Week-long events

Tuesday through Saturday
  • FFA Children's Barnyard
  • Mitchell Marionettes (located by the FFA Barnyard, 3x per day)
    • Presented from the stage of the Mitchell’s custom-made 1911 Reo Circus Wagon, “Haybale Hullabaloo” uses the appeal of the American circus to introduce farming in a fun new way. From zany puppet acts that are pure circus to others that are more agricultural, the show mixes laughter and learning. A puppet-making workshop based on those characters will also be held where children and their parents will are invited to make and color their own paper-bag hand puppet of their choice. For more information, click here.  ​​
Wednesday through Saturday
  • Wild Things Zoo Attraction 
  • Kid's Activities hosted by the Goodhue Co. Historical Society (schoolhouse, Noon to 8 p.m.)
    • ​Visit the Schoolhouse and see if you are smarter than a 1940s 8th grader!  This family-friendly game that combines “Jeopardy!” and “Are You Smarter Than a 8th Grader” will test if you can pass all 5 subjects and get to the top of the class.  Participants will answer questions taken from actual 1940s middle school tests as they try to score enough points to pass each subject and graduate. Activity sheets and coloring pages from the 1940s & 50s will also be available for visitors! 

Daily events

 Tuesday, August 8 - Entry Day
  • 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Open class exhibit entry

Wednesday, August 9 - Day Care Day
  • 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Riverland Community College Grain Marketing and Lenders Panel (4-H tent)
  • 9 a.m. to Noon - Special activities for registered day cares       
  • 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Ms Jazee, balloonologist                                                                           
  • 9:30 a.m. - Junior Holstein Association show (outside dairy barn)
  • 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. - Are you smarter than a 1940s 8th grader? Game Show (schoolhouse)
  • 6 p.m. - Dave Carpenter & Friends (beer garden)
  • 6:30 p.m. - Adult chocolate baked desert contest, courtesy of Hub Food Center of Zumbrota (entertainment tent)
  • Various times - How to create whirligigs and play the game "graces" (schoolhouse) 

Thursday, August 10 - Family Day
  • 10 a.m. - Goodhue County commissioners meeting (entertainment tent)
  • 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. - Are you smarter than a 1940s 8th grader? Game Show (schoolhouse)
  • 4 to 6 p.m. - Kite building workshop with the Minnesota Kite Society (schoolhouse)
  • 4:30 p.m. - Fruit pie contest, courtesy of Bridget's Café of Zumbrota (beer garden)
  • 6:30 p.m. - Book talk: Patriot Hearts: WWI Passion & Prejudice in a Minnesota County (schoolhouse)
  • 7 p.m.- Zumbrota Dance Studio performance (entertainment tent)
  • ​7:30 p.m. - Farm Bureau Century Farm presentation (entertainment tent)
  • TBD - Pioneer Photography with Doug Oman (entertainment tent)

Friday, August 11 - Senior Citizens Day
  • 1:30 p.m. - Goodhue County ADA coffee cake, quick cake and cheese cake contest (beer garden)
  • 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. - Are you smarter than a 1940s 8th grader? Game Show (schoolhouse)
  • 3 to 5:30 p.m. - Traditional handmade soap demonstration (schoolhouse)
  • 5 p.m. - Ray Sands Band (beer garden)
  • 6 p.m. - Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders appearance (roaming the fairgrounds)
  • 6 to 7 p.m. - History of the wheat trail and flour milling in Goodhue County (schoolhouse)
  • 6:30 p.m. - Goodhue County Outstanding Senior Volunteer Award, courtesy of the Goodhue County Banker's Association (entertainment tent)
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Saturday, August 12 - Dairy Day with Princess Kay of the Milky Way: Haley Hinrichs of Goodhue, Minn.​
  • 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. - Magic milk painting (schoolhouse)
  • 1 to 5 p.m. - Goodhue County Dairy Farming history display, kids activities, Dairy Princess for a Day, past Goodhue County Dairy Princesses and attendants reunion, dairy food sampling and more (entertainment tent)
  • 2 p.m. - Throw together your own butter (schoolhouse)
  • 3 p.m. - Princess Kay presentation, little dairy princesses, introduction of past Goodhue County Dairy Princesses and attendants (entertainment tent)
  • 4:30 p.m. Throw together your own butter (schoolhouse)
  • TBD - Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders Appearance (TBD)

Sunday, August 13 - Entry Pick Up Day
All events are subject to change.