The Pierce County Fair is planning and preparing for the “four best days of summer.” The 2021 Pierce County Fair will be held Aug. 12–15. “100 Years of the Round Barn and Pierce County 4-H” is this year’s theme. We are closely monitoring the health situation daily and based on current improving conditions, we are hopeful to bring back the fun in 2021.

Now more than ever, we need to come together and be #FairStrong. Although the fair is months away, exhibitors have already been preparing for the excitement of the fair. New exhibitors in the Open Class Division are welcome and encouraged to exhibit. If you have never exhibited, give it a try. Show off your talents for the entire county to see. Residents from Pierce, St. Croix, Dunn and Pepin counties are eligible to exhibit in the Open Class Division at the 2021 Pierce County Fair. Encourage someone you know who has a hidden talent to try a new experience at the fair.

There are 16 different open class departments with classes ranging from Little Dairyman to Charolais bull calves, Little Shepherd to Pekin ducks, alfalfa to flowers, oil painting to crafts, photography to cakes, breads to quilts and don’t forget the homemade wines and homebrew beer. Check out the dairy, beef, sheep, goat, poultry, rabbit, plant & soil, flowers/plants, natural sciences, cultural arts, photography, food, clothing, knitting & crocheting or home furnishing departments found on pages 100-124 in the fair book.

To enter your favorite exhibit in Pierce County’s open class competition, fill out the entry blank, found in the Pierce County Fair book on page 13, and submit your entry by 4:30 p.m. June 21 to the Fair Office in the Seyforth Building on the fairgrounds in Ellsworth or postmarked by the June 21 deadline. We are using the 2019-2020 fair book for 2021 as a cost-saving measure.

Thank you to the county businesses that are assisting the Fair Office as a fair book pickup location. Fair books will be available at these locations by May 1: Ellsworth: Fair Office, CCF Bank and Ellsworth Public Library Elmwood: Citizens State Bank and Elmwood Plum City: First Bank of Baldwin and Plum City Public Library Prescott: BMO Harris Bank and Prescott Library River Falls: First National Bank of River Falls and River Falls Public Library Spring Valley: Spring Valley Drug, First Bank of Baldwin, WESTconsin Credit Union and Spring Valley Public Library Durand: Courier Wedge If you have any questions on how to exhibit at the Pierce County Fair, contact the Fair Office at 715-273-6874 or Fair Manager Ann Webb at [email protected]

Come to the fair with your exhibit and put yourself in the center of the attraction. For the most current fair-related information, visit www.co.pierce.wi.us.departments/fair/index.ph p, follow “Pierce County Fair and Fairgrounds (WI)” on Facebook or piercecountyfairwi on Instagram.

See you Aug. 12-15 at the Pierce County Fair where we will celebrate “100 Years of the Round Barn and Pierce County 4-H.”

Submitted by Pierce County Fair Manager Ann Webb

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