Contributed report
The 2022 Wright County Fair opens next week, Wednesday, July 20 and runs through Sunday, July 24 in Howard Lake. The annual event celebrates its 151st year with special events, a midway, prize drawings, 4H activities and contests. A full list of events can be found on-line at www.wrightcountyfair.org, but here is a sampling of the fun:
• All-American Lumberjack Show – Three free shows each day from Thursday to Sunday – one in early-afternoon, late-afternoon and evening.
• Amateur Talent Show – 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hoop Building. There will be three divisions of competition – Pre-teen, Teen and Open Class (any age).
• AWF Pro Wrestling – 2 p.m. Sunday at the Hoop Building. Tickets are $10 and will be on sale the day of the event.
• Collector Car & Truck Show – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the west end of the Fairgrounds near Machinery Hill.
• Collector Tractor and Garden Tractor Pull – 4 p.m. Thursday.
• Entertainment Tent live schedule of events: 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday – Chopper “The World’s Nuttiest D.J.”; 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday – Menace; 8 p.m. to midnight Friday – Red Dot Garage; 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday – Shane Martin Band; 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday Sherwin Linton & the Cotton Kings.
• 5K Run – 8 a.m. Saturday. Registration starts at 6:30 a.m. Early entry (by Thursday, July 14) $15. Day of event registration $20. Age classes based in 10-year increments.
• 4-H Blue Ribbon Auction – 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 4-H Dairy Arena.
• Grandstand Shows – Motokazie Supercross, 7 p.m. Wednesday ($10/$5 for children 12 and under); Combine, Power Wheels and Lawn Mower Derby, 7 p.m. Thursday ($10 reserved seating); Demo Derby, 7 p.m. Friday ($10 reserved seating); Tractor Pull 5 p.m. Saturday ($10 general admission/$5 children 12 and under); Demo Derby, 5:30 p.m. ($10 reserved seating). Tickets can be purchased online at www.wrightcountyfair.org
• Los Moralitos Circus – Performances Wednesday through Sunday. Start times TBA.
• Motorcycle Show – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
• Mutton Bustin’ Competition – 1 p.m. Saturday.
• Paul Bunyan: Loggin’, Legends & Lore – Thursday at the Free Stage. Showtimes are at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.