State Fair

Kansas State Fair schedule for Saturday, Sept. 12

Saturday

7 a.m. – Plein Aire Painting Contest, Oz Gallery

8 a.m. – Fine Arts Judging, Oz Gallery; Rabbit Judging Open Show, Rabbit Barn; 4-H/FFA Market Swine Judging, Sheep, Swine & Goat Building

8:30 a.m. – Agriculture Mechanics Judging, Agriculture Education Exhibit Building; Agriscience and County Collective Exhibit Judging, Kansas Showcase

9 a.m. – 4-H/FFA Market Beef Judging, Prairie Pavilion; 4-H Food Preservation Judging, 4-H Centennial Hall; 4-H Photography Judging, 4-H Centennial Hall; Sheep Shearing and Wool Demonstration, Sheep, Swine & Goat Building; Draft Horse Show (Hitch classes), Expo Center; Miniature Donkey Show, Expo II; Seed Survivor opens (until 7 p.m.), Technology Building; Birthing Center opens

10 a.m. – Toddler Games Driving School & Art Fair, Gottschalk Park; 4-H Demonstrations, 4-H Centennial Hall; Exotic Animal Petting Zoo opens, south of Nex-Tech Wireless Grandstand; State Fair Museum opens (until 8 p.m.), Lair White House; the Vogts Sisters (bluegrass), Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena; Vineyard (rock ’n’ roll), Gottschalk Park Gazebo

10 and 11 a.m., noon, 1, 2 and 6 p.m. – Milking Demonstration, Milking Parlor

10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. – Dr. Goddard’s Lab, Do Art Building

10 a.m., noon, 2:30, 4 and 6 p.m. – Pig races, north of Bison Arena

10:30 a.m. – Glenda & Mike’s Magic Show, Nex-Tech Wireless Stage at Lake Talbott; Pie Contest Judging, Domestic Arts Building; Summertime Fun Decorated Sugar Cookie Contest, Domestic Arts Building

11 a.m. – Sheep shearing and wool demonstration, Sheep, Swine & Goat Building; Midway opens

11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m. – Gary Keenan, chainsaw wood carver, north of Lake Talbott

11 a.m., 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. – Bruno’s Tiger Show, Gottschalk Park

11:30 a.m. – 4-H Wheat Variety Plot Display Awards, Kansas Showcase; the Vogts Sisters (bluegrass), Nex-Tech Wireless Stage at Lake Talbott

12 p.m. – Jammin’ Biscuits (bluegrass), Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena; Hutchinson Brass Quintet, Gottschalk Park Gazebo

1 p.m. – 4-H Crops Identification Contest, Encampment Building; Sheep Shearing and Wool Demonstration, Sheep, Swine & Goat Building; Beard & Mustache Competition, Nex-Tech Wireless Stage at Lake Talbott

1:30 p.m. – Legislative Showmanship, Prairie Pavilion; Vineyard (rock ’n’ roll), Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena

2:30 p.m. – Jammin’ Biscuits (bluegrass), Gottschalk Park Gazebo

3 p.m. – Celebrity Grape Stomping Contest, Nex-Tech Wireless Stage at Lake Talbott; 4-H/FFA Jersey & Holstein Dairy Cattle Check-In, Prairie Pavilion; sheep shearing and wool demonstration, Sheep, Swine & Goat Building

3, 6 and 8:30 p.m. – Ron Diamond, comic hypnotist, Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena

4 p.m. – Draft Horse Team Pull Contest, Expo Center; Catholic Mass, Hansen Auditorium, Encampment Building

4:15 p.m. – One False Move (rock ’n’ roll), Gottschalk Park Gazebo; Of The Rescue (rock ’n’ roll), Nex-Tech Wireless Stage at Lake Talbott

4:30 p.m. – Great Plains Jazz Orchestra, Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena

5 p.m. – Sheep Shearing and Wool Demonstration, Sheep, Swine & Goat Building

6 p.m. – The Midwest Ford Dealers Grand Drive and Gala, Prairie Pavilion; Plein Aire Painting Contest Awards, Oz Gallery; Vineyard (rock ’n’ roll), Nex-Tech Wireless Stage at Lake Talbott

7 p.m. – Mutton Bustin’ Championship, Expo Center

7 p.m. – Of The Rescue (rock ’n’ roll), Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena

7:30 p.m. – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Nex-Tech Wireless Grandstand

This story was originally published September 11, 2015 at 6:29 PM with the headline "Kansas State Fair schedule for Saturday, Sept. 12."

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