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OKTOBERFEST
Oktoberfest
Fall fun and great friends.
The Friends of the St. Croix County Fairgrounds in cooperation with Prism Plastics and Gibby’s Lanes & Banquet Facility in New Richmond are hosting an Oktoberfest Celebration on Saturday, October 14 at Gibby’s Lanes in New Richmond from 5-7 p.m. This wonderful fall oriented event will include German Style Foods, the Little Falls Music Makers polka band and of course Hammer-Schlagen. Tickets cost $30 with the proceeds going to The Friends of the Fairgrounds to help us continue to improve the St. Croix County Fairgrounds for our children and future generations. We hope you can join us for an evening of fun.
Tickets are available at the following locations in St. Croix County: WESTconsin Credit Union - Baldwin, New Richmond and Hudson branches; Gibby’s Lanes & Banquet Facility - New Richmond; First National Community Bank; Prism Plastics - New Richmond; and Bernard’s - RAM • Chrysler • Dodge • Jeep - New Richmond. Tickets will also be available the day of the event at the door.
2017-18 Fair Books Now Available
2017-18 Fair Books Now Available
Whether you bake, sew, build, grow or train, entering an exhibit at a county fair is an exciting process and open to all. The St. Croix County Fair offers 17 different open class departments for entries including classes ranging from Antiques and Cats to Rabbits and Woodworking. This year’s St. Croix County Fair will be held July 19-23, in Glenwood City. Entry day for all non-animal exhibits is Wednesday, July 19 with judging beginning at noon and lasting until 7:30 p.m. To enter your favorite exhibit in the St. Croix County Fair's Open Class competition, visit our website at http://www.stcroixcofair.com and click on the Quick Links “Open Class Fair Book” the entry form will be the first link at the top of the page, or a paper entry can be found on page 113 of the St. Croix County Fair Book. All entries are due by May 31.
As in previous years, Dunn, Polk and Pierce residents are eligible to exhibit in the Open Class Division at the 2017 St. Croix County Fair. If any resident from our neighboring counties have questions, please feel free to contact the St. Croix County Fair at stcroixcofair@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/stcroixfair and private message us.
Thank you to the county businesses that are assisting the St. Croix County Fair as a fair book pickup location. Fair books will be available at these locations by Monday, March 13:
New Richmond: Farm & Home, Government Center and the New Richmond News office
Hudson: Government Center
Baldwin: Extension Office / Ag. Center
Glenwood City: Nilssen's SuperValu, and Tribune Press Reporter office
All local libraries will have a limited number of books available to pick-up and will keep a few books as reference materials.
For additional Fair related information, visit the St. Croix County Fair web site at http://www.stcroixcofair.com, https://www.facebook.com/stcroixfair or email us at stcroixcofair@gmail.com. Come to the Fair with your exhibit and put yourself in the center of the fun. Our theme for the 2017 St. Croix County Fair is “Hay Bales & Pig Tails” and it's bound to be a tail curling good time. We hope to see you there.
