This week, Ulster County lets its country roots show at the annual county fair, an old-timey festival featuring carnival rides, livestock shows, country music and more.
The Ulster County Fair opens at 4pm today -- Tuesday -- at the fairground in New Paltz, and runs through Sunday. A few highlights on the schedule:
Tuesday, July 30
- Tuesday is "Carload Night," with $40 admission per car
- Put your lawnmower to the test: Garden Tractor Pull at 6pm
- Fair parade at 6:30pm
- Rivers Edge Band performs at 7pm
Wednesday, July 31
- 4-H Horse Show from 9am to 4:30pm
- Opening Day Ceremonies at 6pm
- Easton Corbin performs at 8pm
- Fireworks at 9:30pm
Thursday, August 1
- Thursday is Senior Day, with free admission for all seniors between 10am and 4pm
- Open Pony Show and Driving, 9am to 3pm
- Truck Pull at 6pm
- Joe Diffie performs at 8pm
Friday, August 2
- Open Draft Horse Show, 8am to 5:30pm
- Tractor Pull at 6pm
- Cook & Belle perform at 4pm and 8pm
Saturday, August 3
- Open Western Show, 8am to 5:30pm, with a gymkhana at 4pm
- The Lost Trailers perform at 4pm and 8pm
Sunday, August 4
- Open English Horse Show starts at 8am
- Baby Contest at 11am
- Jason Michael Carroll performs at 5:30pm
Daily:
- Robinson's Racing Pigs will perform four shows daily
- Stiltwalker Carrie McQueen and juggler Wade Henry will be strolling the grounds
- Muttville Comix, a traveling comedy troupe of dogs of all shapes and sizes, will perform their slapstick act
- Have a close encounter with an alligator or a kangaroo at the Two By Two Zoo
- Masters of the Chain Saw demonstrate chain saw carving
- Carnival rides on the midway, with $15 pay-one-price tickets good for admission to all rides
Ulster County Fair, Tuesday, July 30 through Sunday, July 4. Ulster County Fairground, 249 Libertyville Road, New Paltz. Admission is $15/person; covers free rides, parking and entertainment. For more information, see the Ulster County Fair's website or Facebook page.
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