Join us for the North Carolina Mountain State Fair 2023!

Schedule of Events:

September 8, 2023:

9:00 p.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Expo Building, Boone Building & Chevrolet Davis Building Open
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D
Poultry - 1st Show: Standard, Commercial Egg Layers & Guinea - Ag Ventures Tent

10:00 a.m: Midway Rides Open

12:00 p.m: Grand Opening Ceremonies - Heritage Stage

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6pm: Andy Buckner & Whitlee Buckner
6:45 & 8:45pm: Bailey Mountain Clogging Team
7pm: Tri-Country Bluegrass
8pm: Jonah Riddle & Carolina Express

7:00 p.m: Tomato Growers Cooking Contest - Chevy Davis Center

7:30 p.m: Clogging Competitions - Got to Be NC Stage

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

12:00 a.m: Midway Ride Close

September 9, 2023:

9:00 a.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Expo Building, Boone Building & Chevrolet Davis Building Open
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D
Dairy Goat Showmanship & Youth Dairy Goat Jr&Sr Doe Show - Sales Arena
Open Dairy Goat Jr Doe Show - Sales Arena
Youth Rabbit Showmanship - Farm Bureau McGough Arena

10:00 a.m:

Midway Rides Open
Clogging Competition - Got to Be NC Stage
Youth Rabbit Show - Farm Bureau McGough Arena

11:00 a.m: Aquaculture Cooking Contest - Chevy Davis Event Center

3:00 p.m: Junior Doe Show - Sales Arena

4:00 p.m:

Junior Beef Cattle Showmanship - Farm Bureau McGough Arena
Junior Meat Breed Sheep Showmanship - F Barn

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6:00pm: Hill Country
6:40pm: Mountain Tradition Cloggers
6:50pm: Bobby Miller & Friends
7:30pm: Southern Appalachian Cloggers
7:40pm: Mountain Tradition Cloggers
7:50pm: The Waymasters
8:50pm: Southern Appalachian Cloggers

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

12:00 a.m: Midway Rides Close

September 10, 2023:

9:00 a.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Expo Building, Boone Building & Chevrolet Davis Building Open
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D
Open Dairy Goat Sr Doe Show - Sales Arena

10:00 a.m:

Midway Rides Open
Jr. Market Lamb & Jr Meat Breed Ewe Show - F Barn
Jr Beef Cattle Show: Feeder, Steer, Heifer & WNC District Shows - McGough Covered Arena

2:00 p.m: Mountain Music (HERITAGE STAGE)

2:00pm: The Lewis Brothers Jam
4:00pm: Appalachian Consort
5:00pm: Doghouse
6:00pm: Unspoken Tradition

3:00 p.m: Beef Cooking Contest (Chevrolet / Davis Event Center)

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

11:00 p.m: Midway Rides Close

September 11, 2023:

3:00 p.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Competitive Exhibits Open - Expo Building
Heritage Crafters Demonstrations - Boone Building
Commercial Buildings Open - Chevrolet Davis Building
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D

4:00 p.m: Midway Rides Open

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6:00pm: Whitewater Bluegrass
7:00pm: Mountain Thunder
7:15pm: Ken Chappie & Another Country
8:00pm: Mountain Thunder
8:20pm: Hendersonville JAM Kids

7:00 p.m: Pork Cooking Contest (Chevrolet / Davis Event Center)

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

11:00 p.m: Midway Ride Close

September 12, 2023:

3:00 p.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Competitive Exhibits Open - Expo Building
Heritage Crafters Demonstrations - Boone Building
Commercial Buildings Open - Chevrolet Davis Building
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D

4:00 p.m: Midway Rides Open

5:00 p.m: Youth Lama Show - F Barn

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6:00pm: Peg Twisters
6:45pm: Sons of Ralph
7:45pm: Saylor Brothers
8:20pm: Front Porch Pickers

7:00 p.m: Egg Cooking Contest (Chevrolet / Davis Event Center)

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

11:00 p.m: Midway Ride Close

September 13, 2023:

3:00 p.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Competitive Exhibits Open - Expo Building
Heritage Crafters Demonstrations - Boone Building
Commercial Buildings Open - Chevrolet Davis Building
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D

4:00 p.m: Midway Rides Open

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6:00pm: The Clydes
6:45pm: Blue Ridge Heritage Cloggers
7:00pm: Southern Connection Cloggers
7:15pm: Brooke & Eva
8:00pm: Blue Ridge Heritage Cloggers
8:15pm: For Him
8:45pm: Southern Connection Cloggers

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

11:00 p.m: Midway Ride Close

September 14, 2023:

3:00 p.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Competitive Exhibits Open - Expo Building
Heritage Crafters Demonstrations - Boone Building
Commercial Buildings Open - Chevrolet Davis Building
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D
Poultry 2nd Show: Bantam, Ducks, Geese - Ag Ventures Tent

4:00 p.m: Midway Rides Open

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6:00pm: Carol Rifkin & Friends
6:45pm: Green Valley Cloggers
7:00pm: Nobody's Darling String Band
7:45pm: Mark Schimick & Sam Wharton
8:45pm: Green Valley Cloggers

7:00 p.m: Blueberry Cooking Contest (Chevrolet / Davis Event Center)

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

11:00 p.m: Midway Ride Close

September 15, 2023:

9:00 a.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Competitive Exhibits Open - Expo Building
Heritage Crafters Demonstrations - Boone Building
Commercial Buildings Open - Chevrolet Davis Building
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D

10:00 a.m: Midway Rides Open

4:00 p.m: Junior Swine Show - F Barn

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6:00pm: Hilltop Mountain Harmony
6:45pm; The Muley Holler Gang
7:30pm: Letters To Abigail
8:15pm: Lynn Goldsmith & The Jeter Mountain Band

7:00 p.m: Dairy Producers Cooking Contest (Chevrolet / Davis Event Center)

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

11:00 p.m: Midway Ride Close

September 16, 2023:

9:00 a.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Competitive Exhibits Open - Expo Building
Heritage Crafters Demonstrations - Boone Building
Commercial Buildings Open - Chevrolet Davis Building
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D
Gospel Singing Competition - Got to Be NC Tent
Wool Breed Sheep Fleece Show - Sales Arena

10:00 a.m:

Midway Rides Open
Open Dairy Cattle Show - McGough Covered Arena

11:00 a.m: Apple Cooking Contest (Chevrolet / Davis Event Center)

Livestock:

10:30 am: Youth Poultry Showmanship - Sales Arena
12 pm: Youth Laying Hen Show - Sales Arena
1 pm: Junior Wool Breed Show - Sales Arena
1:30 pm: Very Special Livestock Show - F Barn
4 pm: Junior Meat Goat Showmanship - F Barn

6:00 p.m: Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

6:00pm: Hickory Hollow
6:45pm: Appalachian Mountaineer Cloggers
7:00pm: Dixie Darlin' Cloggers
7:15pm: Byrds & Crows
8:00pm: Appalachian Mountaineer Cloggers
8:15pm: Tim McWilliams
8:45pm: Dixie Darllin' Cloggers

10:00 p.m: Buildings Close & Display Livestock Close

11:00 p.m: Midway Ride Close

September 17, 2023:

9:00 a.m:

Gates & Buildings Open
Competitive Exhibits Open - Expo Building
Heritage Crafters Demonstrations - Boone Building
Commercial Buildings Open - Chevrolet Davis Building
Display Livestock - Barns B,C & D
Open Dairy Cattle Show, Open Jr Dairy Cattle Show & WNC Show District - McGough Covered Arena
Open Wool Breed Sheep Show - Sales Arena

10:00 a.m:

Midway Rides Open
Junior Meat Goat Show - F Barn

2:00 p.m:

Youth Poultry Egg Show

Mountain Music - Heritage Stage

2:00pm: The Lewis Brothers Jam
4:00pm: Cole Mountain Cloggers
4:15pm: Newfound Gap
5:00pm: Split Rail
5:45pm: Cole Mountain Cloggers
6:00pm: Little Roy & Lizzie

3:00 p.m: Sweetpotato Cooking Contest (Chevrolet / Davis Event Center)

9:00 p.m: Fair Closes for 2023 - See you next year!

Entertainment Schedule:

Agricadabra (Brad Matchett):

September 8: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 p.m.
September 9: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 10: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 11: 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 12: 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 13: 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 14: 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 15: 3:00, 5:00 p.m.
September 16: 3:00, 5:00 p.m.
September 17: 3:00, 5:00 p.m.

Brad Matchett, Comedy Hypnotist:

September 9: 9:00 p.m.
September 10: 9:00 p.m.
September 11: 9:00 p.m.
September 12: 9:00 p.m.
September 13: 9:00 p.m.
September 14: 9:00 p.m.
September 15: 7:00, 9:00 p.m.
September 16: 7:00, 9:00 p.m.
September 17: 7:00 p.m.

AgSouth Farm Credit Mountain Music Festival:

September 8: 6:00 p.m.
September 9: 6:00 p.m.
September 10: 2:00 p.m.
September 11: 6:00 p.m.
September 12: 6:00 p.m.
September 13: 6:00 p.m.
September 14: 6:00 p.m.
September 15: 6:00 p.m.
September 16: 6:00 p.m.
September 17: 2:00 p.m.

Chainsaw Artist Joey Rowe:

September 8: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 9: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 10: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 11: 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 12: 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 13: 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 14: 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 15: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 16: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 17: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 p.m.

Chase's Racing Swimming Pigs:

September 8: 11:00am, 2:00p.m., 5:00p.m.
September 9: 11:00am, 2:00p.m., 5:00p.m.
September 10: 11:00am, 2:00p.m., 5:00p.m.
September 11: 4:00, 5:30, 8:00p.m.
September 12: 4:00, 5:30, 8:00p.m.
September 13: 4:00, 5:30, 8:00p.m.
September 14: 4:00, 5:30, 8:00p.m.
September 15: 11:00am, 2:00p.m., 5:00p.m.
September 16: 1100am, 2:00p.m., 5:00p.m.
September 17: 1100am, 2:00p.m., 5:00p.m.

Character Meet:

September 8: 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 9: 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 10: 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 11: 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 12: 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 13: 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 14: 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 15: 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 16: 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.
September 17: 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00p.m.

Endora Farms:

Exotic Animals
Pony Rides
Camel Rides
Parakeet Adventures

Fri, Sat, Sun: 9:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m.
Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur: 3:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m.

Extreme Illusions & Escapes:

September 10: 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 p.m.
September 11: 6:00, 8:00 p.m.
September 12: 6:00, 8:00 p.m.
September 13: 6:00, 8:00 p.m.
September 14: 6:00, 8:00 p.m.
September 15: 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 p.m.
September 16: 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 p.m.
September 17: 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 p.m.

Got to be NC Cooking Stage Cooking Demos:

September 9: 1:00, 3:00 p.m.
September 10: 1:00, 3:00 p.m.
September 11: 1:00, 3:00 p.m.
September 12: 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 13: 5:00, 7:00 p.m.
September 14: 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 15: 4:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 16: 1:00, 3:00 p.m.
September 17: 1:00, 3:00 p.m.

Leon Jacobs on the Piano:

September 8: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 9: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 10: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 11: 9:15 p.m.
September 12: 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 13: 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 14: 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 15: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 16: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 p.m.
September 17: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:30 p.m.

Mobile Dairy Classroom:

September 8: 11:00 am, 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 5:30 p.m.
September 9: 11:00 am, 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 5:30 p.m.
September 10: 11:00 am, 2:00, 3:30, 5:30 p.m.
September 11: 3:30, 5:30 p.m.
September 12: 3:30, 5:30 p.m.
September 13: 3:30, 5:30 p.m.
September 14: 3:30, 5:30 p.m.

Mythic Creatures Strolling Act:

September 8: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00p.m.
September 9: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00p.m.
September 10: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00p.m.
September 11: 4:30, 6:00, 7:30p.m.
September 12: 4:30, 6:00, 7:30p.m.
September 13: 4:30, 6:00, 7:30p.m.
September 14: 4:30, 6:00, 7:30p.m.
September 15: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00p.m.
September 16: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00p.m.
September 17: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00p.m.

Sea Lion Splash:

September 8: 1:00, 6:00p.m.
September 9: 1:00, 3:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 10: 1:00, 3:00, 6:00 p.m.
September 11: 6:30, 8:45 p.m.
September 12: 6:30, 8:45 p.m.
September 13: 6:30, 8:45 p.m.
September 14: 6:30, 8:45 p.m.
September 15: 1:00, 6:00p.m.
September 16: 1:00, 3:00, 6:00p.m.
September 17: 1:00, 3:00, 6:00p.m.

The Human Cannon Ball! David "The Bullet" Smith:

September 8: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 9: 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 10: 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 11: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 12: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 13: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 14: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 15: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 16: 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
September 17: 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.

Dates: September 8 - 17, 2023

Location:

WNC Agricultural Center,
1301 Fanning Bridge Road,
Fletcher, NC 28732.

Ticket Prices:

Adult (Ages 13-64): $12.00
Child (Ages 6-12): $7.00
Senior (Ages 65+): $5.00

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