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01/20/2025

01/01/2025

Happy New Year! From all of us at The Washington County Fair!

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone at The Washington County Fair!!!

10/21/2024

The Washington County Fair is heartbroken by the passing of Sgt. Mike Lawing, a longtime dedicated member of our fair family. As a committed Richmond police officer, Sgt. Lawing played a vital role in ensuring the safety and security of the fairgrounds each year. His unwavering dedication to protecting our community and creating a safe environment for all who attended the fair will be deeply missed.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and colleagues as they navigate this difficult time.

10/12/2024

The Washington County Fair and Rockwell Amusements & Promotions are happy to announce that the 2024 Hasbro Children's Hospital Donation was $41, 450. This could not have been possible without all who generously donated this year - Thank you!

We also wanted to give a shout out to the winning food booth of our battle of the food booths competition Rhode Island State Grange with the winning amount of $1,974.32

We further want to thank the following organizations for their fundraising efforts:
- Del's Lemonade & Refreshments, Inc. a generous donation $2,500
- Richmond - Carolina Fire District raising $1,542.75
- WSO RI donating $1,000 from their summer concert
- Chariho Rotary Club donating $957.50 from Cow Chip Bingo

Since 2018, the we have raised $137, 750 for the direct support of the children undergoing treatment. Thank you to all of our food booths for their fundraising efforts, our volunteers, and again to all who donated for your generous contributions.

08/21/2024

WOW! What a week we just had, we can't wait for next year!

From all of us at the Washington County Fair we want to send out a heartfelt thank you to our 2024 Fair Sponsors! We couldn't do this without you!

08/20/2024

As we turn the page on another year at the Washington County Fair, we are so grateful and proud to say that, through our partnership with Rockwell Amusements & Promotions, we have raised over $35,000 (and still counting) for Hasbro Children's Hospital to help children and families in need. This could not be possible without the overwhelming support from our patrons and volunteers. We’d like thank our food booths for participating in the Battle of the Fair. The winning food booth was the Rhode Island State Grange(Corn Dog Booth).

We’d also like to thank the Richmond - Carolina Fire District, Chariho Rotary Club, Del's Lemonade & Refreshments, Inc., the Warwick Symphony Orchestra, and other vendors who participated and donated in our fundraiser. This fundraiser is so special to us and we cannot say thank you enough for all of your support!

~On behalf of the Washington County Fair Committee

Becky Bednarczyk
Hasbro Chartiy Chair

08/19/2024

The Washington County Fair Committee would like to thank Richmond - Carolina Fire District, Richmond Police, and Hope Valley Ambulance Squad for always doing an outstanding job in the preparation and serving our patrons at the Washington County Fair. Your expertise and professionalism has allowed us to grow and be successful. On behalf of our 42 non-profit organizations that we serve and the entire Washington County Fair Community we thank you and praise you.

~ Washington County Fair Committee

08/18/2024

Don't forget to stop by our Premier Sponsor's booth and say hello today at the fair! Thank you to our friends at Inman & Tourgee for their continued support of the Washington County Fair!

08/18/2024

📸 Lauren Andrews

08/17/2024

WPRI 12 has inaccurately reported that the Washington County Fair is sold out of tickets for tomorrow Sunday, August 18. We want to inform everyone that we have not sold out and we can't wait to see everyone for our last day of our 58th Annual Washington County Fair. Come on down and celebrate a fun summer time tradition. Tickets are on sale, online and in person, and we are NOT sold out.

08/17/2024

As a reminder, to alleviate traffic issues caused by the new traffic circle during peak hours of the Washington County Fair, Carolina Nooseneck Road at Buttonwoods Road is CLOSED to Fair Traffic.

08/16/2024

📸 Lauren Andrews

08/15/2024

TONIGHT!!!

Thursday, August 15th, we are extremely excited to welcome MADDIE & TAE to the Main Stage at 9pm. Maddie & Tae first broke out in 2013 with their Platinum-selling smash, “Girl In A Country Song,” which took Country radio by storm, skyrocketing to the top of the charts and establishing them as only the third female duo in 70 years to top the Country Airplay charts. The pair drew praise for their Gold-certified The Way It Feels album - featuring the 3X Platinum-certified No. 1 hit, “Die From A Broken Heart” - as well as their one-two punch projects Through The Madness Vol.1 and Vol. 2. Their current single “Heart They Didn’t Break” is available everywhere now. To learn more about Maddie & Tae, visit their website at: https://www.maddieandtae.com/

08/15/2024

📸 Ben Camacho

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Make sure to check out the fair today for our final day of the 2024 Washington County Fair culminating as always tonight with our EPIC TUG-O-WAR!!!

Thanks Zach and everyone at @newprohome for once again being a Friend of the Fair Sponsor!

Thank you to Friend of the Fair sponsor Leaf Filter for joining us once again this year!

We want to say a big thank you to friend of the fair sponsor @renewalbyandersen

Today is the final day of the 2024 Washington County Fair! In this episode, we take a look at our food booths, some friend of the fair sponsors, and the next generation! Tickets ARE AVAILABLE!!! Come to the fair today!!!

Stop by for a delicious coffee or breakfast sandwich at @audreyscoffeelounge booth!

This morning we are taking a look at some of our incredible vendors here at the Washington County Fair!

Tonight’s @hasbrochildrens VIP Ethan is ready to take the stage and enjoy the fair! Thank you to everyone who has donated this week so far to our fundraiser for Hasbro Children’s Hospital at every food booth and our Merry-Go-Round! Please keep it going!!!

Meet John & Maria! Celebrating 10 years of marriage after meeting at the fair in 2012! Now their two kids are showing their animals here with 4-H

Be on the lookout for brand new vendors!!!

Congratulations to Sunset Farms, Thursday’s winner of the Battle of the Booths to help support @hasbrochildrens

Enjoy this trip around the fairgrounds!

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A Labor Of Love

A Labor of Love

Washington County Fair, the largest fair in Rhode Island, could be aptly described as a labor of love. After 50 years, it has come a very long way from that first modest event held on the grounds of Perryville Grange in Wakefield in 1967. It began as a way to emphasize the importance of agriculture in our daily lives and to recreate the long time tradition of the county fair which was an important part of our heritage.

The idea for the Fair originated in the Washington County Pomona Grange which encompassed all the Subordinate or local Granges in the County. The Fair is owned and operated by the Washington County Pomona Grange. The Grange, Order of Patrons of Husbandry, is a National Organization with headquarters in Washington, DC. It is a Non-Profit fraternal organization with members in 38 states across the Nation. Organized December 4, 1867, it is the oldest Farm Family Fraternity in the Country with an enviable record of community service and good citizenship as cornerstones of its long history.

The individual Granges that make up the Pomona Grange do a tremendous amount of community service within their respective communities. Some of their work includes; kitting hats for newborns at hospitals, donating new dictionaries to elementary schools, giving food to the local food banks, donations to local charities and financial scholarships to high school students. Also the local Granges support Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H clubs, FFA, and other Agricultural organizations both financially and by hosting their meetings in their Grange halls and at the Fair Grounds. All the food booths at the Fair are Non-Profit and for most it is the primary fundraiser for their budgets for the year.

Our fair continued in Wakefield for two more years and by then it had become evident that more space was needed. A search for land culminated with the purchase of a large tract of land in Richmond. It seemed ideal for our needs and featured a large stand of pine trees on a sloping hill which we could envision as a natural amphitheater. The purchase was not only for a home for the fair, but as a recreational area for other organizations to enjoy. Now there was much to do. There was land to cleared, boulders to be removed, booths to build and a stage to be constructed. The list was awesome, but the Grangers were ready for the task. Grangers from other parts of the state and people who were interested in the project all came to lend a hand. It should be noted that the work on these grounds has been accomplished primarily by Grangers and their friends who have volunteered their time and talents to help the Fair grow and prosper.

As the years went by, more and more improvements have been added; the latest being the addition of a third ring for pulling events, a new sheep/goat barn, and a tremendous museum holding a vast collection of Agricultural equipment and other items from the past. A steering committee composed of Grange members from all walks of life guided the Fair. None had any experience running a Fair, but they have learned "on the job" so to speak. The Committee meets at least once a month and as soon as one Fair is in the books, they begin work on the next. The goal has always been to have an Authentic County Fair where families can come to enjoy the flavor of an earlier time in our history. The Washington County Fair is directly attributable to the countless numbers of men, woman and young people who have worked so tirelessly on this Labor of Love.

We welcome you here and hope that your visit will be enjoyable. If you would like to participate as a Grange member / volunteer, the welcome mat is always out.

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