The Cheyenne County Fair is conducted under the direction of the Cheyenne County Fair Board. While the greatest possible care will be exercised by the management to protect the patrons of the fair, each will be held personally responsible for his or her own actions and the management will not be accountable or responsible for injuries or accidents that occur.
The Fair Board reserves the final and absolute right to interpret these Rules and Regulations, and arbitrarily settle and determine all matters, questions, and differences regarding them, or otherwise arising out of connection, or incident to the fair.
All possible diligence and care will be used to prevent extortion in any form practiced on patrons, to prevent loss or injury of articles or animals on exhibition but it is hereby expressly stipulated that the management of the fair will in no way be responsible should loss occur.
Entries For Exhibit
Entry day is Sunday, July 20 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for all open class exhibits except livestock, (see schedule of events). All exhibits will be released Sunday, July 27 from 11:00 am to 1:30. If you are planning to exhibit Open Class livestock at the Cheyenne County Fair, please notify the Cheyenne County Extension Office, 254-4455 to reserve livestock stall space.
Superintendents
The superintendents will have direction of all exhibits in their respective departments and see that all animals have appropriate stalls and pens; those articles are conveniently arranged for examination by the judges; also furnish information, relative to their departments.
All superintendents at the close of the fair should file their recommendation for improvements of their respective departments at the Cheyenne County Extension Office. The judge’s decision is final.
Ribbons and Awards
All open class exhibits will receive a ribbon and a premium:
Purple - $1.00 Blue - $.75 Red - $.50 White - $.25
Information For Open Class Exhibitors
- All exhibits must be the property of the exhibitor.
- Articles must be homemade (No purchased items can be brought to the fair) and have been completed during the period from August 2024 to July 2025. Articles may be exhibited for only one year and may not have been previously exhibited at another fair, except for livestock.
- Each exhibit must have an entry tag. These will be available on entry day at the Exhibit Hall.
- An exhibitor can enter more than one exhibit per class; however, the exhibit MUST be a different entry, (i.e., 2 loaves white bread will not be accepted, 1 loaf white and 1 loaf wheat accepted; 2 afghans accepted but must be different patterns; 2 Double Petunias will not be accepted, 1 double and 1 ruffled accepted) Classes will be made according to exhibits. Open horse show will be one entry per class. Livestock: an animal may be entered in only one class. Any animal that is entered in 4-H may not be entered in open class and vice versa.
- An exhibitor who is called three times for an event and does not respond will be disqualified.
- Where only one entry is made, and there is no competition, awards will be made strictly on merit basis, at the discretion of the judge.
- If it is ascertained that any exhibitor has made any false statement regarding any animal or articles exhibited or if any exhibitor shall attempt to interfere with the judges in the performance of their duties, by letter or otherwise, they shall be excluded from competition and exhibition for such period as the Fair Board may determine.
- For all livestock classes, animals shall be the property of the exhibitors for at least thirty (30) days.
- An exhibitor making an entry of purebred livestock shall furnish the department superintendent, when called upon to do so, registration certificates of the animal concerned.
- Stalls and space for entries will be furnished insofar as possible.
- Only purple ribbon winners may compete for Grand Champion.
- All food exhibits shall be in disposable containers.
- All clothing exhibits must be brought in on hangers with a clear plastic cover.
- Open Class Divisions are as follows: A = Adult Y = Youth - Age 14 and under
- Complaints must be in writing, signed and submitted to the Open Class Superintendent. Complaints will be reviewed, and a decision will be made within one week of the completion of the event.