10 DAYS OF SUMMER FUN!
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JULY 22
JULY 23
JULY 24
JULY 25
JULY 26
JULY 27
JULY 22
- 7:30 AM FFA Livestock Judging
- 9:00 AM Gates Open – Food Lion Hunger Relief Day / Seniors Day
- 9:00 AM 4-H / FFA Building Opens
- 9:00 AM Dover Building Exhibits Open
- 9:00 AM First Aid Station Opens
- 9:00 AM 4-H Livestock Judging
- 9:00 AM Saddle Horse Performance
- 9:30 AM Berry Delicious Competition
- 10:00 AM Poultry Show
- 10:00 AM DDA Commodities Building Opens
- 10:00 AM General 4-H Demonstrations
- 10:00 AM FFA Agricultural Issues Learning Development Event
- 11:00 AM Delmarva Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
- 11:00 AM Marketplace Tent Opens
- 11:00 AM Machinery Lot Opens
- 11:00 AM The Menagerie-A Zoo Experience Opens
- 12:00 PM DNREC Building Opens
- 12:00 PM DE Building presented by the University of Delaware Opens
- 12:00 PM The Roost Opens
- 12:30 PM State 4-H Archery Contest Purple Lot
- 1:00 PM Wade Shows Carnival Opens
- 2:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 2:00 PM Delaware Grown Cooking Demonstration
- 2:00 PM Trevor & Lorena Barrel O’ Fun *
- 2:30 PM Chicken Rider *
- 2:30 PM Robot Rangers *
- 3:00 PM Junior & Open Breed Hog Show
- 3:00 PM Ice Cream Making Contest
- 3:00 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 3:00 PM The Fritters *
- 3:00 PM Mythic Creatures *
- 3:00 PM The Waysiders
- 4:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 5:00 PM Culinary Department Cooking Demonstration
- 5:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 5:30 PM 47 ABC Live Broadcast
- 5:30 PM Men’s 40 ft. Horseshoe Pitching Contest
- 6:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 6:30 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 6:30 PM 47 ABC Family Feud Game
- 7:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 7:00 PM Delaware State Fair Parade
- 7:30 PM Cooper Alan with Thomas Mac
- 7:30 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 8:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 8:30 PM Circus Hollywood
- 9:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
*Roaming acts can be found 4 – 5 times a day
around the grounds after stated start time.*
JULY 23
- 7:50 AM FFA Dairy Judge & Handling Competition
- 8:00 AM Beef Cattle Show
- 8:30 AM FFA Agronomy Career Development Event
- 9:00 AM Gates Open – Kids’ Day Presented by The Office of the State Treasurer
- 9:00 AM Kids’ Fair
- 9:00 AM 4-H Dairy Judging
- 9:00 AM Kids Using Cake Mix Competition
- 9:00 AM Sheep Showmanship & Market Show
- 9:00 AM 4-H / FFA Building Opens
- 9:00 AM Dover Building Exhibits Open
- 9:00 AM First Aid Station Opens
- 9:00 AM DNREC Building Opens
- 10:00 AM DDA Commodities Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Delmarva Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
- 11:00 AM Marketplace Tent Opens
- 11:00 AM Machinery Lot Opens
- 11:00 AM The Menagerie-A Zoo Experience Opens
- 11:00 AM Delaware Electric Co-op Safety Demonstration
- 12:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 12:00 PM DE Building presented by the University of Delaware Opens
- 12:00 PM The Roost Opens
- 1:00 PM Wade Shows Carnival Opens
- 1:00 PM Delaware Electric Co-op Safety Demonstration
- 1:00 PM Delaware State Championship Youth Pedal Tractor Pull
- 2:00 PM The Bridge Booth
- 2:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 2:00 PM Delaware Grown Cooking Demonstration
- 2:00 PM Trevor & Lorena Barrel O’ Fun *
- 2:30 PM Chicken Rider *
- 2:30 PM Robot Rangers *
- 3:00 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 3:00 PM The Fritters *
- 3:00 PM Mythic Creatures *
- 3:00 PM DJ’s Big Backyard Live
- 3:00 PM Rock the Country
- 4:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 5:00 PM Culinary Department Cooking Demonstration
- 5:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 5:00 PM Character Meet & Greet
- 5:30 PM 47 ABC Live Broadcast
- 5:30 PM Men’s 40 ft. Horseshoe Pitching Contest
- 6:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 6:30 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 6:30 PM 47 ABC Family Feud Game
- 7:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 7:00 PM Livestock Extravaganza
- 7:00 PM Delaware State Fair Parade
- 7:30 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 7:30 PM We the Kingdom with Consumed by Fire
- 8:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 8:30 PM Circus Hollywood
- 9:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
*Roaming acts can be found 4 – 5 times a day
around the grounds after stated start time.*
JULY 24
- 8:00 AM FFA Horse Judging
- 9:00 AM Gates Open – Armed Forces Day
- 9:00 AM 4-H Horse Judging
- 9:00 AM Breed Sheep Show
- 9:00 AM 4-H / FFA Building Opens
- 9:00 AM Dover Building Exhibits Open
- 9:00 AM First Aid Station Opens
- 9:30 AM Peach Recipe Competition EH Board Room
- 10:00 AM DDA Commodities Building Opens
- 10:00 AM 4-H Demonstration Contest: Plant & Environmental Sciences
- 11:00 AM Delmarva Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
- 11:00 AM Marketplace Tent Opens
- 11:00 AM Machinery Lot Opens
- 11:00 AM The Menagerie-A Zoo Experience Opens
- 11:30 AM FFA Safe Tractor and Equipment Driving
- 12:00 PM DNREC Building Opens
- 12:00 PM DE Building presented by the University of Delaware Opens
- 12:00 PM The Roost Opens
- 1:00 PM Wade Shows Carnival Opens
- 2:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 2:00 PM Delaware Grown Cooking Demonstration
- 2:00 PM Trevor & Lorena Barrel O’ Fun *
- 2:30 PM Chicken Rider *
- 2:30 PM Robot Rangers *
- 3:00 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 3:00 PM The Fritters *
- 3:00 PM Mythic Creatures *
- 3:00 PM Reagan Kent
- 4:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 5:00 PM Culinary Department Cooking Demonstration
- 5:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 5:30 PM 47 ABC Live Broadcast
- 6:00 PM Open Dairy Cattle Show
- 6:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 6:30 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 6:30 PM 47 ABC Family Feud Game
- 7:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 7:00 PM Delaware State Fair Parade
- 7:30 PM Brantley Gilbert with Mike Ryan
- 7:30 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 8:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 8:30 PM Circus Hollywood
- 9:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 10:00 PM Fireworks Presented by M&T Bank
*Roaming acts can be found 4 – 5 times a day
around the grounds after stated start time.*
around the grounds after stated start time.*
JULY 25
- 8:00 AM Dairy Goat Show
- 9:00 AM Gates Open – Governor’s Day Presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield / Seniors Day
- 9:00 AM FFA Games
- 9:00 AM Pony & Miniature Horse Show
- 9:00 AM 4-H / FFA Building Opens
- 9:00 AM Dover Building Exhibits Open
- 9:00 AM First Aid Station Opens
- 9:30 AM Creative Cooking for Kids Competition
- 10:00 AM DDA Commodities Building Opens
- 10:00 AM 4-H Demonstration Contest: Family & Consumer Sciences
- 11:00 AM Delmarva Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
- 11:00 AM Marketplace Tent Opens
- 11:00 AM Machinery Lot Opens
- 11:00 AM The Menagerie-A Zoo Experience Opens
- 12:00 PM DNREC Building Opens
- 12:00 PM DE Building Presented by the University of Delaware Opens
- 12:00 PM The Roost Opens
- 1:00 PM Wade Shows Carnival Opens
- 1:00 PM DNREC Awards
- 2:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 2:00 PM Delaware Grown Cooking Demonstration
- 2:00 PM Trevor & Lorena Barrel O’ Fun *
- 2:30 PM Chicken Rider *
- 2:30 PM Robot Rangers *
- 3:00 PM Pig Kissing Contest
- 3:00 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 3:00 PM The Fritters *
- 3:00 PM Mythic Creatures *
- 3:00 PM Taylor Wallace
- 4:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 4:15 PM Governor’s Day Presentation Presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
- 5:00 PM Culinary Department Cooking Demonstration
- 5:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 5:30 PM 47 ABC Live Broadcast
- 5:30 PM Men’s 40 ft. Horseshoe Pitching Contest
- 6:00 PM Delaware Electric Co-op Safety Demonstration
- 6:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 6:30 PM Junior Livestock Auction
- 6:30 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 6:30 PM 47 ABC Family Feud Game
- 7:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 7:00 PM Harness Racing
- 7:00 PM Delaware State Fair Parade
- 7:30 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 8:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 8:00 PM Delaware Electric Co-op Safety Demonstration
- 8:30 PM Circus Hollywood
- 9:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
*Roaming acts can be found 4 – 5 times a day
around the grounds after stated start time.*
JULY 26
- 8:00 AM Pygmy Goat Show
- 9:00 AM Gates Open – Coastal Bath Day
- 9:00 AM State 4-H Horse & Pony Show
- 9:00 AM 4-H / FFA Building Opens
- 9:00 AM Dover Building Exhibits Open
- 9:00 AM First Aid Station Opens
- 9:30 AM Friday Pie Day Competition
- 10:00 AM DDA Commodities Building Opens
- 10:00 AM 4-H Demonstration Contest: Animal Science Category
- 11:00 AM Delmarva Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
- 11:00 AM Marketplace Tent Opens
- 11:00 AM Machinery Lot Opens
- 11:00 AM The Menagerie-A Zoo Experience Opens
- 12:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 12:00 PM DNREC Building Opens
- 12:00 PM DE Building presented by the University of Delaware Opens
- 12:00 PM The Roost Opens
- 12:00 PM Youth Poultry Showmanship
- 1:00 PM Wade Shows Carnival Opens
- 2:00 PM Honey Extraction
- 2:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 2:00 PM Delaware Grown Cooking Demonstration
- 2:00 PM Trevor & Lorena Barrel O’ Fun *
- 2:30 PM Chicken Rider *
- 2:30 PM Robot Rangers *
- 3:00 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 3:00 PM The Fritters *
- 3:00 PM Mythic Creatures *
- 3:00 PM Brody Keen
- 4:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 5:00 PM Culinary Department Cooking Demonstration
- 5:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 5:30 PM 47 ABC Live Broadcast
- 5:30 PM Men’s 40 ft. Horseshoe Pitching Contest
- 6:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 6:30 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 6:30 PM 47 ABC Family Feud Game
- 7:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 7:00 PM Demolition Derby Presented by Taylor & Messick
- 7:00 PM Delaware State Fair Parade
- 7:30 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 8:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 8:00 PM Pretty Animal Contest
- 8:30 PM Circus Hollywood
- 9:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
*Roaming acts can be found 4 – 5 times a day
around the grounds after stated start time.*
JULY 27
- 9:00 AM Gates Open
- 9:00 AM 4-H / FFA Building Opens
- 9:00 AM Dover Building Exhibits Open
- 9:00 AM First Aid Station Opens
- 9:00 AM 4-H Tractor Driving Contest
- 9:00 AM Women & Youth Horseshoe Pitching Contest
- 9:00 AM Antique Tractor Pull
- 9:30 AM Chocolate Temptation Competition
- 10:00 AM DDA Commodities Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Delmarva Building Opens
- 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
- 11:00 AM Marketplace Tent Opens
- 11:00 AM Machinery Lot Opens
- 11:00 AM The Menagerie-A Zoo Experience Opens
- 12:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 12:00 PM DNREC Building Opens
- 12:00 PM DE Building presented by the University of Delaware Opens
- 12:00 PM The Roost Opens
- 1:00 PM State 4-H Avian Bowl Contest
- 1:00 PM Horseshoe Pitching Championship
- 1:00 PM Wade Shows Carnival Opens
- 2:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 2:00 PM Delaware Grown Cooking Demonstration
- 2:00 PM Trevor & Lorena Barrel O’ Fun *
- 2:30 PM Chicken Rider *
- 2:30 PM Robot Rangers *
- 3:00 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 3:00 PM The Fritters *
- 3:00 PM Mythic Creatures *
- 3:00 PM The Waysiders
- 4:00 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 4:00 PM Nanticoke Indian Dance Troop
- 5:00 PM 4-H Awards Ceremony
- 5:00 PM Culinary Department Cooking Demonstration
- 5:00 PM Circus Hollywood
- 6:00 PM 47 ABC Live Broadcast
- 6:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 6:00 PM Delaware Electric Co-op Safety Demonstration
- 6:30 PM Wild About Animals Show
- 6:30 PM 47 ABC Family Feud Game
- 7:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 7:00 PM Delaware State Fair Parade
- 7:00 PM Turnpike Troubadours with Tyler Halverson & Quade Gannon
- 7:30 PM Hollywood Racing Pigs
- 8:00 PM Kelsey Rae and 2B1
- 8:30 PM Circus Hollywood
- 9:00 PM Jess Kellie Adams
- 10:00 PM Fireworks Presented by M&T Bank
*Roaming acts can be found 4 – 5 times a day
around the grounds after stated start time.*