Park County Fair will once again provide fairgoers with the opportunity to show off their livestock, enjoy some music and other performances, choose from a variety of food vendors and of course offer some carnival ride fun.

This year will also mark the 112th year of the Park County Fair and the second year for Events Coordinator Billy Wood.

Fairgoers can look forward to the addition of one new event — stock dog trials — as well as the return of Figure 8 Racing and pig wrestling. The thrill of Figure 8 Racing has been absent from the Park County Fairgrounds for the past nine years and pig wrestling took a break last year due to high costs and inability of the previous supplier to locate enough pigs.

Tuesday and Wednesday recurring events and services will begin to open to the public.

Carnival rides will power on at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and see the last of its riders at midnight. Wednesday through Saturday the carnival will start at noon and run until midnight. 

Free entertainment including music, dancing, magic and hypnotism will be offered all week long from noon until 9 p.m. on the Pepsi free stage. The beer garden will open at 4 p.m Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and close at 11 p.m. It will be open at noon and close at midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Beginning at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 4-H breakfast will be served in the kitchen of Homesteader Hall.

The exhibit hall will be open to the public beginning  at 11 a.m. Wednesday and close at 10:30 p.m. which will continue for the rest of the week. Also on Wednesday, the livestock barn will be open for the public until Saturday. The hall will open at noon and close at 10:30 p.m.

Each night there will be special events in the grandstands and every evening will be different. One event will feature stock dogs, another will feature vehicular mayhem and the concert will feature musical performances from two artists with Wyoming roots.

Each day of fair week is sponsored by a local business. Tuesday is Family Fun Fair Day sponsored by the Big Horn Radio Network. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are Park County Days sponsored (in order) by the Powell Tribune, Northwest College and TCT. Admission is free until 1 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Saturday is Kick Up Your Heels Day sponsored by DSE Enterprises.

Tickets for the fair will be $16 for a weekly pass, $6 for a daily pass.

On Tuesday admission is free all day and patrons can end their free admission day with pig mud wrestling at 7 p.m. This year tickets are $5 to attend the event and gates open at 6 p.m.

On Wednesday admission is free until 1 p.m. and the Youth Bred and Fed Shows will begin at 9 a.m. Featured livestock will include beef, heifer, sheep, goat and swine.

Wednesday’s grandstand event — stock dog trials — is a first of its kind event at the fair. Working dog breeds and their owners will demonstrate their ability to work sheep. The event is sanctioned by the Mountain States Stock Dog Association. Admission into stock dog trials is $8, the gates will open at 6 p.m. and the event will begin at 7 p.m.

On Thursday admission is also free until 1 p.m. and Tris Munsick and the Innocents will perform after Justin Baxter, a former Powell resident, opens at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general seating and $15 for box and floor seats. Gates will open at 6 p.m. 

On Friday, Figure 8 Racing returns to the Park County Fair at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general seating and $20 for box seating. Gates will open at 5 p.m.

Saturday will close out the fair with several big events along with horseshoe pitching doubles which can be found at the Fifth Street Gate. The Park County Fair Parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Bent Street. This will be followed by the Junior Livestock Sale at 1 p.m. back at the Park County Fairgrounds. Here community members can support basin youth by bidding on the livestock they carefully raised themselves. Capping off the evening is the demolition derby at 6 p.m. in the grandstands. Gates open at 5 p.m., tickets are $20 for general seating and $25 for box seats.

To purchase tickets  for the fair or any of its events and for more information, visit parkcountyeventsandfair.com.