Lebanon, Ohio Event Center & Fair

Table of Content

• Warren County Farmers’ Fair
• Warren County Farmers Fair
• Schedule of Events
• Fairgrounds & Event Center in Lebanon, Ohio

The permission/behavior forms are in the packets in the links above. Warren County 4-H and theWarren County Farmers’ Fair Directors reserve the right to revoke or deny a request to stay over night. First, select whether you are applying to be a hersdman, or for a tent/trailer application.Only parents can sign the tent/trailer application.

In June we held a “Summer Sizzle” at the track, a tractor/truck pull similar to our Friday night event during fair week. More concrete work was completed finishing the sidewalks down in the carnival area. H Trailer/Tent Application – used for parents to apply to stay overnight at the fairgrounds during fair week. By signing the tent/trailer application, you are agreeing to follow the Warren County Farmers’ Fair rules. Since only parents may apply to spend the night with their children, they do not need to have a criminal background check.

Warren County Farmers’ Fair

Also installed on the front of the stage was a sign naming the stage the “Cornplanter Stage.” The fair bought 2 acres of property behind the domestic buildings. Trees were removed, dirt leveled off on some of the property and fenced off to make a cart path for handicapped golf carts and emergency vehicles. By 2016 decisions will be made as to the full use of the property. The old office had served its purpose, but just was not set up in the technical world as is now necessary.

Thanks to good record keeping by the county fair board, dates of construction have been provided. A new building was bought in 2014to provide the entertainment committee an office and to better serve the entertainers that came to our fair. There was lots of painting, planting of flowers and sprucing up the fairgrounds. Our first ever Facebook contest had over 300 participants trying to win tickets to the Tyler Farr Concert. Also, entertaining in the Niagara Pavilion was Lorrie Morgan, Joe Diffie, and Ron Carrington and Touch of Gold.

Warren County Farmers Fair

During 2007, new restrooms and showers were completed in the area just outside of the track fence. The Shaddock Property, next to the fairgrounds, was purchased and the house torn down. The Woodsmen’s Competition was a popular new event added to the fair schedule on Thursday night. Rodney Atkins, country singer, provided a sell-out show on Tuesday night . Our computer systems were upgraded, using RAC software.

This review is not guaranteed to be one hundred percent accurate and therefore should probably not be called a history. It is rather a collection of stories written during the years from 1967 to the present. Many of the happenings have already become somewhat clouded, but the actual growth of the fairgrounds is a story worth writing down.

Schedule of Events

Repairs were done on 2 barns, a pump house got a new roof, the red domestic building was painted inside, wash racks were painted, memorial benches were refurbished. Intense plans were underway for a beautiful food booth to be located in front of the First Niagara Pavilion. It contains a food preparation area, freezer and storage areas. It is ADA compliant with handicap accessible serving windows.

Years of planning, persistence, dedication and hard work by board members and volunteers, going back to 1954 make this great event possible now. Since 1994, the fair has paved much of the grounds, making it very handicap accessible. Sometime later the Warren Fair moved to new grounds at Conewango Avenue Extension and remained there until 1928. So there have actually been four countywide organizations calling themselves county fairs. One was formed in 1851, another in 1874, still another in 1884.

Fairgrounds & Event Center in Lebanon, Ohio

A new entry for carnival equipment was finished in the spring. Most lighting at the fair has been replaced with newer, more energy efficient lighting. Renovations of the food booth at the Cornplanter pavilion continued also with a new hood ventilation system installed and some remodeling done. In 2008, our food booths were upgraded and much work was done on ticket booths. For the first time, premium books were published by our local Warren Times Observer. That year a well was drilled and a pump house contracted.

Bates Brothers Amusements provided rides for all ages. The fair moved into the communications era in 1989 with its first Media Luncheon for the local radio stations, newspapers and other media staff. Now several local stations attend the event and broadcast live at the fair throughout the week. Preferred parking agreements must be signed and paid by June 1st to secure your space for the 2023 Fair. Preferred parking agreements will be emailed in mid-May. Additional parking spaces will be available for purchase after the first weekend in June.

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NO EXCEPTIONS. The paperwork must be approved by your leader and the 4-H office. ONLY members who are herdsmen or taking care of their own horse may stay overnight. Also, at the track new light poles and lighting were installed which provided much more light during track activities. The old bleacher seats were re-purposed by planning, sanding and staining the seat boards and enclosing the sides and front of the Niagara Pavilion stage.

The fair board decided to go online with the entries and premium book. Diamond Rio, Ricky Nelson Remembered by Matthew & Gunnar Nelson and Rockland Road performed in the KeyBank Pavilion. Katie Downs was crowned 2021 WCF Queen, Madison Sleeman was first runner-up and Raychel Eastman was crowned 2021 WCF Junior Miss. The winter had extremely heavy snowfall and unusually large amounts of rainfall.