The 174th Annual Shelby County Fair kicks off Monday with a Deana Carter concert and finishes Saturday with a smash ‘em up good time at the Demolition Derby.
Country music artist Deana Carter will perform at the fairgrounds grandstand Monday at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are still available for the concert.
Deana Carter concert announcement: https://shelbycountypost.com/local-news/684532
The All Star Circuit of Champions TQ Midgets will battle on the dirt track in front of the grandstand Tuesday. Racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand tickets are $10 and pit passes are $30.
Wednesday is Touch-A-Truck night at the grandstand. This free event from 5 to 9 p.m. will feature trucks, equipment and machinery representing small businesses in Shelby County. There will be a kids bike raffle.
Thursday and Friday features Battle of the Bluegrass Truck and Tractor Pulls. Start time is 7:30 p.m. both nights. Grandstand tickets and pit passes are $15 per night.
The Demolition Derby closes out a busy week Saturday. The first heats start at 7 p.m. Adult tickets are $10; youth tickets (12 and under) are $5. Pit passes are $20.
The Shelby County Fair Board is staging a parade Saturday to celebrate the fair. At 1 p.m., the parade will depart the fairgrounds and travel through Kennedy Park, exit out onto Morris Avenue and travel to Frank St. where it returns to the fairgrounds.
For more on the parade: https://shelbycountypost.com/local-news/692583
4-H events happen all week including the Dairy Cattle Show (Monday, 9 a.m.), Beef Cattle Show (Monday, 5:30 p.m.), Swine Show (Tuesday, 8 a.m.), Poultry Show (Tuesday, 1 p.m.), Sheep Show (Tuesday, 5 p.m.), Dairy Goat Show (Wednesday, 8 a.m.), Pygmy Goat Show (Wednesday, 1 p.m.), Meat Goat Show (Wednesday, 1 p.m.), Rabbit Show (Thursday, 9 a.m.), and the Llama and Alpaca Show (Friday, 2 p.m.).
2022 Shelby County Royal winner Ellie Gosser
The Shelby County Royal is Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The midway, games and carnival rides, opens daily from 6 to 10 p.m. except Wednesday. Kids Day at the fair Wednesday has the midway opening from 1 to 5 p.m.
For more information on the fair, go to Shelby County Fair – Shelbyville, Indiana on Facebook.
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