Serving the Community since 1839,
the Madison County Fairgrounds are surrounded by the foothills of the Upper Unadilla Valley
in Brookfield, New York
| May 22-25 | Southern Wayne Trail Riders Assoc. |
| May 29-31 | NYSHC Competitive Trail Riding Clinic |
| June 6 - 7 | Society For Creative Anachronism |
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July 3 - 5 |
NYSHC Competitive Trail Ride |
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July 7 |
Rabies Clinic |
| July 9 - 12 | 170th Madison County Fair |
| July 17- 19 |
Mule Days July 17th Donkey & Mule Open Show July 18th Donkey & Mule Gymkhana July 19th Trail ride |
| Aug 7 - 9 |
CNY Horse Club Ride
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| Aug 15- 16 | AMC Local Meet |
| Sept 4 - 6 |
Southern Wayne Trail Riders Assoc. |
| Sept 25- 27 | Wheel Days |
| Oct 9 - 12 | NYSHC 41st Annual Pleasure Ride |
Janet Ambrose, Associate Professor of
Textiles from Syracuse University, College of Art and Design, will be at the
Madison
County Fair on Friday and Saturday to lead us through the creation of
her personal design work from the fiber animal to her final knitted and felted
product. Janet and her family raise Angora goats, Cashmere goats, and Alpacas
on their farm in Jamesville, NY. From their fiber she produces lace weight
yarns and uses the computer and a computerized knitting machine to create her
custom textile art.
Janet’s presentations in the Focus on Fiber pavilion will begin with an introduction to the animals on the farm and to the spinning mill housed there, including its 2.5 ton industrial Stoll Knitting Machine. Her recent work enables her to integrate her long-standing love of photography with more recently acquired skills in fiber animal husbandry and knitting machinery to create beautiful and functional textile art. For a preview, see her new website at www.janbrose.com
In the Focus on Fiber pavilion, there will be a wide variety of activities, demonstrations, animal exhibits, and fiber products on display.
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On Friday and Saturday at 1:00 and 4:00, textile artist Janet Ambrose will lecture and show videos of her farm, fiber mill, and fiber art. |
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At 3:00 every day there will be a demonstration of shearing with Horned Dorset sheep. |
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At 11:00 every morning, you can hear an introduction to cashmere goats and to alpacas. |
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On Friday at 12:00, 2:00, and 5:00, Angora rabbit breeders will demonstrate grooming the rabbits and spinning their fiber. |
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Every day, there will be demonstrations of wet felting and needle felting, and children will be invited to try their hand at a project. Younger children will have pictures of fiber animals to color. There will be spinning demonstrations with wheels and interactive demonstrations with drop spindles. Visitors can see carding in progress and view displays of exotic fibers and fiber at each stage in the process from animal to finished product. Vendors will offer fiber, yarn, and goods made with fiber from alpacas, Angora rabbits, Icelandic sheep, Finn sheep, and Angora goats. |
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The Focus on Fiber festival is also participating in an international project sponsored by Keep the Fleece to raise $250,000 for a herd of fiber animals to be distributed by Heifer International. Teams of knitters all over the world are knitting scarves that will be sewn together in October to make the longest scarf in the world. What better way to celebrate the International Year of Natural Fibers than to visit the Focus on Fiber exhibit and knit a few rows on Madison County's contribution to the longest scarf in the world |
We have made plans to have a tent next to the pavilion, so we could actually add 2 or 3 more people.
So - please pass the word on to anyone who might be interested.
Contact the Focus on Fiber Superintendent for more information.
Click here for a link to the Madison County Historian's website
Fair Schedule
Click here for printable schedule
Thursday - July 9th
Opening Day Ceremony
In the Afternoon (Ribbon Cutting)
Postal Cancellation
Two by Two Zoo at 1:00, 4:00, and 6:30 pm every day
Wade Live (Magician) 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 pm
Pickles Da Clown 3:00, 4:30, and 7:00 pm
Dancing Bears Puppet Show 2:30 and 6:00 pm
Storytelling 4:00 pm
Little Miss and Mister Contest 4:00 pm
Miss Madison County Pageant 4:30
Kids Bucks Game , prizes every show 2:00, 5:00, and 7:30 pm
Stage Band - Acme Acoustic Band 7:00 - 11:00 pm
Grandstand Fireman’s Push Ball Contest
5 k run 6 – 6:30 pm
Run to benefit - Community Action mentoring program (Entry Blank)
Fiber Fair
One $100 treasure hunt medallion placed.
Friday - July 10th
Ag Day – Senior Citizen Day
Ag Show at the Events Tent
Farmer’s market
Small Antique Engine show
Ag displays - Fiber Fair
Two by Two Zoo at 1:00, 4:00, and 6:00 pm
Wade Live (Magician) 12:00, 5:00, 6:30 pm
Pickles Da Clown 2:00, 4:00, and 7:00 pm
Dancing Bears Puppet Show 12:30 and 5;30 pm
Pony Pulls 2:00 - 4:00
Storytelling 2:30 pm
Kids Bucks Game , prizes every show 1:30, 4:30, and 7:30 pm
Pony Pulling Competition
Youth Horse Show - Ring.. (See Schedule)
Second $100 treasure hunt medallion placed
Stage Bands - Back to Country 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Truck Pull 7:00 pm
Renegade Country Music with Attitude 8:00 - 11:00 pm
Saturday – July 11th
Youth and History Day
(Help recreate history day-get 12,000 people to the
Fair to recreate the day of 1856)
$500 treasure hunt medallion placed
Small Antique Engine show
Fiber Fair
Events Tent –Youth Day
Two by Two Zoo at 11:00, 2:00, and 6:00 pm
Wade Live (Magician) 12:00, 2:30, 6:30 pm
Pickles Da Clown 12:30, 3:00, and 5:00 pm
Dancing Bears Puppet Show 10:30 and 4:30 pm
Storytelling 3:30 pm
Kids Bucks Game , prizes every show 11:30, 4:00, and 5:30 pm
Historical Societies highlighted
Chicken Bar B Q
Historic Marker for Frederick Douglas unveiled
Grandstand Presentation by Frederick Douglas (Fred Morsell) 1:00 pm
Delivering the speech he delivered to 12,000 people at the Madison County Fair in 1856
Stage Band - Dixieland Band 3:00 - 6:00 pm
Demolition Derby 6:30 pm
Rollover Contest
Sunday –July 12th
Tractor Pulls 10:00 am
Two by Two Zoo at 12:00, 2:00, and 5:00 pm every day
Wade Live (Magician) 11:00, 4:00, 7:30 pm
Pickles Da Clown 12:30, 3:00, and 4:30 pm
Dancing Bears Puppet Show 1:00 and 6:00 pm
Storytelling 3:30 pm
Bike Give-away 4:00 pm
Kids Bucks Game , prizes every show 11:30, 2:30, and 5:30 pm
Events Tent – Antique Tractor Show
Fiber Fair
Open Horse Show Sunday –Horse Ring Gate 3
One $100 treasure hunt Medallion placed
Stage Band - Stoutman Irish Band 12:00 - 3:00 pm
Matt Chase and the Thunder Canyon Band 5:00 pm
Grandstand - Tractor Pull
Special Madison County Exhibits all days
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Last updated on 06/20/2009
