Nevada County Fair
The Nevada County Fair is 5 days full of rides, exhibits, demonstrations, arts & crafts, animals, music and so much more. The fair runs from Wednesday, August 9th through Sunday, August 13th at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, gates open at 10am on Wednesday with activities and fun for the whole family. Check out the daily fair schedule, special contests, entertainment guide, Flying U Extreme Rodeo, Monster Truck and Demolition Derby. Entertainment this year includesOne Sharp Mind Debbie Wolfe & Halfmoon Highway Nevada County Concert Band, Chris Crockett, Nathan Owens Sounds of Motown and Mogollon, to name a few. New this year is the Stingray Encounter (next to the Special Events Tent), where Fair-goers can see and feed the stingrays. For another fun check out the beachcomber area (a 30×50 sandbox) in Magic Forest for kids. Or maybe you want to try one of the Special Events? This year’s contents include: Jell-O Eating Contest, Frozen Shirt Challenge (be the first to unthaw a frozen shirt and get it on) and a Bubble Gum Blowing Contest. There are lots of great local organizations selling food to help raise funds for their programs year round (last year Treat Street raised over $900,000 for local non profit organizations). With 31 different booths on Treat Street do you choose the same thing every year or mix it up? Did you know the Job’s Daughter Corn Dog booth sells between 15,000 – 19,000 corn dogs every year at the Fair? Or that Grass Valley Host Lions Club serves approximately 16,000 ears of corn over the course of the whole fair. If you’re worried about parking, don’t forget you can take the Gold Country Stage to the fair, click here for details and times. Many thanks to local photographer Lenkaland Photography for sharing some of her favorite fair photos with the InnSide Nevada City blog. While you can save time and buy your tickets online, post a comment here and one lucky InnSide Nevada City blog reader will win a giveaway including two admission tickets, a one day parking pass, and coupons for carnival rides. Winner will be announced on Friday, August 11th. *Edited to say the winner is Janet Petanovich.
© 2017 InnSide Nevada City, Photos by Erin Thiem and Lenkaland Photography
Can’t wait!
We look forward to the Fair every year. We have entered many things over the years ( arts and crafts, baked goods, produce, produce characters, poetry, Ag Mechanics projects, colections, and pigs through 4H and FFA). A great way to end the summer.
Love the fair! What a fun theme this year.
Awesome
Miss bay got two VIP ride passes like many other children who completed the summer reading program at the library. So excited to take her to enjoy the fair!
The fair is always a blast and I love working the corndog both as a jobs daughter! Looking forward to the theme this year! We should definitely have a water ride to go with the theme!
Looking forward to the fair this year with the grandkids!
Taking little one to her first year at the fair. So excited!
We can’t wait for the Fair and we would be so excited to win tickets for a weekend adventure.
I have never been to the Nevada County Fair before. A girlfriend and I are planning on coming up to visit your beautiful fair for the first time, on Saturday.
I am very disappointed with the California State Fair the past few years. It it has become is a huge corporate only money grab, in my eyes, losing sight on what a fair is supposed to be all about.
In the past couple of years, I have visited a few smaller fairs I’ve never been to before and enjoy them a lot more than the California State Fair or even the Sacramento County Fair. I know the Nevada County Fair will not disappoint and will be worth the drive out of the valley to enjoy the day 🙂
Good Luck Everyone!
I love the Nevada County Fair atmosphere and old home feeling. Love spending time with the family and making memories!!
Can’t wait to see all the photography submissions at the fair.
Pick us please! Kiddo looking forward to a great time and corn dogs
Been attending the fair every year since I was a child, and now taking my kids each year. We always have a blast.
One of my favorite fairs!
I always look forward to this time of year because of our fair! I’ve been to other county fairs and even a few state fairs and nothing beats Nevada County’s!
We always look so forward to the fair. Treat Street is the very first place we go, love the Nevada City Lions Tacos.
Can’t wait to take my kiddos so they can enjoy the fair as I did when I was little.
Great pics! I’ve been hoing to the fair for over 50 years and am looking forward to 50 more!
So excited for the fair this year! Corn dogs, monster trucks, animals, and so much more to look forward to.
Kids entered 18 items each! I can’t wait to see how they did!! Going to be harder this year though, first year without their dad…
Hoping my young friend who attends Nevada Union High School and is an honor student can go , he works very hard at football. And still makes time to help me out , can go to the Fair . He is a great young man
Love the Nevada County Fair!!
I can’t wait to see all the animals, exhibits, eat some amazing food and enjoy making memories with my kids.
My girls and I can’t wait! They’ve been talking about the fair for months 🙂
Being a past resident of Nevada County, it gives me the chance to come home for a bit. I have stayed at your establishment and absolutely love the Outside Inn.
Fair is my favorite time of year.. Love the Food, Exhibits , Animals.. Can’t Wait… 🙂
We LOVE the Nevada County Fair! Best.Fair.Ever!!!
Look forward to the fair every year!
So excited! I haven’t been in years and this year I get to bring my daughter to experience it for the first time!
great blog….thank you!
Such an amazing and beautiful Fair. Treat street has so much it’s hard to decide. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful fairgrounds year round. Can not wait.
Love the Nevada County Fair! It’s all about the people, whether you come from near or far for 5 fun-filled days we are all Family! You can find me at the Girl Scout Booth, come by and say, Hi!
I love going to the fair here. It is one of my favorite things to do in this town. This will be the second year taking my son’s and I hope when they get older they will enjoy it as much as I do.
There’s nothing like an old fashioned county fair for a relaxing fun time on a summer’s evening!!
This would be awesome to win! Would love to bring my family. Thanks for the chance.
Even though we are not a residents of Nevada county. This is the only fair we will take our family too. There is just this home feeling to this fair! There is no rifraff it’s just a fair where your can relax & enjoy a great time with great people, food, games & rides.
My family loves the fair. I most enjoy the plant exhibit and the art, woodworking and quilt exhibits. Beautiful ground too.
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Always look forward to going to the fair for over the past 30 years! Now I get to bring my daughter to enjoy the tradition!
My family loves the fair. I most enjoy the plant exhibit and the art, woodworking and quilt exhibits. Beautiful grounds too.
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Can’t wait for my Nevada County Fair!
Thanks for the chance to win. We haven’t been to the Nevada county fair before. I would love to take my kids 🙂
We look forward to this fair every year! I can’t wait to get a hotdog and enjoy all the vendors .
We cannot wait for the fair to start! This is the first year our son has entered some fruit and veggies. Fingers are crossed that he get a ribbon!
We are so so lucky .. having one of the prettiest fair venues around!! YEHHH.
Can’t wait to bring my 6 year old and 1 year old. It will be his first time and sissy and show him the ropes!
Thanks for the info about beachcombing and stingray feeding!
Yeah, what a great way to incorporate the Under the Sea theme!
Looking forward to the fair! I hope the weather stays a bit cooler than it was last week! I love checking out the exhibits and having lunch on Treat Street!
You can come say hi, I’ll be at the Taco Booth on Saturday mid day.
My kids insist that our family plans all summer activities and travel around being home and available for the entire fair. My daughter lives in Italy for school and the fair was one of the bbiggest draws for coming home this summer. Thanks fair for helping bring my girl home. I miss her!
Love that the heart pulls of the fair are felt from far far away.
My family and I love the fair, my daughter always has a good laugh-cry on at least one of the rides, it’s pretty funny. ❤
So excited for the Fair….best one around here for sure!
Thank you for all that you do!
Thank you, but man, the Fair is a huge community effort… I can hardly take any credit for that.
I love that there is a category for “Baking, Men Only”. My husband has entered twice! I like viewing all the category items, some of them are far out.
I love the fair! We bought tickets for Thursday but I need to go twice! I’m pregnant and need to eat all the food. That can’t be done on one trip!! Lol.
I love the fair! I haven’t been able to go for years due to my work schedule, and this is the first time in millenia that it’s worked out so I can be there. The sting rays are just cherries on the sundae for me!
We love taking the kids to the fair!
The Nevada County Fair is the best in the West! There is nothing else like this wonderful little escape. It makes me happy! Thanks for being so awesome Nevada County Fair!