McHenry County Fair 2026

Haybale Throwing Contest
2025-08-02 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Hansen Pavilion

Grandstand Gates Open
2025-08-02 17:30 | Grandstands

Nick's Kid Show
2025-08-02 17:30 - 18:15 | Midway

Dylan Scott Concert
2025-08-02 19:00 - 19:30 | Grandstands
Curb Records recording artist Dylan Scott is a triple threat — a powerful vocalist with a deep, unmistakable drawl, an old-soul songwriter with a young spirit and a family man with a tender heart. The ACM-nominated, multi-Platinum singer has notched four No. 1 singles at radio (“My Girl,” “Nobody,” “New Truck,” and “Can’t Have Mine”), as well as Top 5 hit “Hooked.” Following his first career nomination for Best New Country Artist at the all-genre iHeartRadio Music Awards and a coveted spot among Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces of Country Music, his Platinum-certified ode to his wife, “Nobody,” earned him a 2021 CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year. Scott earned a 2023 and 2024 ACM nomination in the category, New Male Artist of the Year. Alongside Jason Crabb, Scott won his first GMA Dove Award in 2023 for the song, “Good Morning Mercy.” With career streams surpassing 4 billion, the Louisiana native has provided tour support for Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan and Chris Young, among others, cementing him as an in-demand live act. Livin’ My Best Life (Still), the deluxe edition of the latest album from Scott, features five new tracks including “Boys Back Home” with Dylan Marlowe and “This Town’s Been Too Good To Us” – both of which are currently at Country radio – and viral TikTok ballad, RIAA-Certified Platinum No. 1 radio single, “Can’t Have Mine (Find You A Girl).”

Eli Young Band
2025-08-02 20:00 - 21:00 | Grandstands

Commercial Exhibits Close
2025-08-02 22:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Gates Open
2025-08-03 07:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Commercial Exhibits Open
2025-08-03 10:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Donut Eating Contest
2025-08-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Building C

4H Master Showmanship Contest
2025-08-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Hansen Pavilion

Tractor & Truck Pulls
2025-08-03 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!

Farm Simulator sponsored by ConservFS
2025-08-03 10:00 - 18:00 | Building D

Demolition Derby by 4WD Promotions​
2025-08-03 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!
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2nd Annual Woodstock Truck’n Food Show
2025-08-23 15:00 - 22:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States

Draft Horse Pulls at the McHenry County Fair
2026-08-05 18:30 - 21:00 | Grandstands
Get ready for a night of Pure Horsepower, at the Horse Pulling Contest at the McHenry
County Fair, Woodstock, Illinois.
This event will have draft horses, as a team, pulling weighted loads in competition.
Unlike a tractor pull, where the load gets heavier the further distance they pull, these
teams will be pulling a Horse Pulling Dynamometer, owned and operated by Scott
Skinkis, Brillion, WI. This dynamometer has preset weights that the teams will be
pulling. Each team must pull the load 27 ½ feet for a qualified pull. The teams pulling
the full distance will go on to a bigger load. This is a process of elimination – the team
that pulls the biggest load the furthest is declared the winner.
The horse pulling competition will start at 6:30 pm in the grandstand on Wednesday,
August 5th .
Visit our website www.horsepull.com or look for us on Facebook!

Late Night Flea Market Fest
2026-09-26 15:00 - 2026-09-27 00:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
“No need for Sun-Tan lotion at this market,” state Bob Zurko of Zurko’s Midwest Promotions, promoter of the special event. It’s a night of “Flea & Fun”!
It’s treasure-hunting at its finest, as dealers gather their “FLEAS & STUFF including Antiques, Crafts, County Furniture, Old Comics, Toys, MEMORABILIA of all sorts and lots of Collectibles. The “Late Night Flea Market Fest” affords a great opportunity for folks who generally cannot attend a Flea Market during the day. Great food & snacks will be available. Dealers will be indoors, in tents and open-air, as the market goes rain or “MOON SHINE”! As always, the fun is in the hunt. Bring ‘FLASHLIGHTS”!
Special guests: Doctor Ivan Cryptosis – Doctor Ivan Cryptosis. Center Square of Pop Culture and America’s Pitchman. Horror Host, Comic, Ventriloquist, or Quizmaster. He is a man of many roles. He is joined by his sidekick Professor Varnus Lupescu. Entertainment and fun is everywhere…
Also, Jeff Balke – Jeff Balke is an entrepreneur, writer, voice actor and upcoming producer/director of his own animations. He founded his own animation studio, Jeff Balke Studios, which focuses on 2D Animation (both traditional and digital Animation). He’s created a number of characters, but is best known for Stanley and Friends (Stanley Squirrel, Natasha Squirrel, Chester, Baby Fang, Billy Billington and Bandit). In addition to creating animation, his studio also produced their first all ages comic called Stanley’s Ghost, which was Eisner nominated, starting their own line of weekly comic strips and kids books. Just recently, they started work on their first stop motion animation featuring Stanley Squirrel.
For additional information on this and other Zurko Promotions, call or write: 115 E. Division St. Shawano, WI. 54166 (715-526-9769) www.zurkopromotions.com

41st Annual FALL DIDDLEY® Day 1
2026-10-10 09:00 - 17:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
Join us Saturday, October 10th (9:00am – 5:00pm) and Sunday, October 11th (9:00am – 4:00pm) at the McHenry County Fairgrounds for the 41st Annual Fall Diddley Craft Show. This juried show is sure to entertain and offer everyone a head start on your holiday shopping season!
100% of net proceeds from Fall Diddley® are donated to 13 McHenry County agencies that service those with mental health related issues. Without your attendance and participation, this wouldn’t be possible!
If you are interested in donating to the Mental Health Resource League, please visit our Contact Us page – or make a safe and secue donation via our Paypal donation page

41st Annual Fair Diddley Day 2
2026-10-11 09:00 - 16:00 | Mchenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL, 60098, United States
