Schaghticoke Fair

Rensselaer County's fair celebrates its 199th year with midway rides, live music and entertainment, livestock exhibits and shows, a rodeo, horse shows, demolition derbies, truck and tractor pulls, children's activities, exhibits, demonstrations, contests, carnival games, favorite fair food, Saturday night fireworks and more. Daily entertainment includes Cirque Ma'ceo acrobatic equestrian stunt show, Extreme Raptors birds of prey show, Pirates of the Colombian Caribbean high-wire show, Buffalo Barfield Music Show, Danny Grant's Cowboy Circus strolling act, and the Agri-Puppets.

Fair highlights include
Pickup Truck Pull (6 pm Wednesday);
North Country Music Awards (NCMA) Regional Finals (6 pm Wednesday);
Double Figure 8 Derby (7 pm Thursday);
country artist Brandon Lay (7:30 pm Friday);
Double M Rodeo (1 pm, 7 pm Saturday);
"The Voice" 2017 contestant Moriah Formica (4 pm, 7:30 pm Saturday);
NYTPA Tractor Pulls (1 pm, 7 pm Sunday); Demolition Derby (2 pm, 7 pm Monday);
Keith Anderson concert (7:30 pm Monday).

On Wednesday, fair admission is $1 and midway rides are $1 each (10-ride minimum purchase). Admission on Wednesday is free for veterans and active duty military with military ID.
Admission is $12 Thursday - Monday, $40 for a season pass.
Free for children ages 13 and younger.
Admission for seniors 62 and older is $5 on Thursday.
Unlimited ride wristbands are $21 Wednesday - Friday and $23 Saturday - Monday.

Ride tickets are $1.50 each, $25 for 20 tickets, or $50 for 50 tickets plus 1 free ride. (Rides take 2 or more tickets each.)
The Dreamland Amusements midway opens daily at noon.
Fair hours are 10:30 am to 10 pm Wednesday and 9 am to 10 pm Thursday - Monday.

For more information, call 866-666-3247.