GRANDSTAND • D & D PRO RODEO • 7:00 pm
Tickets $15.00 • Featuring eight events: Bareback Bronc Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, Bull Riding, Cowgirls Barrel
Racing, Girls Breakaway Roping, Steer Wrestling, Calf Roping and Team Roping
HERITAGE STAGE:
STRINGS BEYOND DESCRIPTION • 6:30 pm • Bluegrass
SHOWCASE TENT: •
NEW LOCATION: WEST END OF MIDWAY, NEAR GATE 5
Paper Airplane Contest Registration (16 years and under) • 4:30 pm
Paper Airplane Contest (16 years and under) • 5:00 pm
Pie Eating Contest Registration (7 years and older) • 6:30 pm
Pie Eating Contest (7 years and older) • 7:00 pm
HORSE ARENA:
Draft Horse and Halter Classes • 10:00 am
Draft Horse and Draft Pony/ Haflinger Show • 6:00 pm
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES:
Take a selfie with Bea! Watch for Bea buzzing around the fairgrounds!
Visit Agriculture In Lake County (an interactive display) • Presented by Farm Bureau • Dairy Barn
Safari Sam and Oscar The Amazing Ostrich – Grounds Entertainment
SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES :
Fishing Pond • Noon – 8:00 pm • Conservation Building
Show-Me Safari Petting Zoo • Noon – Close • North of Agriculture Building
Show-Me Swine Racers • 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 pm • North of Agriculture Building
Purdue Extension with Master Gardeners: Container Pollinator Garden Demo • 2:00 – 4:00 pm • Industrial Building
Ask Me About My Animal• 3:00-7:00 • Dairy Barn
Happy Hour Beer Garden• 4:00-9:00 • Pavilion 1 • New in 2026!
Purdue Extension: Butterflies & Caterpillars Demo • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Industrial Building
JUDGING:
4-H Dairy Goat Show • 9:00 am • Livestock Show Pavilion
4-H Poultry and Egg Judging Contest • 1:00 pm • Poultry/ Rabbit Barn
4-H Dairy Show • 5:00 pm • Livestock Show Pavilion
4-H Beef Show • 6:00 pm • Livestock Show Pavilion
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Barktoberfest – Lowell Indiana
Barktoberfest is a Dog & family friendly event. Demonstrations and dog costume contest all kinds of vendors. This is a fundraiser for relay for life Freedom Park Bark Park and the Lowell Woman’s Club scholarship fund. Also collecting for tots give away. Event takes place Saturday, October 3RD 2026, 9AM – 2:30 PM.
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Sherwood Paint Ball, Birthday Party, Wedding . . . Anyone?
Sherwood Forest, the acclaimed land of heroes, castles, princesses, dragons, and Paint Ball. Did you say Paint Ball? YES! Right here in Northwest Indiana, 3497 US-35, LaPorte, Indiana to be exact. And owner Joe prides himself on stating, “I chose that name for the good things about competition. …
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