Sept 11 & 12 2026 Creston Flats Stables, 633 Indian Road Get directions

Enter the fair

Show off your best: from preserves to Lego, quilts to livestock. There are over 800 classes to choose from.

Exhibits Entries are closed for 2026

Enter in sections including:

  • Fruit and vegetables
  • Home preserving
  • Wine and beer
  • Eggs and honey
  • Home baking
  • Flowers and potted plants
  • Arts and crafts
  • Needlework
  • Poultry and livestock
  • Photography
  • Student classes
  • Woodwork and metalcraft
  • Grain and forage
  • Wildcrafting
  • Lego
A prize-winning scarecrow dressed in denim with a crown of dried flowers.

How to enter

  1. Step 1: Read the entry booklet

    It lists every class, the rules and the prizes.

    Entry booklet (PDF)

  2. Step 2: Enter online or on paper

    Enter online, or fill in the paper entry form.

    Online entry is closed

    Paper entry form (PDF)

  3. Step 3: Bring your exhibits

    Bring everything to Creston Flats Stables on Thursday, September 10, between 6 pm and 8 pm.

    Late exhibits are marked “For Display Only” and are not judged. Please leave the grounds right after dropping off.

Livestock show Entries are closed for 2026

Classes include Chore Horse, Log Skid, Driving Horse and the Livestock Costume Contest.

Every entrant must sign a waiver. You can read about each class on the Things to Do page.

Two horse-drawn wagons with drivers in hats circle the arena.

Prize results

See who won ribbons in every section, and the Best in Show winners.

Long tables of produce entries in the exhibit barn.

Contests Entries are closed for 2026

Open to everyone, including community groups and businesses.

Scarecrow Contest

Entry
$5
Prize
$25 for the best scarecrow

Make a free-standing scarecrow about 5 feet tall. Scarecrows are displayed at the fairgrounds.

Drop off: Thursday, September 10, between 6 pm and 8 pm.
Pick up: Sunday, September 13, between 8 am and 10 am.

Giant Pumpkin Contest

Entry
$5
Prize
Special prize

Grow a giant pumpkin; it is judged by weight. Bring it on a pallet. Pumpkins are displayed at the fairgrounds.

Drop off: Thursday, September 10, between 6 pm and 8 pm.
Pick up: Sunday, September 13, between 8 am and 10 am.

Storefront Window Contest

Entry
Free
Prize
Special ribbon and recognition

For Creston businesses. Decorate your window to fit the fair’s theme, “Rhinestone Cowboy”. Judged on colour, originality and the theme.

Displays must be up by August 17 and stay up through the fair.

Enter a contest online or on the paper entry form.