Schedule of Events:

Pre-Fair Events:

Saturday, June 21, 2025

8:30 AM: 4-H Fashion Revue, Fiber Arts, Clothing & Textiles, Shopping in Style, Banners (Expo I)

Sunday, June 22, 2025

2:00 PM:4-H Dog Show Registration (Expo III)
4-H Dog Show & Agility

Monday, June 23, 2025

10 AM - 7 PM: Set up Expo Grounds and Buildings
Helpers picnic after Setup
Last Minute Preparation to get your Projects and Entries ready for display!

Barnyard Mardi Gras - OPENING DAY!

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

8:00 AM-12 - Check-in all exhibits (Except perishables)
4-H & Open Class

8:30 AM: Judging of 4-H Foods
(4-H Foods Sale after judging)

10:30 AM: 4-H Arts & Crafts judging

12:00 PM: Cloverbuds (Expo II)

2:00 PM: 4-H Rabbit Show (Expo III)

4:00 PM: 4-H Poultry Show (Expo III)

5:00-10:00 PM: Commercial Exhibits Open (Expo I)

6:00-7:00 PM: Late Check-in of Open Class Exhibits
(Except Food, Crops & Horticulture)

6:00 PM: **Mandatory Livestock Meeting** (Expo III)

CARNIVAL – WEEE Entertainment

6:30 PM: 4-H Youth Rally (Expo III)

Thursday, June 26, 2025

7:30 AM: Business Appreciation Breakfast / Chamber Coffee (Expo II)
Be Well Barton County Health Fair, Gameshow – 4-H Horse Project

8-9:30 AM: Check-in Open Foods, Open & 4-H Horticulture (Gardening & Flowers), Open & 4-H Crops

9:00 AM: 4-H Swine Show (Aaron's Repair Arena)

10:00 AM: Judging of Open Foods, Open & 4-H Horticulture (Gardening & Flowers) Clothing, and Quilts, Open Arts & Crafts (Expo II)

11:00 AM: Judging of Open Photography & Rocketry (Expo II), Judging of 4-H Interior Design & Architecture (Expo II)

1:00 PM: Judging of 4-H Project Display, Notebooks & Posters, Photography, Reading, Home Environment, Self-Determined, Wildlife, Rocketry, Energy Management, Entomology, Geology and  Forestry, and Open & 4-H Crops (Expo II)

2:00 PM: Judging of Open & 4-H Woodworking, Judging of Open & 4-H Ag Mechanics (Expo II)

3:00 PM: 4-H Horse Halter Classes (Expo III)

5:00-10 PM: Commercial Exhibits Open (Expo I)

6:00 PM: 4-H Bucket Calf Show (Expo III)

CARNIVAL - WEEE Entertainment

6:00-8 PM: Free Stage Entertainment (Expo II)

8:15 PM: Christian Concert – Megan Danielle
(PEOPLES Bank & Trust Stage)

Friday, June 27, 2025

8:00 AM: 4-H Dairy Goat Show (Aaron's Repair Arena)

9:00 AM: 4-H Meat Goat Show (Aaron’s Repair Arena)

11:00 AM: 4-H Sheep Show (Aaron's Repair Arena)

5:00 PM: 4-H Beef Show (Aaron's Repair Arena)

5 -10 PM: Commercial Exhibits Open (Expo I)

6:00 PM: Carnival - WEEE Entertainment

6:00-8 PM: Free Stage (Expo II)

7:00 PM: Cow Patty Bingo (In front of the Beer Garden)

7:30 PM: Rock Tribute Concert – Arena Rock Giants Tributes to: 90’s and before
(PEOPLES Bank & Trust Stage)

Saturday, June 28, 2025 - KIDS Day

8:00 AM: 4-H Horse Show (Outdoor Arena)

8:30 AM: Open Class Sheep Check-in (Expo III)

9:00 AM: Open Class Sheep Show (Aaron’s Repair Arena)

9:00 AM: 4-H Hand Pets (Expo II)

9:00 AM: Open Class Meat Goat Check In (Expo III)

9-10:30 AM: Great Bend Rec Center Painting Class (Free Stage Area Expo II)

9:30 AM: Open Class Meat Goat Show (Aaron’s Repair Arena)

10:00 AM-1:00 PM: Touch a Truck Event (East of Expo I)

10:00 AM: Antique Tractor Pull Registration

11:00 AM Antique Tractor Pull (North of Expo III)

12-4:00 PM: Car Show (East of Expo I)

12:30 PM: Registration Mutton Bustin’ (Aaron's Repair Arena)

1:00 PM: Mutton Bustin’ (Aaron's Repair Arena)

3 - 10 PM: Commercial Exhibits Open (Expo I)

3:00 PM: Motorcycle Drag Races – Cross Winds of KS Bikers Church (North of Expo III)

3:30 PM: Registration Kids Pedal Tractor Pull (Expo II)

3:30 PM: Open Class Bucket Calf Check-in (Expo III)

4:00 PM: Open Class Bucket Calf Show (Aaron's Repair Arena)

4:00 PM: Open Class Beef Check-in (Expo III)

4:00 PM: Kids Pedal Tractor Pull (Expo II)

4:30 PM: Cruise Barton County Poker Run (Start at the Sundial Expo Complex)

4:30 PM: Registration Adult Pedal Tractor Pull (Expo II)
Adult Pedal Tractor Pull Directly after the Kids (Expo II)

5:00 PM: Open Class Beef Show (Aaron's Repair Arena)

5:00 PM: Peoples Bank & Trust Watermelon Feed (Commons Area)

6:00 PM: Open Class Swine Check-in (Expo III)

6:00 PM: CARNIVAL - WEEE Entertainment

6:00 PM: Kids Power Wheels Check in (Expo I Speedway)

6:30 PM: Kids Power Wheels Drivers Meeting (Expo I Speedway)

6:00 PM: Motor Blow North of Expo III

6 - 6:30 PM: 4-H Fashion Review on Free Stage (Expo II)

6:30 - 8 PM: 4-H Presentations on Free Stage (Expo II)

7:00 PM: Adult Corn Hole Competition (Outside Beer Garden)

7:00 PM: Kids Power Wheels Race (Expo I Speedway)

7:15 PM: Gary Ewing Memorial Open Class Swine Show (Aaron’s Repair Arena)

7:30 PM: Country/Rock Night – Jimmy Harris Band - Country/Rock Storyteller and Bangerz – Millennial Nostalgia Tribute to: 90’s & 2000
 (PEOPLES Bank & Trust Stage)

Sunday, June 29, 2025

8:00 AM: Sunrise Service

8:30 AM: Breakfast ~Sponsored by 4-H Holding Board for 4-H, Extension, Fair Assoc, Fair Friends

10:00 AM: 4-H Small Animal Round Robin (Aaron’s Repair Arena)

11:15 AM: 4-H Large Animal Round Robin Showmanship (Aaron’s Repair Arena)

1:30 PM: Celebrity Showmanship (Aaron’s Repair Arena)

2:00 PM: 4-H Showcase Awards (Aaron's Repair Arena)
Farm Bureau Assn. Root Beer Float Social (Expo III)

2:30 PM: Sale of Champions (Aaron's Repair Arena)

4:00 PM: Buildings Closed for Check out preparations

4:30 PM: Check out Exhibits

Monday, June 30, 2025

All Day - All Volunteers Welcome
Tear down and storage

5:00 PM: Final Check Out of remaining Exhibits and Clean up

Thank you to all our 4-Hers, Exhibitors, Families, and Volunteers for your Help, Prayers, and Smiles.

Date: June 25-29, 2025

Location: Barton County Fairgrounds, G Avenue, Great Bend, KS 67530

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