Thursday, Sept. 2

12–5pm Items may be entered in the exhibit hall and wood carving contest
4-H projects may be entered in the exhibit hall

Admission is $10 per person
All carnival rides included with paid admission! (bungy not included)

8am–12 Items may be entered in the exhibit hall
5pm Gates open to the public
5pm Exhibit Hall opens
Towne Blacksmith (tentative)
Chainsaw carving with Ted Walker
Dogsled demonstration (until 7 p.m.) in horse show ring
“Tim Blanchard Museum” opens
Lee Fire Department Beano
Midway opens
5:00pm Ox scootin’ in the pulling ring (tentative)
6pm Exhibit Hall closes
Museum closes
6:30pm Wolfcreek
8:00pm “Alive” Kiss Tribute Concert
10pm Midway closes

Children’s Day - $10 Admission ($5 age 62 and over)

8am Gates open to the public
Livestock exhibit opens
Horse pull weigh-in
8:30am Children’s and adult’s pet show
9am Livestock Registration closes
9–11:30am Register for children’s games and children’s giveaway--at stage
9–11:45am Children’s games
9am–Noon Register for Largest and most Unique Vegetable contests--Exhibit Hall (child and adult classes.)
9:15am-noon Face painting - at stage (tentative)
9:30am Teamster’s meeting for Draft Horse Show--at horse show ring
9:30am Register for baby contest
10am Bubble gum blowing contest--at stage
Baby contest - birth to 2 years
Exhibit Hall opens
Pavilion opens
Museum opens
Horse Pulls begin--2 lb. of rock, 12 foot pull (paid exhibition pulls may be arranged, if needed, at the discretion of the pull superintendent.) (4 classes per day)
10am–5pm A.E. Howell Wildlife Ctr. with live animals (pavilion)
Chainsaw carving with Ted Walker
Draft Horse Show--in horse show ring
10:30am Livestock Exhibit judging--barns area
Swiss Roll eating contest
Diaper Derby
11am–5pm Towne Blacksmith (tentative)
William Hall, Model A car display
11am–6pm Penny Candy (yup, only a penny!) is on sale in the old time
general store of the Museum.
11am Midway opens
Sarah McLain Memorial children’s soccer kick contest
Al Collins--”hit and miss” antique motors--south end of the grandstand
Toddler Trot
11:30am Turtle Go Cart Races
12noon Lee Fire Department Beano
Egg Toss
3 Legged Race
12:30pm Drawing for children’s bikes and other prizes (stage)
Manure pitch for children and adults
1pm Hot Shot basketball competition (4 age classes, ranging from 3rd grade through adult)--near the Moores Family Stage
2pm Child/parent look alike contest
3pm 4x4 and 2wd Truck Pulls--various classes, including street
stock--Bring your pickup and put ‘er to the test!
4pm Judging vegetable contest - Barn area
6pm Exhibit Hall closes
Museum closes
10pm Midway closes

4-H Demonstration Day--$10 Admission ($5 age 62 and over)
(4-H members get in free by showing an official 4-H membership card)

*Register between 10am and 3pm for the Amateur Talent Show (in Pavilion)
Important note: Voice-over singing along with popular songs is not allowed in the talent show.
Instrumental backing tapes or live music only!-- other rules apply.

8am Register for Springfield Fair Association Horse Show
Gates open to the public--GIANT PRIZE GIVEAWAY at 7:30 p.m. following the talent show! (Grand prize is a used car! Get your giveaway registration form at the gate with your paid admission. One form per fair-goer. Turn the form in at the log cabin information building - must be present to win)
8am Horse Pull weigh-in
9am Springfield Fair Association Horse Show begins
Crafts and educational exhibits and demonstrations in the Pavilion and agricultural area
9:30am Antique tractor pullers register for pull - near north end of Pavilion
9:45am Register for eel racing (behind pavilion)
10am Horse Pulls begin (4 classes per day)
Exhibit hall opens
Pavilion opens
Museum opens
Register for Classic, Antique, and Pickup/Car Show - in field
Eel racing (behind the pavilion)
Chainsaw carving with Ted Walker
10am–5pm A.E. Howell Wildlife Center with the live animals - in pavilion.
(Baxter the bear and more)
10:45am Register for pig scramble (behind the pavilion)
11am Midway opens
Pig scramble (behind the pavilion)
11am–5pm Al Collins-”Hit and Miss” antique motors
Towne Blacksmith (tentative)
William Hall--Model A Car Display
11am–2pm Classic, Antique, and Pickup/Car Show – in the field
Antique tractor pull on track near north end of Pavilion.
11:45am Register for eel racing (behind the pavilion)
12 noon Lee Fire Department Beano
Profssional Wrestling (demo derby area)
Eel racing (behind the pavilion)
Judging for “Fancy Stall” contest--Win ribbons! Open to all animal exhibitors in the barns
1pm Oreo cookie stacking contest - in Pavilion.
1:30pm Open Pie contest--judging in the Pavilion. Big Prize Money!
State competition--”Maine Blueberry Pie Contest”--judging in the Pavilion
Register for Farmer Olympics at stage
1:45pm “Farmer Olympics”--do the chores of a farmer in record time and win prizes!--in front of grandstand
3:15pm Kayla Wass Band (stage)
3:45pm Register for eel racing (behind the pavilion)
4pm Eel racing
5pm *Amateur Talent Show-- at the stage (2 classes: 14 and under and 15 and over)
6pm Exhibit Hall closes
Museum closes
7:30pm GIANT PRIZE GIVEAWAY--Many fine prizes, donated by local businesses and merchants, will be drawn off. Must be present to win. Begins shortly after the talent show. All winners and all other registrants are eligible for the grand prize of a beautiful, new (well, actually it’s used) car.
8pm Music from the stage by Kayla Wass Band
10pm Midway closes

Woodsman’s Day
$10 Admission ($5, age 62 and over)

8am Gates open to the public
Register for Woodsman’s Day Events--at stage ($5 entry fee)
8:30am Register for Tractor-Trailer Parking contest--at stage--($5 entry fee)
Women’s Division, also)
9am Tractor-Trailer Parking Contest begins
Chainsaw carving with Ted Walker
Woodsman’s Day begins (SAFETY GEAR MUST BE WORN)
9:30am Register for Old & New Farm Tractor Show--barns area
10am Exhibit Hall opens
Pavilion opens
Museum opens
10am–12 Parent-Child Cookie Contest--(entries accepted at the Pavilion)
10am–3pm Educational demonstrations and presentations--pavilion,
throughout the day
10am-3pm A.E. Howell Wildlife Center with live Maine wildlife in Pavilion
11am Midway opens
11am Pulp Haulin’ Contest (oxen) in pulling ring (tentative)
11am-3pm Al Collins--”Hit and Miss” antique motors
11am–5pm Towne Blacksmith
William Hall--Model A Car Display
12noon Lee Fire Department Beano
Parent-Child Cookie Contest judging--in the Pavilion
Old and New Farm Tractor Show – “The John Weatherbee Tractor Show”
12-1pm Old and New Farm Tractor Games and Parade - on track in front of grandstand
1pm Register for Demolition Derby--north end of Pavilion**
Children’s Tractor Pull--weigh-in and competition (2 weight classes:
0--40 pounds and 41--60 pounds) Demo Derby area
Ironwoman Triathalon: Women’s mop chuck, Women’s skillet throw, and
Women’s seed spitting!--horse show ring
Pig Auction (barn area - if there are any pigs left after the scramble)
3pm Prize money! Crashes! Smoke! Engines Roar! Special ribbons for the
best paint jobs!
This is it - The Springfield Fair Demolition Derby!
Exhibit Hall closes
Museum closes
5pm The Doug Bradbury Memorial Dozer Demo Derby (after the regular derby)
6pm Midway closes

**Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.
Demolition Derby registration forms are available from many area business.
No pets allowed (except service animals) on the Fairgrounds.
All parking is $2.00
General parking is now in our new field. Seniors and handicap parking is still on the fairgrounds. There will be no parking available at the Springfield Community Chapel – thanks Pastor Bruce and the congregation for helping us for so many years. Much thanks too to Keith & Floy Ham.