North Carolina Mountain State Fair begins this Week in Asheville

September 11-20, 2015    North Carolina Mountain State Fair  Held at the WNC Agricultural Center, this is the third largest fair in North Carolina, and it celebrates the heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains, including agriculture, music, crafts, art, food, entertainment, display of livestock, competitions, and midway amusement rides.

The WNC Agricultural Center is located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road in Fletcher NC, a suburb of Asheville  halfway to Hendersonville.  

Today's Schedule at the NC Mountain State Fair

Get a link for the North Carolina Mountain State Fair on the Asheville NC Visitor Guide

9:00am
Gates and Buildings Open
Educational & Competitive Exhibits Open (Expo Building)
Heritage Crafts Demonstrations Open (Virginia Boone Building)
Gospel Singing Competition (Heritage Stage)
Clogging Competition (Bojangles Music Stage)
Rabbit Show (Barn F)
Youth Dairy Goat Show (McGough Arena)
10:00am
Midway Rides Open
District Jr. Market Steer & Heifer Show (Livestock Arena)

11:00am Kenya Acrobats (Davis Event Center)
Pig Racing (Hogway Speedway)
“The Great American Spam Championship” Cooking Competition (Expo Building)

11:30am Agricadabra Presents: The Science of Ag (Bill’s Farm Adventure)

1:00pm
Open Junior Doe Dairy Goat Show (McGough Arena)
Kenya Acrobats (Davis Event Center)
1:30pm
Agricadabra Presents: The Science of Ag (Bill’s Farm Adventure)
Chainsaw Artist Dan Smathers (Heritage Village)
Timber Sports Lumberjack Demonstration (Location TBA)
2:00pm |
Old North State (Bojangles Music Stage)
3:00pm
Pig Racing (Hogway Speedway)
Chainsaw Artist Dan Smathers (Heritage Village)
Leon Jacobs, Jr. (Pepsi Music Stage)
Children's Soap Carving (Expo Building)

4:00pm
Kenya Acrobats (Davis Event Center)
4:30pm
Agricadabra Presents: The Science of Ag (Bill’s Farm Adventure)
Timber Sports Lumberjack Demonstration (Location TBA)

5:00pm
Kayla McKinney (Bojangles Music Stage)
Leon Jacobs, Jr. (Pepsi Music Stage)
Open Meat Breed Sheep Show (McGough Arena)

5:30pm
Wildlife Encounters (Davis Event Center)
6:00pm
Pig Racing (Hogway Speedway)
Chainsaw Artist Dan Smathers (Heritage Village)

6:30pm
Wildlife Encounters (Davis Event Center)

7:00pm
Mountain Music Festival (Heritage Stage)
Appalachian Consort
Stoney Creek Cloggers
Southern Mountain Fire Cloggers
The Doghouse Band
Fines Creek Flatfooters
The Southern Appalachian Cloggers

Kenya Acrobats (Davis Event Center)
Leon Jacobs, Jr. (Pepsi Music Stage)
Dixie Starlight Express (Stampede Corral)

7:30pm
Agricadabra Presents: The Science of Ag (Bill’s Farm Adventure)
Wildlife Encounters (Davis Event Center)
Timber Sports Lumberjack Demonstration (Location TBA)

8:00pm
Nuthin Fancy (Bojangles Music Stage)
Dixie Starlight Express (Stampede Corral)

8:30pm
Pig Racing (Hogway Speedway)

9:15pm
Leon Jacobs, Jr. (Pepsi Music Stage)
Chainsaw Artist Dan Smathers (Heritage Village)