MADERA - Madera County exhibitors planning to compete at the 2017 Madera District Fair can submit entry forms in the office or online now.  The entry deadline, TUESDAY, August 15,  is fast approaching, and Madera Fair’s Exhibit Hall is counting on your handiwork to showcase an award winning display for some 50,000 guests!

Entry forms and Exhibitor’s Handbooks are available at the Fair office, retail establishments, and online at www.maderafair.com.  The Handbooks contain information on competitions available, guidelines for submitting items and all applicable dates.  Competitions are available for both individual and group entry and include numerous competitions for class projects. Livestock entries are not available online.

Competition for the 2017 fair includes many long time favorites as well as several new additions!

Many new contests return  in 2017,  the BBQ Rib contest, a live floral arranging contest and many photography and fine art opportunities to showcase the 2017 theme “Your Fair since 1937”.  It’s our fair guests both young and old, those new and long time guests, who have shaped the great tradition of annual family fun at the Madera District Fair.  We invite you to add to our exhibits with your entries of fair photos, artwork, floriculture and even through our “Billboard” contest.  New 2017 contests include a Mason jar craft to make Pinterest lovers swoon and a live judged “Cupcake War”!

In partnership with the Heritage Foundation, Madera Fair is offering the 2^nd Annual special contest for Class of 2017, 2018 and 2019, Madera County High School students called “I Love this Town”.  This special contest is an opportunity for students to showcase their volunteer work on a tri-fold presentation board, six of those entries will be selected to compete by oral presentation on the Patio Stage, opening night, September 7^th, for the 1^st-3^rd title and cash awards of $500, $300 or $200.

Cash awards, blue ribbons and good ‘ol fashioned bragging rights are on the line at the 2017 Madera Fair but you must first enter to have a chance to win!

Madera District Fair opens Thursday, September 7^th 2017 at 5:00 p.m.  Bargain admission tickets and carnival coupons are available online and in office now through September 6^th and at Rancho San Miguel Market Madera beginning August 23^rd. 

For more information visit www.maderafair.com or contact the Madera Fair Office.