2024 KOOCHICHING COUNTY FAIR Schedule of Events

**Friday, August 9, 2024**

  • 9 AM - Free Rummage Sale space available on Fairgrounds for the day.  Contact Don Lukenill at 218-897-5980.  (Please remove all items and trash when you are done with your sale.)
  • 9AM-7PM MAIN OFFICE WILL BE OPEN - Booth Set Up in Main Exhibit Building
  • 11 AM - 1 PM - NORTHERN STAR CO-OP Customer Appreciation Lunch, FREE!!
  • **FREE DESSERT- following lunch, compliments of NORTHLAND PROGRESSIVE INC.
  • 4 - 8 PM - Youth Food Booth opens
  • 4:30 - 6 PM - Veggie Creature Creation Class, *Entry required for the Veggie Creature Contest
  • 5 PM - American Legion Dignified Flag Burning Ceremony
  • 5 PM -  Let's Talk Gardening - at the Garden Park
  • 5-6:30 PM - Spaghetti Dinner by the Mustang Girl's Basketball Team
  • 5 - 7 PM - Entry for ALL open class entries
  • 7 PM - VARIETY SHOW! at the Grandstand - "Ole" Olson MC- Contact Olson's 218-766-5693
  • 8:00 PM -1:00 AM - FIREMAN'S DANCE in Northome at the Fire Barn!

**Saturday, August 10, 2024**

  • 7-11 AM - Breakfast at the Legion Stand
  • 8 AM - Scenic Sinkhole Scramble Registration or (contact Mike Lorenzen 218-897-5065)
  • 8 AM - Youth Food Booth open's
  • 8-11 AM - Entry time for ALL open class entries 
  • 9 AM - 42nd ANNUAL SCENIC SINKHOLE SCRAMBLE BEGINS!
  • 11 AM - Scenic Sinkhole Scramble Awards
  • 11:30 AM - Judging begins for ALL open class entries
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM- MAIN EXHIBIT BUILDING AND FARM MUSEUM - CLOSED FOR JUDGING
  • NOON -  In NORTHOME - PARADE WILL BEGIN on Main Street
  • ANTIQUE CAR SHOW FOLLOWING PARADE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
  • 1-7 PM - Party House Rides & Amusements for Kids - SOCKS are required.
  • 2 PM - BINGOrun by the Koochiching County Fair Board
  • 2-3  PM -Blacksmith Demonstrations in Farm Museum
  • 2-4 PM Headwaters Science Center at the Grand Stand
  • 2-5 PM - LIVE MUSIC (under the tent) by Highway 71 Band
  • 2 PM Fireman's Bean Bag Tournament by the Beer Garden (ages 21 and up) - Sign up on the Northome Fire Departments Facebook Page
  • 3 PM - Antique Tractor Demonstration by Jan Maggert
  • 3 PM - Youth Bean Bag Toss Tournament (Text Jamie  at 218-368-3743)
  • 5-6:30 PM - Scalloped Potato/Ham Dinner at the Fairgrounds - Hope & Bethesda Church Youth Group
  • 5 PM - Let's Talk Gardening - in the Garden Park
  • 7-9 PM - GRANDSTAND SHOW featuring LIVE MUSIC by The Snowmen
  • DUSK - FIREWORK DISPLAY!! (weather permitting)
 
**Sunday, August 11, 2024**

  • 7 - 11 AM - Breakfast at the Legion Stand
  • 9 AM - Community Church Service at the Grand Stand
  • 9 AM - Youth Food Booth Opens
  • 11 AM - BINGO begins
  • 11 AM - KIDDIE RACES begin!
  • 11 AM -  Bocce Ball Tournament -  contact Angel Stradtmann - call or text 612-554-7350
  • 12 Noon - COUNTRY MUSIC JAM under the tent - All are Welcome!
  • 12:30 PM OLSON'S KID'S TRACTOR PULL (at fairgrounds)
  • 2:30 PM -  Antique Tractor Demonstration by Jan Maggert
  • 3 PM - CATTLEMEN"S ASSOC. MEAT RAFFLE DRAWING in Exhibit Building $2 per ticket - sold @ Fair Office during the fair.
  • 2024 KOOCHICHING COUNTY FAIR BUTTONS;  will be sold ($2 ea.) at: Northome Merchants (before Fair) and Fair Office (during Fair)***Drawings for Button Prizes will begin  Saturday AFTERNOON***   
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