WRIGHTSTOWN, PA — The Middletown Grange Fair, a Bucks County tradition since 1948, opens its five-day run today at 10 a.m. with a full day of agricultural fun, food, and animals.
This year's fair runs from Wednesday, August 12, through Sunday, August 16, at the fairgrounds on Penns Park Road in Wrightstown, where thousands are expected to experience Bucks County's premier agricultural fair.
The event is again featuring everything people have come to know and love about the fair, from its famous chicken dinner (Thursday to Saturday only) to its 4-H and community exhibition barns, and its carnival rides and games.
New Additions
Making its debut this year on the fairgrounds will be the Pirates of the Colombian Caribbean, a live action-adventure show that takes place on top of a giant 60-foot pirate ship. Fairgoers are invited to watch as performers engage in sword fights, rope slides, and other stunts on a high wire 20 feet in the air.
Also adding to the fair experience will be professional chainsaw sculptor Benjamin Rannels, known for transforming wood into jaw-dropping pieces of art. Equipped with chainsaws, grinding tools, and selected paints, he creates majestic sculptures from leaping white-tailed deer to over 12-foot-tall grizzly bears. He will be demonstrating live chainsaw carving Wednesday to Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., and on Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3 p.m.
The Alpaca and Llama Show takes place from 3:30 to 10 p.m. in the show arena. (Jeff Werner/Patch)
Award-winning show entries can be found inside the 4-H exhibition barns. (Jeff Werner/Patch)
Today At The Fair
Weather Forecast: Less humid with intervals of clouds and sunshine. The high temperature will reach 86 degrees.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Animal Shows: Rabbit & Cavy Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the show arena; 4-H Poultry Show from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the poultry area; 4-H Llama and Alpaca Show from 3:30 to 10 p.m. in the show arena; and the 4-H Market Hog Show from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Hog arena.
Live Shows: Chainsaw carving at 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 5, and 7 p.m., and Pirates of the Colombian Caribbean Thrill Show at 4 and 8 p.m.
Tractor Parade of Power: 6 to 7 p.m.
Amusement Rides: Amusement rides open at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and 12 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Admission: Free. There is a $20 per car fee for parking, which benefits the Lingohocken Fire Company and the Bucks County Police Benevolent Association.
Link To The Fair: For more information, click here.
(Jeff Werner/Patch)
(Jeff Werner/Patch)
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