next week? Click the link below to start shopping. Tomorrow is the shopping deadline for Thanksgiving arrival. 🦃
https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/bcyf2024

11/08/2024

Fair friends - It's that time of year for our annual Pampered Chef online party! Need to replace some kitchen items? Have someone on your shopping list that likes to cook? We've got you covered! Our online party is running NOW through December 13. Orders received by November 19 will arrive in time for Thanksgiving. Orders received by December 18 will arrive in time for Christmas. Click here to start your shopping!
https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/bcyf2024

10/30/2024

We've had a few inquiries over the past few weeks and we're so excited to announce our theme for 2025.
Can't wait to celebrate 80 years August 11 - 16, 2025!

10/14/2024

Thank you to our friends at Honor Credit Union for all their helping hands getting work done on our grounds today during Credit Union Kind day!

10/01/2024

Just a few more days to put in applications for the Junior Fair Board. Applications due October 7.
Click here for the application.https://bcyf.us/junior-fair-board/

09/13/2024

Fair friends...if you utilize our winter rental program, reminder, your contract is due September 15 (Sunday)! Contracts can be brought to the fair office before 4 pm today (Friday, September 13), or placed in the drop box outside the front doors over the weekend, or they can be put in the mail as long as they are postmarked before September 15.

09/04/2024

2024 BCYF Exhibitors!
💲 Did you enter an exhibit at the 2024 BCYF? Did you know you receive premiums (monetary awards) for each exhibit you entered? Did you pick up your premium check Saturday or Sunday of Fair? If you did NOT, please come to the BCYF Office to pick yours up before September 11! Our office is open Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4 pm 💲
Please note these are NOT the auction checks. Auction checks will be mailed to exhibitors next week.

08/29/2024

Fair friends - The BCYF office and grounds will be closed for the long weekend. We will be closed Friday, August 30 thru Monday September 2 to allow our staff a well deserved long weekend. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 3 at 9 am.

Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

08/22/2024

🐓🦃Small Animal Auction Buyers - If you purchased poultry and turkeys at the 2024 Small Animal Auction and had the animals processed through Smokin Butcher or End of the Road Processing, TOMORROW is pick up night. You MUST pick up the processed animals from 6:30 - 7:00 pm TOMORROW (Friday, August 23). We do not have freezer space to hold your purchases this year, so everything must be picked up under the poultry pavilion.🐓🦃

08/19/2024

Fair friends - We thank you for another great week! We are now in "tear down" mode. We are looking for volunteers to help us take down tents. We will be taking them down on Tuesday and Wednesday (August 20 and 21) this week starting at 4 pm. We'll start with the tents in the farm and power area.

08/18/2024

Fair friends - Thank you for attending the 2024 Berrien County Youth Fair! We hope you had a great time!

Exhibitors - Well done! You should be very proud of yourselves. It was a long week with thousands of spectacular exhibits. Congratulations!

As a reminder to exhibitors - Exhibit pick up is TODAY. Livestock is being released from 7:00 am - 11:00 am (poultry only until 9:00 am)
Still exhibits will be released from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Remember you'll need your claim checks for the entries and your yellow entry sheet to pick up your premiums. Premium checks for everything except auction money can be picked up and cashed today from 8:00 am - 1:30 pm at the entry office.

Finally, thank you to our hundreds of volunteers. We truly couldn't do this without you!