McHenry County Fair 2026

Walneck's Motorcycle Swap Meet
2024-10-13 08:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-22 08:00 - 14:00 UTC | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Midwest United Car Show
2024-08-31 12:00 - 19:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
Car enthusiasts mark your calendar for the biggest car show in the Midwest! Cars and Culture presents to you “Midwest United, 2024 Chicago!”The show will be on August 31, 2024 at the McHenry County Fair Association Fairgrounds in Woodstock, IL. Compete with the best in the Midwest for a chance to win our $1,500 best of show cash prize award! That’s right, $1,500! This will be a collaborated show featuring 500 of the best show cars in all of the 12 Midwest States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). Join us for a day to build COMMUNITY within the car community. CONNECT and network with other like minded people. Display your CREATIVITY through your vehicle in front of our thousands of guest. You’ll experience excitement, great food, music, giveaways, activities, raffles prizes and so much more. Midwest, let’s make this happen and let’s see which Midwest will bring home the $1,500 cash prize award! This event cannot happen without you! Please invite and share this event to your friends, families, local shops and other car enthusiasts! For more tickets and information, please visit Carsandculture.org

Awards list:
-Best Show Car of the Season
-Best JDM of the Season
-Best KDM of the Season
-Best Supercar of the season
-Best Truck of the Season
-Best Engine Visual of the Season
-Best Interior of the Season
-Best Air Set Up of the Season
-Best Stance of the Season
-Best Fitment of the Season
-Cars and Culture’s Pick of the Season
-Best Car team overall of the Season
-Best Car team participation
-Best Domestic of the season
-Best Old Skool of the season
-Best Euro of the season
-Top 20 of the Season
-Winner of the Car Limbo Competition
-Winner of the Two-Step Competition

Woodstock Truck'n Food Show
2024-08-24 12:00 - 22:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
Join us for “truck loads” of fun at the inaugural Woodstock Truck’n Food Show!
This all-ages event combines your two favorite trucks – big rigs and food trucks. In addition to the trucks and great food we will have live music, 21+ beverage selection, and activities for the whole family to enjoy.

SPECTATORS
Gates open at noon
Adults $10
Kids 6-13, seniors 60+ and military and first responders with ID are $5
Kids 5 and under are free

Dj Danny Vintage starts around 12:30-2:30
Montana Suede starts at 3-5
Dj Danny Vintage and Marc Esses from 5:30-7:30
Wildfire starts at 8-10
Awards will be during intermission of them (around 9).

BIG RIG TRUCK CONTESTTen awards will be given out for the big rig contest.
Winners will receive a cash prize and trophy. Winners are determined by popular votes.

PRE-REGIRSTRATION: $40Contact Leigha at woodstocktrucknshow@gmail.com for registration, sponsorship, vendor contracts or any questions!

*Proceeds from your fun-filled day will go towards updating the McHenry County Fairgrounds Building D bathrooms to be ADA compliant.

DRIVERS

Registration is open FRIDAY 4-9pm or SATURDAY 6-11:30am. All trucks must be parked before noon. Registration will be around gate 3 (more signage will be out). This will be where pre-registrants and people that are showing up to register, will finalize their payments. I’m hoping to have 2 different lines for those that have pre-registered so that way you can just pay your money, get your packet and be on your way to your spot. Unfortunately, after the first section of the entrance, the rest is gravel until you get back up towards the livestock barns. This is a wash and show event, so nothing has to be perfect, however you have been warned. Once you’ve gone through registration, you’ll follow the signs to get you to where there will be volunteers guiding you on where to park. Please listen to them as there is a certain way we’d like to try parking trucks for this first year. If there is an issue, please let me know. If you’d like to be parked by/with someone, please try to arrive with them so you can be parked at the same time. There will be a couple food vendors there in the morning, however the rest of them will not be there and ready until closer to noon.

Registration: In your registration packet is going to be an intro letter, a survey, your wristbands and voting cards.

Awards: As a reminder, this is a People’s Choice event, you (as people) are allowed to vote for your favorite! Everything is color coded so all you have to do is find your favorite overall and best display of lights for each color (except for Yellow, there is only a best of class award for the antiques!!!) You write the number of your favorite on the line and that’s it!! Awards will be done around 9pm, during the intermission of the final band, Wild Fire. There will be an announcement made around 8:30pm for the final call to get your votes in.

Tickets: Driver plus 1 get in with their registration. All other family members or crew must purchase admission tickets! Admission tickets will be cash only on site. You can buy them online with a credit/debit card. All alcohol sales are cash OR card and will be handled at the beer tent only. I am unsure what the food vendors will use, if they will do cash or card, please be prepared for either, we are in the process of getting an ATM for onsite.

As this is a family event, I am encouraging you and your family to set up “camp” for the day. Please feel free to bring a 10×10 easy up (no larger please) and your chairs to set up by your truck(s) and enjoy the day with your family and friends. Large outside coolers are PROHIBITED. Please do not bring them on to the event area. If you are camping, please keep all of your large coolers up in the camping area.

Camping: Camping is available for $35/night for Friday and/or Saturday night(s) for water and electric hookup. LIMITED SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE! $15/night for no services. We are not a regular campground therefore we do NOT have dumping services available onsite. There is absolutely NO DUMPING of your grey or black water tanks on site. There is a $250 fine if you do so.

Golf Carts: Golf carts are allowed for the volunteers and anyone who is camping and has registered their vehicle with me. There is not a fee for bringing your golf cart, but please know that you must have valid insurance on the vehicle, only people older than the age of 16 are allowed to drive, and you MUST follow the golf cart route in order to prevent any accidents happening with the spectators. Please message me if you have any questions on camping or golf carts.

Demolition Derby
2024-08-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
Buckle up for this thrilling spectacle of destruction brought to you by 4WD Promotions. Our 2024 Demolition Derby will feature heart-stopping collisions will leave you on the edge of your seat – TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Use code SAVE5 for $5 off tickets. Discount code expires May 1 at midnight.

Livestock Premium Check Pick-up
2024-08-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Building D

Auction Animal Load Out
2024-08-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Livestock Barns

Puppy Pals
2024-07-30 15:30 - 16:00 | Puppy Pals Stage

Chainsaw Woodcarving Auction
2024-08-04 14:30 - 15:30 | Hansen Pavilion

Piano Juggler
2024-07-30 12:00 - 12:30 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Beer Garden Open
2024-07-31 13:00 - 23:00 | Beer Garden Tent

Prime Time Racing
2024-07-30 13:00 - 20:00 | Prime Time Tent

Take Note Quartet
2024-08-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Entertainment Tent

Pedal Pulls
2024-08-04 12:30 - 13:30 | Entertainment Tent

Carnival Open
2024-07-30 16:00 - 22:00 | Midway

Axe Legends
2024-07-30 15:00 - 20:00 | Axe Legends Stage

Joe Stebbing Wood Carver
2024-07-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Pee Wee Showmanship Competition
2024-08-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Dairy Barn

Jr. Open Judging Contest
2024-08-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Swine Barn

Pee Wee Dairy Show
2024-08-04 11:00 - 11:30 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Clayworkers Guild Demo
2024-07-30 12:00 - 21:00 | Building C

Future Farmers Training Area
2024-07-31 10:00 - 20:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Spray Simulator
2024-07-30 12:00 - 18:00 | Building D

Tractor & Truck Pulls
2024-08-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
Start your Fair Sunday off right with Tractor & Truck Pulls put on by ILLINI State Pullers. Tractor and truck drivers put their machines to the test in the competition of strength and speed! You and your family will love feeling the rev of the engines shaking the ground as drivers test the limits on their way to victory – TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Use code SAVE5 for $5 off tickets. Discount code expires May 1 at midnight.

Open Horse Fun Show
2024-08-04 10:00 - 13:00 | Horse Barn

Pee Wee Showmanship Registration
2024-08-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Dairy Barn

4H Master Showmanship Contest
2024-08-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Hansen Pavilion
