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March 15 @ 7:40 am

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Date:: March 15, 2025
Time:: 7:40 am

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: Dairy Barn

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We hope you don't get too egg-hausted with our jok

We hope you don't get too egg-hausted with our jokes! 🐓

#FunnyFriday

📣VENDOR APPLICATION AVAILABLE! Do you want to

📣VENDOR APPLICATION AVAILABLE!

Do you want to bring your business to the McHenry County Fair? Apply today to provide your food, goods, services and more to our thousands of fairgoers during fair week, July 29 - August 3.

APPLICATION: https://mchenrycountyfair.com/vendors/

Also, why only apply to one event? Take an extra minute and apply to be a vendor at our 2nd Annual Woodstock Truck'n Food Show on August 23.

Apply here: https://mchenrycountyfair.com/truck-food-show/

It’s Fish Fry season! Where are you eating tonig

It’s Fish Fry season! Where are you eating tonight? Tag the restaurant with the best fish fry in the comments 😋

Our Woodstock Truck’n Food Show page is experien

Our Woodstock Truck’n Food Show page is experiencing technical difficulties. In the meantime, contact event coordinator, Leigha Erkfritz, directly at woodstocktrucknshow@gmail.com.

Happy Women's History Month! THANK YOU to all of t

Happy Women's History Month! THANK YOU to all of the incredible women who plan, participate, and attend the McHenry County Fair! You are all a valuable part of spreading joy throughout our community and passing on our traditions.

TELL US: who is a "Fair Lady" who inspires you? We'd love to read about them in the comments!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! What questions do you h

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

What questions do you have about our upcoming 2025 McHenry County Fair? Or do you have any concerns or suggestions that you'd like to share with our board members? Share your voice now 🙂

Agriculture is one of our greatest resources and s

Agriculture is one of our greatest resources and supporting the next generation of farmers is one of the most important things we can do. Here are 10 ways to support your local FFA. Learn more at https://www.ffa.org/.

Did you know McHenry County has 3 FFA chapters? As

Did you know McHenry County has 3 FFA chapters? As an agricultural community we are so happy for the education Future Farmers of America provides our youth.

LIKE this post if you know someone or are a past FFA student. COMMENT about your FFA experience.

Happy National FFA Week! Who can name all of the F

Happy National FFA Week! Who can name all of the FFA chapters in McHenry County? Leave your answers in the comments 👇

NEW! FREE printable coloring pages!!! Each month

NEW! FREE printable coloring pages!!!

Each month we will have THREE new McHenry County Fair themed coloring pages for you enjoy. Checkout this month's printables and share a pic of your colored page to let us know which is your favorite. Also, let us know what pages you'd like to see next month ☘️

PRINT YOURS: https://mchenrycountyfair.com/fair/mchenry-county-fair-coloring-pages

Happy National Pie Day! Last year's fair featured

Happy National Pie Day!

Last year's fair featured multiple eating contests, including a PIE EATING CONTEST!! 😋 Who thinks these contests should come back this year?

We clearly have one thing on our mind this year 🎡🎟️🐮🚜🌽🥤😁📸

What’s on your 2025 mood board?

#McHenryCountyFair

A hug a day keeps the worries away—especially wh

A hug a day keeps the worries away—especially when it's with your favorite four-legged friend! 🐎🤗 Happy National Hug Day!

#NationalHugDay

Look who we found! It's our very own @missmchenryc

Look who we found! It's our very own @missmchenrycounty Queen Olivia Pawluk! Tomorrow is the big day and we are all bursting with excitement for her to compete tomorrow. Wish her luck! 👑

#RoyaltyInTheHouse!

MCFA members have arrived and are already having a

MCFA members have arrived and are already having a blast meeting with possible acts and entertainment for this year's fair!

Meet Sam Dethrow, our McHenry County Fair Senior T

Meet Sam Dethrow, our McHenry County Fair Senior Talent Contest winner!

Sam Dethrow was the final act in our Talent Contest, but her theatrical vocal performance to “Don’t Rain On My Parade” from the award-winning musical, Funny Girl, was one to remember. Sam’s expressive performance showed off both her vocal range and acting ability and highlighted that the stage is home for Sam

While she’s always enjoyed singing, it was just in her sophomore year of high school that she decided to take her singing seriously and her sights set on a theatre career. She has formed strong bonds with high school’s theatre director, Max Cherwin, and band director, Anna Zaino. She’s also been working with vocal coach and our Talent Contest emcee, Brandy Braxton, who encouraged her to enter the contest and first-ever competition.

Sam’s trio of teachers and mentors have helped her rise to new heights with their insights, song selections, lessons, and encouragement. But Sam thanks her mom, Stacy, for being her biggest supporter. “I wouldn't have the confidence or support in performing that I do without her.”

To anyone nervous about entering their first talent show or competition, Sam says:

“I would say just do it! Nerves only holds you back. When I was younger I used to get so nervous to put myself out there by joining community theatre and I can say my biggest regret is not starting sooner because I love performing so much now.”

In just the past few years Sam has performed at Johnsburg High School, Woodstock Opera House, and Eastern Illinois University. Now she heads to IAAF to compete for the state title.

The MCFA wishes Sam luck and that Springfield is a stepping stone to bigger performances.
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LEARN MORE about our annual McHenry County Fair Talent Contest at https://mchenrycountyfair.com/talent-contest/

And they're off! MCFA board members are on their

And they're off!

MCFA board members are on their way to Springfield, IL for the annual IAAF convention. This weekend they will meet with vendors, view new talent acts, attend meetings, and learn from motivational speakers on what WE can do to bring you a better fair year after year!

Our junior and senior McHenry County Fair Talent Contest winners will compete for the state title on Saturday, and Miss McHenry County Queen Olivia competes for her state crown on Sunday.

An exciting weekend lays ahead!

Meet Abigail Grace, our 9-year-old McHenry County

Meet Abigail Grace, our 9-year-old McHenry County Fair Junior Talent Contest winner!
Abigail Grace won over the audience and judges and had everyone clapping along with her upbeat vocal performance of “Wild Flowers & Wild Horses” by Lainey Wilson. Now she’s taking her performance to Springfield, IL to compete in the Illinois State Junior Talent Contest.
Let’s learn more about our rising star.
Abigail began singing when she was two years old and always loved entertaining a large crowd. At six she started singing publicly and has shared her voice at many local karaoke nights, farm festivals, fundraisers, church events, recitals, senior centers, open mic nights at Stage Left in Woodstock, and performed our National Anthem for a September 11 memorial service. If that’s not enough, she is now learning Spanish songs and has performed with Mariachi and Mexican bands.
Every performance she goes to Abigail is followed by multiple members of her large, supportive family. To them she says, “THANK YOU for supporting me in all my gigs and performances. They are the best, most caring and positive people in my life...love you!”
Abigail also thanks her vocal teacher, Charis Bradley. They’ve only been working together since they met at the McHenry County Fair six months ago. “Since then she has been like part of my family, mentoring and supporting me.”
Does Abigail’s story have you feeling inspired to enter a talent contest but feeling nervous? Her words of advice are “don't be worried and have fun with it.”
The MCFA wishes Abigail Grace luck this weekend. We know she will do great!
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LEARN MORE about our annual McHenry County Fair Talent Contest at https://mchenrycountyfair.com/talent-contest/

Experience the art of Mollianne K. Mollianne is

Experience the art of Mollianne K.

Mollianne is one of our “Best in Show” Junior Art winners for the 2024 McHenry County Fair. However, her art career started much earlier.

Mollianne was born into a creative home, where art is a passion shared by her mother and younger sister. She has loved drawing for as long as she can remember, and colored pencils are her favorite medium. However, she’s also experienced with watercolors, acrylic paints, alcohol markers, graphite, oil, pastels, clay and wire sculptures, woodworking, photography, and I’m sure the list is still growing.

In 2019 Mollianne entered her first art exhibition through 4-H at eight years old, and her first McHenry County Fair Junior Art exhibition at 11. Over the years she has entered artwork in the drawing, acrylic paint, metal art, photography, and woodworking categories. Her art has competed at the state level, and she has won two Illinois State Champion titles. One in woodworking for her handcrafted model horse barn and wash bay, and one in Career Pathway Exploration for her published author and illustrator project. She’s also competed in the non-art categories of hippology and embryology.

At just 13 years old Mollianne is already a well-rounded and accomplished artist. While many artists are held back by the fear of scrutiny, Mollianne loves having her art on display throughout “fair week”, and competing has been a great opportunity for meeting other artists and sharing techniques. She also credits the support of her teachers, Leslie Michaels and Efrain Gonzalez, and her friend and artist, Sophia, towards her success.

For Mollianne, art is the end goal. She plans to continue to develop her skills and hopes to earn a scholarship one day. The McHenry County Fair is happy to have her in our art exhibitions and we look forward to the beauty her art will bring to it in 2025.
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Do YOU want to be our next exhibition or fair feature? MESSAGE US on social media and we will share your McHenry County Fair story.

Did you pick up a new hobby for your new year's re

Did you pick up a new hobby for your new year's resolution? Show off your new skill this summer in one of our Home & Creative Arts exhibitions!

Our exhibition offers a fun opportunity for creatives of all kinds - knitters, gardeners, photographers, painters, and more - to put their work on display, meet local artists, and even win cash prizes. We have divisions for all ages and hundreds of classes to enter.

LEARN MORE to start preparing your entries today! Just go to: https://mchenrycountyfair.com/exhibitors/

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