July 16-21, 2026
Wednesday, July 15
6:00-8:00 pm | Check-in Campers
Thursday, July 16
8:00 am | Fair set-up at Butler County Fairgrounds
11:00-8:00 pm | Check-in Campers
6:00-8:00 pm | Check-in for:
• Open Class Metals
• "Junk in a Bucket"
• Dairy Cattle
• Dairy Goats
• Poultry
• Rabbits
6:00-8:00 pm | Check-in & Weigh-in for:
• Beef Cattle
• Swine
• Meat Goats
• Dairy Wethers
• Market Wethers
• Market Sheep
• Breeding Ewes
6:00-8:00 pm | Check-in Banners
All animals must be inspected by the fair veterinarians
before being allowed to enter the barns.
Friday, July 17
8:00 am | Poultry Judging
9:00 am | Dairy Goat Show, followed immediately by Dairy Cattle Show
9:00 am | 4-H/FFA Foods & Nutrition/Food Preservation (Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
9:00-10:00 am | Check-in Open Class Foods & Food Preservation
9:00 am | Open Class Foods Judging begins, followed by Open Class Foods Sale (Ends before 4-H/FFA Food Auction)
10:00 am | Check-in and Judging of 4-H/FFA Photography (Judging begins per Sign-up time in Fair Entry)
10:00-11:00 am | Check-in and Judging of 4-H/FFA Woodworking
10:00-11:00 am | Check-in Open Class Woodworking (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Woodworking)
10:00-11:00 am | Check-in Open Class Photography (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Photography)
1:00 pm | Judging of Open Class Metals & “Junk in a Bucket”
1:30 pm | Judging of Banners
1:00-2:00 pm | Check-in Clothing Construction & Fashion Revue
1:00-2:00 pm | Check-in and Judging of Open Class Crops, Hay & Wheat
1:00-3:00 pm | Check-in and Judging of 4-H/FFA Floriculture and Landscape Design
1:00-3:00 pm | Check-in Open Class Floriculture & Horticulture (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
1:30-3:00 pm | Check-in and Judging of Educational Notebooks, Posters, and Displays
2:00-3:00 pm | Check-in and Judging Entomology
2:00-3:00 pm | Check-in and Judging of Open Class Entomology (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
2:00-3:00 pm | Check in and Judging of Geology & Lapidary
2:00-3:00 pm | Check in and Judging of Open Class Geology & Lapidary (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA)
4:00 pm | Judging of Meat Goats - Breeding, Showmanship, Market Meat Goats
6:00 pm | 4-H Council Food Auction (South Building)
6:00 pm | Ice Cream sponsored by ICI Insurance near Arena
6:30 pm | Judging of Sheep – Breeding, Showmanship, Market Sheep (begins 15 minutes after conclusion of the Meat Goat show, but not to begin before 6:30 pm)
8:00-10:00 pm | Contra Dance on concrete between building and livestock barns
Saturday, July 18
8:00 am | Judging of Swine –Breeding Gilts, Showmanship, Market Swine
8:00 am | Judging of 4-H/FFA Rabbits
10:00 am | Check-in and Judging of 4-H/FFA Visual Arts
(Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
10:00-11:00 am | Check-in and Judging of 4-H/FFA Leathercraft & Jewelry (Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
10:00-11:00 am | Check-in Open Class Leathercraft & Jewelry (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
10:00-11:00 am | Check-in Open Class Visual Arts
(Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
11:00 am - Noon | Sign-up for Barnyard Olympics in North Building
11:00 am - Noon | Cloverbuds “Show and Share”
Noon - 1:00 pm | Check-in and judging of 4-H/FFA Fiber Arts
(Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
Noon - 1:00 pm | Check-in and Judging of Fiber Arts, Crochet,
Knitting & Quilts (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA)
1:00 - 2:00 pm | Check-in and Judging of Aerospace/Rocketry,
Robotics, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, Ag Mechanics,Welding, Building Block Engineering, Electric &Renewable Energy and Small Engines
(Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
1:00 - 2:00 pm | Check-in Open Class Building Blocks & Open
Class Rocketry (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
2:00 - 4:00 pm | Special Question Event - answer a question - get a prize, Community Building
2:00 pm | Judging of Bucket Calves (Bucket Calf Costume Class follows Bucket Calf Show)
6:00 pm | Judging of Beef – Breeding, Showmanship, Market
Sunday, July 19
7:30 am | Pancake Breakfast Sponsored by
Butler County Farm Bureau and Mid-Kansas Co-Op
8:15 am | Church Service in the Livestock Arena
(No Livestock Activities during this time)
9:30 am | Unified Livestock Show
10:00 am | DEADLINE FOR MAKING ENTRIES FOR THE PREMIUM AUCTION - Sign-up by Scale House or South end of Community Building
11:00 am | Check-in for Barnyard Olympics in Arena
11:30-12:30 pm | Barnyard Olympics in Arena
Noon- 4:00 pm | Check-in Special Open Classes in Community Building
1:00-3:00 pm | Summer Splash with El Dorado Fire Department West of Community Building
1:00-4:00 pm | Judging Contests
• Horticulture Judging Contest
• FCS Consumer Skills
• Photography Judging Contest
1:00-4:00 pm | Challenge of Champions
2:00-4:00 pm | USA Trivia in Community Building
2:00-5:00 pm | Carnival Style Games & Photo Booth
4:00 pm | Trike Race
4:00 pm | Judging of Special Classes OC-1
5:00 pm | Celebrity Goat Milking Contest
7:00 pm | Round Robin Showmanship
Monday, July 20
7:00 - 7:30 am | Check-in for Livestock Judging
Contest in Arena
7:30 am | Livestock Judging Contest
10:00 - 11:00 am | Set-up Arena for Premium Auction
(all 4-H & FFA Exhibitors)
1:00 pm | 4-H/FFA Presentations, Demonstrations,
Illustrated Talks, Project Talks and Poetry or Prose
5:30 - 7:00 pm | “Friends of 4-H/FFA” Supper sponsored
by Commerce Bank & 4-H Council
Ice Cream Sponsored by Emprise Bank
Watermelon sponsored by Farm Credit
6:00 pm | Parade of Champions (honoring all Division Winners)
6:30 pm | Awards Presentations
7:00 pm | Premium Auction – Order of Sale will be Meat Goats, Market Wethers, Sheep, Beef & Swine. Static Projects, Rabbit Meat Pens & Market Poultry will be included throughout the auction.
CLEAN-UP ARENA after Premium Auction by all 4-H/FFA Members
Exhibitor Note: No tack can be released or clean-up done in the livestock barns until 30 minutes after the Premium Auction. If you take tack home, you MUST have your pen/stalls inspected and signed out with a livestock superintendent.
Tuesday, July 21
6:00 - 8:30 am | Release static exhibits and remaining livestock
6:00 - 8:30 am | Clean-up Community Building & Fairgrounds
6:00 - 8:30 am | Removal of Campers
(unless weather conditions prevent removal)