Montcalm County Fairgrounds and Events

06/19/2024

Coming to the rodeo Saturday? Remember to buy your tickets in advance on our website. Come eary to enjoy entertainment by Dwayne Spaw!

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06/19/2024

06/15/2024

Friendly reminder- no bikes allowed at the fairgrounds!

06/13/2024

Interested in purchasing your grandstand event tickets in advance? Now available this year! Purchase online for a discount, ticket price increases at the gate.

06/12/2024

We're a whole 9 days away!!!

Here is the lineup for the Kids Day as well:

10am-2pm
Kids Day passport (complete and receive free ice cream from the Little Red Barn)
Kids Day Activities with community organization booths (Ash Building Greenspace)
Sensory Play Area (Small Animal Barn Greenspace)
Petting Zoo (Small Animal Barn Greenspace)
Balloon animals (Small Animal Barn Greenspace)
Face painting (Ash Building Greenspace & Livestock Arena)
Rock climbing (Small Animal Barn Greenspace)
Mechanical bull riding (Small Animal Barn Greenspace)
Inflatables (Small Animal Barn Greenspace)
Old Western Townscape and characters (by Horse Barn)
Photo booth (by Horse Barn)
WGLM live radio broadcast (Small Animal Barn)

12-4pm Reading for Rides (Carnival)
2pm Butterfly release (Ash Building Greenspace)
4-6pm Line Dancing (Small Animal Barn Greenspace)

06/12/2024

Interested in riding in the rodeo on June 22nd? 🐎 It is open to youth ages 17 and under as of January 1, 2024. Check out the details and get registered!

Barrel racing will be held during the rodeo on June 22nd at 6 p.m. Performance slots will be limited and all other entries will run in slack after the event. Online entries are limited to 30. Participants must be 17 years of age or younger AS OF JANUARY 1, 2024 to participate. This is a youth rod

06/06/2024

Friendly reminder- Fair clean up is scheduled for June 8 at 10am.

We are looking for volunteers to help with the second set of bleachers on Saturday at 10am until they are complete. Please note that the bleachers have to be completed prior to fair for our grandstand events!

Please bring tools, wheelbarrows to move mulch, w**d Wackers, gloves, shovels, rakes, snippers, etc.

The next scheduled fair clean up is Wednesday June 12 from 6-8pm.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Jason Nadeau 616-446-8860 or email [email protected]

06/03/2024

Join us for Kids Day on Friday June 28th from 10am-2pm as well as Reading for Rides from Noon-4pm. There will be many activities for all ages! We can’t wait to see you there!

🎟️Parking is $10

📚Registration for Reading for Rides can be found here- (please print and bring day of)
https://montcalmcountyfairgrounds.com/s/Reading-for-Rides-Registration-Form.pdf

05/31/2024

June 23-29, 2024 Fair Information!
Fair Families visit the Website for Fairbook, Forms etc.

2024 Fair June 23-29 Western Whirlwind 2024 Add A Bid 2024 Fairbook FAQ Sheet MARKET and Non-Market Beef Form Dairy Form Dog Form Goat Form Horse Form Poultry Form Rabbit Form Sheep Form Swine Form Registration and Weigh-In/Tag-In Dates • Market Beef Weigh-in/Tagging Date: 11/19/2023 @ 2pm• Fina...

05/30/2024

Fair clean up days for all exhibitors that need service hours will be June 1st and June 8th beginning at 10 am until noon.

We are looking for volunteers to help with the second set of bleachers on Saturday at 10am!

Attached are some ideas of projects that need completed.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Jason Nadeau 616-446-8860 or email [email protected]

05/21/2024

The Showorks committee is working on final testing of the program. It should be ready later this week for entry. Watch for an e-mail from Sunni for directions and information.

05/16/2024

🚨🚨
We are looking for a sponsor for the sheep and goat show.

Sponsor’s name and logo will be displayed on a yard sign near the arena all week, on the respective species pen cards and announced several times during the show.
Cost: $750

05/15/2024

Fair clean up days for all exhibitors that need service hours will be June 1st and June 8th beginning at 10 am until noon.

We need help completing the second set of bleachers and also other areas of the fair grounds.
We will be working on the second set of bleachers in the grandstand area starting on June 8th at 10:00 am until it’s completed.
Last time it took about 4 hours, but with more help it could be a shorter amount of time.

Tools needed for the bleachers are:
Hammer, cordless drill, 9/16 deep well socket, 9/16 wrenches or ratchet wrenches, small punches, saw, gloves, tape measure, small pry bar, and drill bits.

Tools needed for the other areas are gloves, wheelbarrows, w**d whippers, and rakes.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Jason Nadeau 616-446-8860 or email [email protected]

05/08/2024

Fair Camping committee would like to inform you that we have two NEW items in the Camping Rules and Regulations starting this year for fair. If you are bringing a Dog, please get your Proof of Rabies emailed in. Thank You!

1. We will be issuing a Camping Registration Card to each camper that will need to be displayed in your camper window on the door side.

2.We have a NEW rule #13 on Dogs in the campground please read.

#13. All dogs must be Registered with the camping committee on Camper Registration Card. Dogs are only permitted in the campground. All dogs must have proof of Rabies vaccination and emailed to camping committee at [email protected]. All dogs must be on leash during the entire time they are in the campgrounds (only exception is dogs registered in the dog show on show day in the arena). Aggressive dog behavior at the fair campground will not be tolerated and removal of the dog will be left to the discretion of the fairboard.
Please find Rules and Regulations document on website.

FAIR CAMPING BOOK NOW CAMPING RESERVATIONS 🏕️ CAMPING RESERVATIONS 🏕️ Registration will open at 8 a.m. on March 1st for the 2024 FAIR. You may reserve your site online only. You may reserve only one site per transaction. Please note any reservation made before 8 a.m. and/or have multiple s...

04/28/2024

‼️‼️ Due to weather, updating the bleachers is CANCELLED‼️‼️

04/25/2024

We wanted to post another reminder about the registration forms, and that tomorrow is the last day to submit them at the last weigh in (6pm - 8pm / Livestock area on the fairgrounds)

Here is a screenshot from the Montcalm
County Fairgrounds and Events website:

https://montcalmcountyfairgrounds.com/exhibitor-info

04/24/2024

‼️‼️‼️‼️VOLUNTEERS NEEDED‼️‼️‼️‼️

We will be working on the second set of bleachers in the grandstand area starting on April 28th at 10:00 am until it’s completed.
Last weekend it took about 4 hours, but with more help it could be a shorter amount of time.

Volunteering for this will go towards the exhibitors community service hours needed for fair week.

Tools needed are:
Hammer, cordless drill, 9/16 deep well socket, 9/16 wrenches or ratchet wrenches, small punches, saw, gloves, tape measure, small pry bar, and drill bits.

Please see the before and after photos of the bleachers completed last weekend!

04/23/2024

Thank you so much to our fair families and the Winfield Hustlers 4H club for spending your Sunday redoing the bleachers for the grandstands.
We are so excited for the community to come out and support our grandstand events!

04/23/2024

🚜 come out and see the tractors on June 24th!

Know anyone that has a sweet antique tractor? Here's a chance for them to show them off, and possibly win the people's choice award! Want to help us choose which ones the coolest? Come down to the Montcalm County Fairgrounds and Events between 3 and 6 to help us vote 😉

04/18/2024

‼️Attention Fair Families! This Sunday, April 21st, we will be having a clean-up day beginning at 10am! We will be working on repairing bleachers so here are items needed- hammer, cordless drill, socket set, small punches, saw, gloves, tape measure, small pry bar, drill bits, and anything else you think we might need! This is a great project for older kids, but there is always something for the younger ones to do as well. 🔨🔩🪛

*THIS WILL COUNT AS YOUR 2 HOURS OF REQUIRED SERVICE!

04/16/2024

2024 Fair June 23-29 Western Whirlwind 2024 Add A Bid 2024 Fairbook (DRAFT) FAQ Sheet MARKET and Non-Market Beef Form Dairy Form Dog Form Goat Form Horse Form Poultry Form Rabbit Form Sheep Form Swine Form Registration and Weigh-In/Tag-In Dates • Market Beef Weigh-in/Tagging Date: 11/19/2023 @ 2pm...

04/16/2024

Good afternoon everyone!

Here are some reminders about registration forms:

Registration forms for Poultry, Cavies, and Rabbits are due 4/22/24 (at the Small Animal meeting - 6pm). This is so that they know the number of pens they need to plan for. They don't need to know breed, etc at this point, that goes onto Showorks later.

Notes:

*It's now the same form for Market and Breeding

*We've realized that that there's not a good way to note when you mark "Market Pen" on the form whether you mean Turkey, Duck, or Chicken - please indicate that somehow, as it makes a big difference for pens.

*There is no Cavy form, just use the rabbit form and manually edit it to say cavy.

Goat, Beef, Swine and Sheep registration is due at the last weigh-in on April 26.

Dogs and horses are due to your leaders by May 1st. Dog forms need to be brought to the Dog Committee meeting on May 2nd, and horse forms need to be brought to the Horse Leaders meeting on May 8th. The Horse Leaders will need all Coggins and stall fees with
each registration form, on the 8th as well.

Forms and more information can be found here:

https://montcalmcountyfairgrounds.com/exhibitor-info...

2024 Fair June 23-29 Western Whirlwind 2024 Add A Bid 2024 Fairbook (DRAFT) FAQ Sheet MARKET and Non-Market Beef Form Dairy Form Dog Form Goat Form Horse Form Poultry Form Rabbit Form Sheep Form Swine Form Registration and Weigh-In/Tag-In Dates • Market Beef Weigh-in/Tagging Date: 11/19/2023 @ 2pm...

04/14/2024

We have 30 of these babies at the fairgrounds. If you're interested in being one of the lucky 30 to own one of these for your yard, come to the fairgrounds for the small animal, youth livestock, and/or livestock committee meetings on Monday the 22nd. Meetings start at 6pm. First 30 are winners!

04/12/2024

Reminder Tag in for Market Goats, Sheep and Feeder Beef this Sunday, 4/14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the fairgrounds scales. All animals to be weighed as well.

Prospect Beef - those bringing immature beef animals this year and then bringing the same animal back for the 2025 fair can pick up tags during this time. They will not be weighed until the day fair starts.

Swine tags will be available as well and you can drop COMPLETED forms off.

There will be another tag in on 4/26 from 6 to 8 p.m. as well.

12/20/2023

The results are in and the Fairboard agrees! Our 2024 Montcalm County Fair theme is Western Whirlwind! This years fair theme winner was submitted by Barn Stars 4H Club. Congrats kiddos!

11/28/2023

We have raffle tickets available for $30 each!! Do not need to be present to win. This is a reverse raffle with the last ticket drawn being worth $1,000, second to last worth $500, and third from last worth $250. Join us on January 20th and see how long your ticket stays on the board while supporting a great fundraising cause! Hit me up if you would like to purchase a ticket. Only 300 available.

11/27/2023

‼️Today is your last chance to claim this great deal! ‼️
The Montcalm County Fair Association will offer custom plaques placed permanently on the rafters of barns. The permanent 8x16 plaques will be gold metal, with black lettering. You choose the message and the barn! This fundraiser will kick off with a limited number available for 50% off, Black Friday, through Cyber Monday! What a great way to honor a loved one, remember alumni, or represent your business. Follow the link to take advantage of this great deal, and check some people off your Christmas list!

•The money raised from this, and other fundraising efforts like the Haunted Barn and upcoming Mega Raffle, goes in the general fund. It will be used for any needed projects and improvements at the fairgrounds. Things like gates, bleacher repair, the new website, updated technology at the fairgrounds, barn repair, pens, new equipment and repairs.•

https://montcalmcountyfairgrounds.com/store

11/24/2023

‼️Black Friday Sale is LIVE!‼️
Announcing a new and exciting sponsorship opportunity! The Montcalm County Fair Association will offer custom plaques placed permanently on the rafters of barns. The permanent 8x16 plaques will be gold metal, with black lettering. You choose the message and the barn! This fundraiser will kick off with a limited number available for 50% off, Black Friday, through Cyber Monday! What a great way to honor a loved one, remember alumni, or represent your business. Follow the link to take advantage of this great deal, and check some people off your Christmas list!

•The money raised from this, and other fundraising efforts like the Haunted Barn and upcoming Mega Raffle, goes in the general fund. It will be used for any needed projects and improvements at the fairgrounds. Things like gates, bleacher repair, the new website, updated technology at the fairgrounds, barn repair, pens, new equipment and repairs.•

https://montcalmcountyfairgrounds.com/store

11/23/2023

May your day be filled with great company and good food! Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at the Montcalm County Fairgrounds! 🦃🤍

11/21/2023

*Black Friday Sale!*
Announcing a new and exciting sponsorship opportunity! The Montcalm County Fair Association will offer custom plaques placed permanently on the rafters of barns. The permanent 8x16 plaques will be gold metal, with black lettering. You choose the message and the barn! This fundraiser will kick off with a limited number available for 50% off, Black Friday, through Cyber Monday! What a great way to honor a loved one, remember alumni, or represent your business. Follow the link to take advantage of this great deal, and check some people off your Christmas list!

https://montcalmcountyfairgrounds.com/store