SCHEDULE
A FAIR OF THE HEART
2023 JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIR & RODEO SCHEDULE
AUGUST 24-27, 2023
FREE admission to fairgrounds, $2 per car parking
Friday, August
Fair entry forms due at jeffersonmtfairrodeo.org
Kids’ Horse Show & Rodeo online entry forms due
Monday, August
4-9 pm In-County Rodeo call-in entries
4-9 pm Kids’ Horse Show & Rodeo call-in entries
Wednesday, August
3 – 6 pm – 4-H Check-in
4 pm – MBHA Barrel Race
6:30 pm – 4-H Indoor Project Judging and Interviews
Thursday, August
10 am – 4-H Hog Show
12 pm – 4-H Pocket Pet Show, Rabbit Show, Cat Show
4 pm – In-County Rodeo – FREE
6:30 pm – 4-H Lamb Show
5:30-6:30 pm –Arts, Crafts, Needlework entries received – Fair Headquarters
Friday, August
9 am –Kids’ Horse Show– Arena
10 am-2 pm –Arts, Crafts, Needlework entries received – Fair Headquarters
11 am – Kids’ Parade, Main Street – Prizes for All
12 pm – Kids’ Rodeo – Arena
3 pm – 4-H Cattel Show
4 pm – Fair Headquarters closed for judging
4-6 pm –Rabbit & Livestock entries received
5 pm – Jeff. County NRA Rodeo – $10 Adults, $5 Kids 7-11,6 & under FREE!
Saturday, August —Exhibits open from 11-4.
Food, displays, vendors, carousel, inflatable games
7:30-9:30 am –Floral, Foods, Garden entries received -Red Barn
8:30 -10:30 am – Breakfast by JHS Drama Club
10 am – StoryWalk by Boulder Community Library (open Saturday & Sunday)
10:30 am – Red Barn & Vol. Hall closed for judging
11 am– Livestock judging, exhibitors must be present.
11 am – Line up for parade starts, Main Street
12:45-2:45 pm– Music—Nightcrawlers live at Gazebo
Saturday, August
Food, displays, vendors, carousel, inflatable games.
12 pm- Rodeo Parade – Main Street
1:30 pm– Cirque High Flying Acrobats
1- 2 pm – 4-H livestock buyers pick up bid numbers
2 – 4 pm – Pocketpets, Livestock Barn
2:00 pm – 4-H Livestock Sale
2:30 pm – 4-H Livestock Sale – or immediately following 4-H Livestock sale- Baked goods auction, fair benefit – Red Barn
3 pm – Cirque High Flying Acrobats
3:30-5:30 pm –Lance Handyside live at Gazebo
3:30 pm – Cirque High Flying Acrobats
3-6 pm – Beef BBQ by JHS Music Dept., music by Rich Matoon & his One-Man Band – White Barn
5 pm – Jeff. County NRA Rodeo – $10 Adults, $5 Kids 7-11,6 & under FREE!
6 pm – Cirque High Flying Acrobats
8 pm–Real Barn Dance –Longhorn Band, $2-White Barn
Sunday, August —Exhibits open from 10-2.
Food, displays, vendors, carousel, inflatable games, FREE kids’ activities.
7-10 am – Breakfast, Boulder River Carousel, Rodeo Concession Stand
10 am – Rodeo slack – Arena
10 am – Cirque High Flying Acrobats
10:15-10:45 am – Stick Horse Rodeo entries received
11 am – Kids’ Stick Horse Rodeo – Playground
Noon –Kids’ Hunt in the Hay
12:30 pm —Toni Person Puppets – Red Barn
12- 3 pm – John Montoya – live at Gazebo
1 pm – Cirque High Flying Acrobats
2:30 pm – Cirque High Flying Acrobats
2-3 pm – Exhibits released, premiums picked up – Fair Headquarters
For More information:
- Fair: 406-225-4039
- Facebook: A Fair of the Heart
- Rodeo, Wrangler Roundup: 406- 531-4581
- Facebook: Jefferson County Rodeo Association
- Kids’ Horse Show & Rodeo: 406-439-0452
- Rodeo Parade: 406-461-1482
- Kids’ Parade: 406-459-0704