๐ก Sparks Will Fly (Literally, in the Demo Derby)
The 169th Gibson County Fair is back and itโs giving โYEEHAW meets Mad Maxโ energy. This is your Super Bowl, your Met Gala, your deep-fried dreamscape of monster trucks, rodeos, 4-H glamour, and folks launching themselves off dirt ramps for glory. This isnโt just a fair. This is a lifestyle with pageants, pigs, and pedal tractor pulls with enough testosterone to jumpstart a combine.
This week, the grandstands become The Tri-Stateโs hottest club. The dress code? Boots, cutoff jorts, and a pocket full of ride tickets. Grab your cousin, your grandma, your ex, and go full send into 7 days of chaos.
Fair seasonโs here, baby. Let the sawdust fly. Letโs go.

๐ฅ Main Event Highlights
MONSTER TRUCKSโฆ WITH A PIT PARTY
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Monday, July 7 @ 7PM (Pit Party 4โ6PM)
๐๏ธ Included with admission
โ๏ธ Theyโre big. Theyโre loud. They jump stuff. Bring the kids to meet the monster trucks before the real carnage begins. Then brace yourself for metal mayhem.
๐ Bonus Buzz: Catch Jimmy Detalente and Kevin Minnis on the Free Stage at 7PM if your ears survive the engine roars.

๐งจ 2FOR1 Tuesday: Smash, Crash & Save
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Tuesday, July 8 @ 7PM
๐๏ธ 2-for-1 gate admission or bring a friend with your season pass
โ๏ธ The best deal of the fair + the most destruction = 2FOR1 Tuesday. Scrapper Racing. MWFA Demo Derby. Youth Stock Mower Smash-A-Palooza. All refereed by Iron Outlaw Promotions. No fluff, just chaos.
๐ Bonus Buzz: 2-for-1 ride armbands after 5PM. Nearly every food vendor is slinginโ BOGO eats. Funnel cakes for everybody.

๐ด Giddy Up, Rodeo Lovers
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Wednesday, July 9 @ 7PM
๐๏ธ Included with admission
โ๏ธ Buckinโ broncs, wild bulls, and cowboys with enough yeehaw to restart a tractor battery. The DD Pro Rodeo is the real deal watch from the grandstands or yell from the top row.
๐ Bonus Buzz: Catch Hometown Gold (aka the Loveless Brothers) on the Free Stage while the livestock limbers up.

๐๏ธ Full-Throttle Dirt: Motocross Finals
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Thursday, July 10 @ 7:30PM
๐๏ธ Free with admission
โ๏ธ High-flying bikes. Dirt in your soda. The grandstands become a dirt stadium as local daredevils go full throttle over tabletop jumps and into your adrenaline-addicted hearts.
๐ Bonus Buzz: Grab a lemonade slushie and catch Still Company performing live at 7PM.

๐ค Colt Ford Concert & Beer Garden Shenanigans
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Friday, July 11 @ 8PM
๐๏ธ Free with admission
โ๏ธ Colt Ford brings the country-rap thunder to the grandstands. Itโs a little honky, a little tonky, and a whole lot of boot-stompinโ sing-along action.
๐ Bonus Buzz: Pregame in the Beer Garden with the Blackstone Band at 6PM. You will line dance next to a man wearing jorts.

๐ฅ Demo Derby Finale: Five Classes of Carnage
๐ Grandstands
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Saturday, July 12 @ 7PM
๐๏ธ Free with admission
โ๏ธ Itโs demolition derby night and the grandstands are your Thunderdome. Five vehicle classes. Sparks. Screaming. Glory. Bonus round: kids crash mini cars in the Power Wheels Demo at 6:45PM.
๐ Bonus Buzz: The Bear Hollow Chainsaw Carving Auction is your shot to go home with a giant wooden raccoon. Starbound Band takes the Free Stage at 7PM.

๐ถ Your Weeklong Playlist IRL
๐ Monday, July 7
๐ค Free Stage: Jimmy Detalente & Kevin Minnis โ 7PM
๐ Tuesday, July 8
๐ค Free Stage: Scott Mason & Rickie Byrne โ 7PM
๐ Wednesday, July 9
๐ค Free Stage: Loveless Brothers โ 7PM
๐ Thursday, July 10
๐ค Free Stage: Still Company โ 7PM
๐ Friday, July 11
๐ค Colt Ford โ 8PM
๐ป Beer Garden: Blackstone Band โ 6PM
๐ถ Opener: Tone Deaf Troubadours (with Ben Dahlquist) โ 7PM
๐ Saturday, July 12
๐ค Free Stage: Starbound Band โ 7PM
๐ช Chainsaw Carving Auction โ 6PM

๐ Final Buzz
๐ฅ Fairytales & Funnel Cakes
This week is a choose-your-own-adventure book written entirely in diesel smoke and powdered sugar. Whether you're lawnmower-racing into glory, making questionable decisions in the Beer Garden, or crying at the sight of a 4-H goat named "Snickerdoodle," the Gibson County Fair is the most chaotic, beautiful mess of the summer.
So grab your ride band, hold your nose during the Swine Show, and scream into the July sky like itโs your last rodeo. Because this? This is homegrown madness, and we wouldnโt have it any other way.
Buckle up, buttercup. Itโs about to get feral in the fairgrounds.

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Mid-demo derby selfie while sparks fly behind you
Full glam rodeo look next to a very confused goat
Slow-motion video of your buddy losing at the adult pedal tractor pull
Stay local. Stay weird. Stay buzzinโ.
โ The Buzz Team โ๏ธ
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