Want to be featured in the 2021 Big Fresno Fair Competitive Exhibits? There’s still time to enter but the deadline is approaching quickly! All hard entries are due by Friday, September 10 and online entries are due Monday, September 13 by 11:59 p.m. Join the incredible tradition and enter your project for a chance to win a coveted blue ribbon, prize money and of course, showcase your talents at the Fair!
To download the 2021 Competitive Exhibits Handbook, click here!
Calling all Big Fresno Fair Livestock Exhibitors! Tonight (July 28) from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. there will be an important Zoom meeting addressing questions and concerns of the Livestock Show & Sale at the 2021 Big Fresno Fair. Be sure to join us!
Visit our website here for the link and password.
We are so excited to be able to feature all of our amazingly talented Fresno County residents at the in-person 2021 Big Fresno Fair with our popular Competitive Exhibits Program! All individuals desiring to participate competitively as a Fair exhibitor – such as 4-H and FFA members, craftsmen, cooks, gardeners, seamstresses, quilters, artists, photographers, potters and others – can download our 2021 Competitive Exhibits Handbook here!
The deadline for entry forms to be accepted in-person or by mail is Friday, September 10 at the Fair’s Administration Office. The deadline for online entries is Monday, September 13 by 11:59 p.m.
Questions? Please contact Stacy Rianda at (559) 650-3211.
Happy International Plant Day! 🌿💚Did you know that The Big Fresno Fair has a dedicated building just for plants called The Greenhouse? Can you beLEAF that at the 2019 Big Fresno Fair, there were over 1,000 different varieties of plants and flowers on display?🌱🌻
Be sure to spend some “thyme” in The Greenhouse at your next visit at The Big Fresno Fair!
It’s National FFA Week and we’d like to honor all the hard-working FFA Chapters that are right here in the Central Valley! FFA (Future Farmers of America) is a dynamic youth organization that teaches students responsibility, leadership, personal growth and gain agribusiness experience. 🐓🐖🐄🐐🐏
Share a photo with us or one of your favorite experiences of being in the FFA program! Don’t forget to tag us so we can share to our social! 📸
The Big Fresno Fair was featured in last week’s episode of Valley PBS’s “American Grown: My Job Depends on Ag”. The episode features one of our very own Deputy Managers, Lauri King and a few of the hard-working 4-H and FFA students who showcased their animal projects at the 2020 Big Fresno Fair’s Livestock Auction and Show!
Agriculture is the foundation backbone of our Fair and our community. Our Fair and others throughout California and the nation provide a platform for our 4-H and FFA youth to connect with one another, share their agriculture knowledge with the community, develop their marketing and public speaking skills and continue to grow as leaders in our community.
Be sure to watch this segment of on these hardworking youth and their drive to adapt and overcome an unprecedented year of hardships. Click the video to watch the full episode!
Click the video to check out the full episode!
We still wanted to be able to showcase the many talented people of Fresno County. That’s why we moved the competitive exhibits online! Visit our website to see who won the blue ribbons and to check out some of their amazing pieces of work! Click here to see the 2020 Big Fresno Fair Competitive Exhibits … Continue reading “Check Out This Year’s Virtual Competitive Exhibits Winners Online!”
We still wanted to be able to showcase the many talented people of Fresno County. That’s why we moved the competitive exhibits online! Visit our website to see who won the blue ribbons and to check out some of their amazing pieces of work! Click here to see the 2020 Big Fresno Fair Competitive Exhibits Winners!
We are just two days away from the first-ever Big Fresno Fair Virtual Jr. Livestock Auction kicks-off this Friday, October 9 at 11 a.m. and goes until Monday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. The Virtual Livestock sale will feature nearly 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County. Leading … Continue reading “Sanger FFA Chapter Exhibitor Feature – Amarie Gonzalez”
We are just two days away from the first-ever Big Fresno Fair Virtual Jr. Livestock Auction kicks-off this Friday, October 9 at 11 a.m. and goes until Monday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. The Virtual Livestock sale will feature nearly 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County.
Leading up to the sale, we’ll be featuring 4-H & FFA exhibitors from participating chapters to highlight their animal project and all their hard work, while also giving buyers and our community a glimpse of animals they can bid on!
Meet Amarie Gonzalez, a Sanger FFA student who is a senior at Sanger High School:
“It is my fourth year in FFA. I got involved in FFA because I am passionate about taking care of animals and learning all about them. I have two castrated male Boer goats this year named Milo and Jinx. I’ve been working hard to get them fair ready, trimming hooves and bathing regularly.”
Help out these hard-working students in the community! Participate in the sale as a buyer or place an add-on bid! Every bit helps out these kids who’ve been working all year to get to where they are now. For more information about the Virtual Livestock Auction and how you can participate, click here.
The first-ever Big Fresno Fair Virtual Livestock Sale kicks-off on Friday, October 9 at 11 a.m. and goes until Monday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. The Virtual Livestock sale will feature nearly 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County. Leading up to the sale, we’ll be featuring 4-H … Continue reading “Sierra 4-H Exhibitor Feature – Dalton King”
The first-ever Big Fresno Fair Virtual Livestock Sale kicks-off on Friday, October 9 at 11 a.m. and goes until Monday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. The Virtual Livestock sale will feature nearly 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County.
Leading up to the sale, we’ll be featuring 4-H & FFA exhibitors from participating chapters to highlight their animal project and all their hard work, while also giving buyers and our community a glimpse of animals they can bid on!
Meet Dalton King, a Sierra 4-H student who is in 6th grade at Foothill Elementary:
“Hello, my name is Dalton King. I go to Foothill Elementary where I am in the 6th grade and I CAN NOT wait to GO back to school when COVID is over – SOON I hope. I miss school a lot, I really miss my friends but most of all I miss my Travel Baseball Team and playing Baseball! Sports is my favorite thing to do and showing my animals is a close second. I also love fishing and camping. I am the Flag Bearer in my 4-H Club – The Sierra 4-H Club. I am in the Beef, Goat and Shooting Sports groups.
Our family LOVES animals and we really like to show them. I have THE PERFECT GOAT for you!! Doofy is the best and he has been SO much Fun to Raise. When everything fun couldn’t happen it was so good that I got to have Doofy. He is a lot like me …… kind of a spaz ….. he runs all over and loves to play chase. I also get to show my breeding heifer Hot Donna at jackpot shows. Her name fits her perfectly because she likes to be a little hot head – she doesn’t get that from me.
I got to show her at the Red Wave Classic the Fresno State Jackpot and then at the Cal Poly Western Bonanza. The best part of Hot Donna was working with my dad and uncle Zeb to decide what kind of bull to breed her to. I got to choose the one I liked so we will see what her calf looks like this spring. So hopefully you can tell that I LOVE Baseball, goats, cows and most of the time my Family.
Doofy joined The King Family in June and we have had a lot of FUN since day one! He was bred by Eric McDaniel from McDaniel Livestock and Doofy and Eric are a lot alike – they both talk a lot. The first few weeks we had Doofy he yelled a lot but then I learned it was because he wanted to hangout more. Each day I work him and he’s a pretty big guy, he weighs 100lbs and I only weigh 75 so sometimes he gets away from me or drags me –we’ve turned it into a game. Most of all I have kept him fed, watered and clean– he loves bath time.
Doofy will be at the Fresno Fair Grading event and then go through the Fresno Fair Virtual Livestock Sale. The sale this year will be on-line only because of COVID, I miss the Fair.”
Help out these hard-working students in the community! Participate in the sale as a buyer or place an add-on bid! Every bit helps out these kids who’ve been working all year to get to where they are now. For more information about the Virtual Livestock Auction and how you can participate, click here.
The first-ever Big Fresno Fair Virtual Livestock Sale kicks-off on Friday, October 9 at 11 a.m. and goes until Monday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. The Virtual Livestock sale will feature nearly 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County. Leading up to the sale, we’ll be featuring 4-H … Continue reading “Sanger FFA Chapter Exhibitor Feature – Savannah Sandoval”
The first-ever Big Fresno Fair Virtual Livestock Sale kicks-off on Friday, October 9 at 11 a.m. and goes until Monday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. The Virtual Livestock sale will feature nearly 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County.
Leading up to the sale, we’ll be featuring 4-H & FFA exhibitors from participating chapters to highlight their animal project and all their hard work, while also giving buyers and our community a glimpse of animals they can bid on!
Meet Savanah Sandoval, a Sanger FFA student who is a Senior at Sanger High School:
“It is my fourth year in FFA. I got involved with showing animals because one of my Ag teachers let us know about showing animals and I thought it would be a fun experience. It definitely was! This is my third year showing Boer goats and it has been an interesting year.
I will be showing a doe and a wether at the Fair but will only be selling my wether. Both of my goats have fun personalities and make every day a fun one! I am so happy to be able to still experience showing even if it’s in a totally different way this year!”
Help out these hard-working students in the community! Participate in the sale as a buyer or place an add-on bid! Every bit helps out these kids who’ve been working all year to get to where they are now. For more information about the Virtual Livestock Auction and how you can participate, click here.