Caribou County Fair & Rodeo (Blue Jeans & Country Dreams)
The Caribou County Fair and Rodeo is once again upon us. The fair is an annual event that many locals look forward to with great anticipation. It also marks the beginning of the end of summer giving community members one last chance to get together and catch up with old friends and acquaintances. For many of the youth it gives them the opportunity to reconnect with classmates before the start of the impending school year. This year’s fair is once again full of great food, entertainment, and fun.
The theme for this year’s fair is Blue Jeans and Country Dreams. Country Dreams is where this year’s fair will begin with a free live kick off concert taking place in the arena this Saturday night. The concert will feature three amazing artists in Alex Sharpe, Mark Mackay and Ryan Shupe. In addition to these incredible musicians the fair also held a competition where local aspiring artists could send in audition tapes to be voted on by the three artists listed above for an opportunity to perform live on stage prior to the concert. The fair board is pleased to announce that four locals were selected to be part of the kick off concert and they are Holland Williams, Aleaha Medina, Claudia Johnson and Carrie Yost. In addition to the free concert, several of the food and wares vendors will be set up and ready to serve the public. The concert gates open at 7 p.m. and the music will start at 7:30.
The fair gets into full swing starting on Monday August 4th. The exhibit building also known as the cinder block building will be open that morning from nine to noon for the public to enter their projects. We would love to see the building filled to the brim with a variety of items showcasing you, the public’s, amazing talents. So whether you bake, sew, paint, bottle, grow or so many other categories, bring some projects to the fair to show off and maybe earn a little premium money. Some entry times and dates may vary. See the fair schedule for specifics.
The fair offers a full week of nightly events where there is something for everyone. Starting on Monday night with one of the most popular rodeo events, come watch some Jackpot team roping beginning at 5:30. Tuesday night starts with the Rodeo Queen coronation at 6 p.m. followed by the first of two nights of PRCA rodeo. Wednesday is kids day with lots of fun activities and will feature a kids parade at 5:30 followed once again by day two of the PRCA rodeo. Your ticket to the rodeo will also get you into a fun concert by the June Bugs. Thursday night come out to the Gem Valley Stampede, one of the most popular nightly events of the whole week that will feature several locals competing in a variety of cowboy competitions. Friday night will be the ATV rodeo with races and jump competitions that are always crowd pleasers and don’t forget the fair dance in the show barn after. The nightly events wrap up on Saturday night with Octane Addictions Freestyle Motorcycles.
The days of the fair will be filled with a wide variety of 4-H livestock shows as well as horse and cowboy competitions in the arena. The big top will also be full of entertainment with hypnotists and musical acts. Don’t forget about the free bouncy toys for the kids.
There are so many other activities that cannot be mentioned in one article so go check out the full fair schedule, put on your best blue jeans and make some country dreams.
