2026 Barn Quilt Design Contest
2026 Barn Quilt Design Contest Show off your creativity by designing a new barn quilt for the McHenry County Fair! Contest entries may be submitted throughout fair week and must […]
Free Child Entry Coloring Book Page
COLOR THIS PAGE FOR FREE ADMISSION Present this (colored) page to the ticket booth for one FREE child’s (ages 0-12) admission with one paid adult admission to The McHenry County […]
Meet Sam Dethrow, 2024 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 […]
Meet Abigail Grace, 2024 Junior Talent Content Winner
Abigail Grace, a nine year old McHenry County local, won over the audience and judges and had everyone clapping along with her upbeat vocal performance of “Wild Flowers & Wild […]
Experience the Artwork of Mollianne K.
Mollianne K 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 […]
Meet Legacy Brothers: Ben & Braden Wittum
Meet the Wittum brothers! Ben and Braden are a couple of our steer and swine exhibitionists with each of them competing since they were eight years old thanks to the encouragement […]
Meet Ella! Dairy Exhibitor
Meet Ella! She is 18 years old, from Marengo, and one of the McHenry County Fair’s dairy cattle exhibitor. Ella is easy to spot at a dairy cattle exhibition. She’s the […]
Meet Wyatt! Swine, Steer, & Sheep Exhibitor
Meet Wyatt! Wyatt is one of our swine exhibitors. He thanks his dad for getting him into competing in livestock shows and got him his first pig 11 years ago. Wyatt […]
Meet Cory! Photography & Garden Exhibitor
Meet Cory! You might recognize the young man standing next to her. That’s her son Riley that we featured last month. Him and his sister have entered the fair’s exhibitions for […]
Meet Riley! A “Best in Show” Exhibition Winner!
Riley is one of our Crafts & Needlework winners! His wooden cutting board earned him a Best in Show in woodworking, plus multiple first place ribbons for his additional entries. This […]