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Grange Fair: Penultimate Day At the Fairgrounds


Credit: Amanda Burg/NewtownPaNow.com

Credit: Amanda Burg/NewtownPaNow.com

The Middletown Grange Fair is in full swing!

The Grange Fair opens to the public at 10 a.m. and will remain open until 11 p.m. at night. The day’s festivities include a variety of entertainment and agricultural displays and demonstrations. Rides from Skelly’s Amusements will be at the fairgrounds and open from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Saturday is the last night for the popular chicken dinner. Tickets for the meal cost $10 and go on sale at 3:30 p.m. A child size meal can also be purchased for $10. Reminder: tickets for the meal go fast!

The cost per a carload to enter the Grange Fair is $10. No dogs are permitted.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service are calling for sunny skies and a high near 90 degrees. There will be a light wind and a chance of thunderstorms after 1 p.m. By evening, a threat of thunderstorms and showers continues until 11 p.m. with a high around 70 degrees.

For more information on the fair and updates, visit their website.

Entertainment Schedule:

Stage

10:00 a.m.                    Sign-up for Pedal Power Tractor Pull

11:00 a.m.                     Pedal Power Tractor Pull

12:00 p.m.     #4        Sue Wee Pig Racing

1:00 p.m.       #1         Dynamo Dogs

1:30 p.m.       #3         Magic of Belmont

1:45 p.m.       #2         “Big Tiny Young” Show

3:00 p.m.      #4         Sue Wee Pig Racing

3:00 p.m.                   Dancing Diggers

4:30 p.m.      #1          Dynamo Dogs

5:00 p.m.                   Dancing Diggers

5:00 p.m.      #4         Sue Wee Pig Racing

6:00 p.m.      #3         Magic of Belmont

7:00 p.m.                   Dancing Diggers

7:00 p.m.      #2          “Big Tiny Young” Show

7:30 p.m.      #4         Sue Wee Pig Racing

8:00 p.m.                   Dancing Diggers

8:00 p.m.      #1          The Essential Elvis Tribute Show

9:00 p.m.                   Dancing Diggers

9:00 p.m.      #2         “Big Tiny Young” Show

9:00 p.m.      #3         Magic of Belmont

9:30 p.m       #1          The Essential Elvis Tribute Show

10:00 p.m.       #4         Sue Wee Pig Racing

4-H and Animal Show Schedule:

SA – Show Arena / EQ – Equine Area / S&PB – Sheep & Pig Barn

10:00 a.m.                     SA                 4-H Dairy Cattle Show

11:00 a.m.                     EQ                  Oxen Demonstration

11:00 am – 8:00 pm   Bldg 2             Penn State Extension “Ask a Master Gardener” Booth

11:00 am – 2:00 pm   Bldg 2             Penn State Extension Kids Project

11:30 – 1:30 pm           EQ                  Horse Drawn Wagon Rides

2:00 p.m.                      S&PB             Market Hog Auction

2:00 p.m.                      EQ                   Oxen Demonstration

3:00 p.m.                       EQ                   Mule Demonstration

4:00 p.m.                       EQ                   Meet the Belgian Draft Horses

4:00 p.m.                       SA                 Market Lamb Auction (after Hog sale)

4:30 p.m.                       EQ                  Oxen Demonstration

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 pm     EQ                  Horse Drawn Wagon Rides

5:30 p.m.                        SA                 Alpaca and Llama Demonstration

6:30 p.m.                        SA                 4-H Beef Cattle Show


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