July 16-21, 2026
Butler County 2026 Fair Schedule
Monday, July 6
6:00 pm
6:30 pm
Superintendents' Meeting
Superintendent boxes
Superintendents & Assistant Superintendents meeting
Saturday, July 11
7:30 am
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:15-9:45 am
9:15-9:45 am
1:30 pm
Shopping in Style
Check-in starts at First Baptist Church in Augusta
Constructed modeling starts,
followed by call-backs
Shopping in Style modeling begins
Sewing & Textile Design judging begins
Check-in Open Class Sewing
Public Fashion Revue
Sunday, July 12
5:00-5:30 pm
6:00 pm
Horse Show
Check-in Horse IDs
at 3 Wooden Crosses in Augusta
Horse Show begins
Wednesday, July 15
6:00-8:00 pm
Check-in Campers
Thursday, July 16
8:00 am
11:00 am-8:00 pm
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Fair set-up at Butler County Fairgrounds
Check-in Campers
Check-in for:
• Open Class Metals
• "Junk in a Bucket"
• Dairy Cattle
• Dairy Goats
• Poultry
• Rabbits
Check-in & weigh-in for:
• Beef Cattle
• Swine
• Meat Goats
• Dairy Wethers
• Market Wethers
• Market Sheep
• Breeding Ewes
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
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)
Dance following Sheep Show
7:30 pm | Contra Dance Following Sheep Show
Saturday, July 18
8:00 am
8:00 am
10:00 am
10:00-11:00 am
10:00-11:00 am
10:00-11:00 am
11:00 am-Noon
11:00 am-Noon
Noon-1:00 pm
Noon-1:00 pm
1:00-2:00 pm
1:00-2:00 pm
2:00 pm
6:00 pm
Judging of Swine –Breeding Gilts, Showmanship, Market Swine
Judging of 4-H/FFA Rabbits
Check-in and Judging of 4-H/FFA Visual Arts
(Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
Check-in and Judging of 4-H/FFA Leathercraft
& Jewelry (Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
Check-in Open Class Leathercraft & Jewelry
(Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
Check-in Open Class Visual Arts
(Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
Sign-up for Barnyard Olympics in North Building
Cloverbuds “Show and Share”
Check-in and judging of 4-H/FFA Fiber Arts
(Judging begins per sign-up time in Fair Entry)
Check-in and Judging of Fiber Arts, Crochet,
Knitting & Quilts Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA)
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)
Check-in Open Class Building Blocks & Open
Class Rocketry (Judging to begin after 4-H/FFA Judging)
Judging of Bucket Calves (Bucket Calf Costume Class follows Bucket Calf Show)
Judging of Beef – Breeding, Showmanship, Market
Sunday, July 19
7:30 am
8:15 am
9:30 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Noon-4:00 pm
1:00-4:00 pm
1:00-4:00 pm
2:00-5:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
Pancake Breakfast Sponsored by
Butler County Farm Bureau and Mid-Kansas Co-Op
Church Service in the Livestock Arena
(No Livestock Activities during this time)
United Livestock Show
DEADLINE FOR MAKING ENTRIES FOR
THE PREMIUM AUCTION - Sign-up by Scale House or South end of Community Building
Check-in for Barnyard Olympics in Arena
Barnyard Olympics in Arena
Check-in Special Open Classes in Community Building
Judging Contests
• Horticulture Judging Contest
• FCS Consumer Skills
• Photography Judging Contest
Challenge of Champions
Sunday Fun Day Event
Trike Race (replace Pedal Pull)
Judging of Special Classes OC-1
Celebrity Goat Milking in Livestock Arena
Round Robin Showmanship Contest
Monday, July 20
7:00-7:30 am
7:30 am
10:00-11:00 am
1:00 pm
5:30-7:00 pm
6:00 pm
6:30 pm
7:00 pm
Check-in for Livestock Judging
Contest in Arena
Livestock Judging Contest
Set-up Arena for Premium Auction
(all 4-H & FFA Exhibitors)
4-H/FFA Presentations, Demonstrations,
Illustrated Talks, Project Talks and Poetry or Prose
“Friends of 4-H/FFA” Supper sponsored
by Commerce Bank & 4-H Council
Ice Cream Sponsored by Emprise Bank
Watermelon sponsored by Farm Credit
Parade of Champions (honoring all division Winners)
Awards Presentations
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: 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
6:00-8:30 am
6:00-8:30 am
Release static exhibits and remaining livestock
Clean-up Community Building & Fairgrounds
Removal of Campers
(unless weather conditions prevent removal)