The long weekend here means the sights and sounds of the harvest and the midway.
Annually held on the Labour Day weekend, the fair runs from Sept. 1 to 3 on Agricultural Society grounds.
In her remarks published in this year’s fairbook, president Cathy Moore welcomed everyone to the 153rd annual Mount Forest Fall Fair.
“Each year we look forward to seeing our returning exhibitors and meeting new ones. We are honoured to be able to display the talents and creations of students, farmers, gardeners, photographers, artists, crafters and culinary experts.”
The three-day event gears up on the Saturday with exhibits to be placed in the hall between 8am and 11am.
Between noon and 4pm the hall will close briefly to allow judging of the exhibits.
At 4pm the hall opens, with the ambassador of the fair competition and dinner at the Mount Forest Sports Complex starting at 6:30pm.
Sunday starts off at 9:30am with a farmers’ market and the western horse show at the fairgrounds.
By 10am, the exhibit hall opens and the hunter and jumper show begins.
It also marks the start of the Drayton School of Music Jam Stage.
In addition to having a chance to see performances by teachers and students of the Drayton School of music, anyone is welcome to join in.
At 10:30, the Haflinger and light horse show begins at the track.
Starting off the afternoon activities at 1pm are the baby show in the auditorium and the children’s pet show on the fairgrounds.
Though the London Olympics are now over, the Farmer’s Olympics take their place at 2:30pm, followed by a push cart derby at 3:30pm, and a pedal tractor pull at 4pm.
Monday starts off with the farmers’ market once more, this time beginning at 10am, the same time as the exhibit hall opening.
At the same time on the grass ring, spectators will have a chance to see future stars of the calf show.
The Drayton School of Music runs from 10am to 4pm Monday as well.
At 10:30am, the heavy horse show begins on the track, while the invitational 4-H cattle show is being held at the grass ring.
The parade, at noon, begins at the Mount Forest fire hall.
At 2pm there will be an interactive Taekwondo demonstration with Dave Reeves of Phoenix Performance Centre.
The day caps off with the horse pull at the track.
Admission to the Mount Forest Fall Fair is $5 for adults, $1 for students and children are free when accompanied by an adult.
