PLATTSBURGH — Don’t forget the animal exhibits and competitions at the Clinton County Fair.
Today features the Open Cattle Show and the Small Animal Show, with pets including cats and ferrets.
Front-gate admission for the fair today is $8 per person, with kids age 12 and under free. Today is the “Special Day for Special People,” with free admission for special people and $4 for counselors and guardians (proof of group required). It costs $4 for seniors ages 62 and older to get in today.
Ride Wristbands, priced at $20, are good all day.
Exhibit buildings are open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; parking is free at the fair.
Here’s the schedule:
TODAY
9 a.m.:
Open Cattle Show in the Denton Publications & Suburban Propane Cattle Barn.
11 a.m to 2 p.m.:
Happy Time Ramblers Band at the Curtis Lumber Stage.
Noon:
Carnival rides start.
Noon to 9 p.m.:
4-H Dairy Bar open.
1 to 3 p.m.:
4-H public presentations in the 4-H Building.
1, 4 and 7:30 p.m.:
Masters of the Chainsaw Sculptors, sponsored by Key R-D Trailer Sales & Tammy Perrotte Sears of RE/MAX North Country.
1:30, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m.:
The Magic of Lance Gifford & Company, sponsored by Wal-mart.
2, 4 and 7 p.m.:
Pipsqueaks Party Time Clown Show, sponsored by Price Chopper on the Children’s Stage.
2, 5 and 7 p.m.:
Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd-of-Entertainment,” sponsored by Bath Fitter.
3 to 6 p.m.:
Small Animal Show (pets, including cats and ferrets, then rabbits and calves) at the 4-H Building; and Frozen Sunshine Band in the Stewart’s Shop Gazebo.
6 p.m.:
Street Legal Truck Pulls, sponsored by Budweiser in front of the Casella Waste Management Stage at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Grandstand. $5 grandstand; $5 Pit Pass; 4-H Beef Show; and Coin Hunt in the Sawdust Pile, sponsored by four federal credit unions, UFirst, GP Community, Dannemora and Peru Central School; and TD Bank ($100 added each day).
7 p.m.:
Master hypnotist Michael Blaine, on the Curtis Lumber Stage.
7:30 p.m.:
North Country’s Got Talent Semi-Finals at the Lance Gifford Stage. Qualifiers will go on to Saturday afternoon’s Finale Show. Sponsored by Pepsi, 97.5 Eagle Country Radio, Kneucraft Fine Jewelry, Cumberland 12 Cinemas and Reithoffer Shows Inc. (No bands allowed).
8 to 10 p.m.:
The Lou Allen Show in the Stewart’s Shop Gazebo.
SATURDAY
9 a.m.:
FFA Judging Contest for students in the Denton Publications & Suburban Propane Cattle Barn and the Duprey’s Feed & McCadam Cheese FFA Building; and the 4-H Goat Show.
10 a.m.
4-H and FFA Dairy Judging in the Denton Publications & Suburban Propane Cattle Barn.
Noon:
Carnival rides start.
Noon to 9 p.m.
4-H Dairy Bar open.
Noon:
4-H BBQ Contest, Rooster Crowing, Poultry Owner Look-a-Like and costume contests; North Country’s Got Talent Finale at the Lance Gifford Stage, sponsored by Pepsi, 97.5 Eagle Country Radio, Kneucraft Fine Jewelry, Cumberland 12 Cinemas & Reithoffer Shows Inc.
Noon to 2:30 p.m.:
Legacy Paintball Match (behind the Fair Office).
Noon to 3 p.m.:
Nelson Rock w/Vincent band in the Stewart’s Shop Gazebo.
1 to 3 p.m.:
4-H public presentations in the 4-H Building.
1, 4 and 7:30 p.m.:
Masters of the Chainsaw Sculptors, sponsored by Key R-D Trailer Sales & Tammy Perrotte Sears of RE/MAX North Country.
2, 4 and 7 p.m.:
Pipsqueaks Party Time Clown Show, sponsored by Price Chopper on the Children’s Stage.
2, 5 and 7 p.m.:
Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd-of-Entertainment,” sponsored by Bath Fitter.
3 p.m.:
Adirondack Tractor Pull, sponsored by Dragoon’s Farm Equipment and NYSEG in front of the Casella Waste Management Stage at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Grandstand.
3:30, 6:30 and 8:45 p.m.:
The Magic of Lance Gifford & Company, sponsored by Wal-mart.
4 and 9 p.m.:
Master hypnotist Michael Blaine on the Curtis Lumber Stage.
5 to 8 p.m.:
Too Big for the Corner Band in the Stewart’s Shop Gazebo.
6 p.m.: Coin Hunt in the Sawdust Pile, sponsored by four federal credit unions, UFirst, GP Community, Dannemora and Peru Central School; and TD Bank ($100 added each day).
