The annual Labor Day Parade will kick things off on Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. The parade, which is sponsored by the Agricultural District No. 3, has been a Humboldt County mainstay for 102 years. This year’s theme is “Go Hog Wild.”
Around these parts, Labor Day means just one thing: it’s time for a fabulous weekend dedicated to some serious, end-of-summer fun.
“We have planned a very fun weekend,” said Darrel Field, chairman of this year’s Tri-County Fair Board. Field said the 2025 Fair not only will provide area residents with the opportunity to display their talents, but the weekend also will serve up great entertainment, food and—yes—plenty of good times.
Field said from Thursday, August 29, through Sunday, August 31, the Winnemucca Events Complex will be filled with a great family to-do list—and the majority of events are free!
This year the Fair will offer competition in more than 20 different divisions, including Ceramics, Crafts, Creative Arts, Crocheting, Knitting, Digital Arts, Fine Arts, Floriculture, Foods, Food Preservation, Fruits/Vegetables/
Crops, Handwork/Needlework, Photography, Quilting, Recycling, Science & Technology, Sewing, Youth Division, and the Create-a-Picture, Write-a-Story, Coloring, Mini-Construction, Pie and Watermelon Eating, Biggest Home Grown, Scavenger Hunt, and Pinewood Derby contests.
The Labor Day Rodeo will return at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Main Arena Outside at the Winnemucca Events Complex. Rodeo-goers are in for a treat as some of the toughest cowboys and girls around compete in four events. Tickets are available online at LaborDayFair. com for $15 for adults and $5 for kids 6-12; kids 5 and under get in free.
Friday evening beginning at 6 p.m., the Main Arena Outside will welcome the Jaripeo bull riding event featuring Rancho Galeana Los Toros Michoacanos, along with live music from “Los Grandes,” “Vicente Arreola Y Su Band Devoradora,” and “Banda Purembe La
Siempre Perdona.” Tickets are available online at LaborDayFair.com
The Fair also has rounded up some very entertaining—and free—shows. “The Magic of Jay Frazier”and the “Joe Black Hypnosis Show” will return to the Main Stage Outside at the Winnemucca Event Center, along with other old favorites, like the “The Rowdy Refs Family Fun Show” and “Cowboy Buck’s Rootin Tootin Cowboy Music Show.”
Additionally, the Northern Nevada Exotic Pet Expo will once again fill the Winnemucca Event Center from Friday through Sunday. Family members of all ages are invited to attend, learn and hold the “visitors”—and admission is free.
Also, don’t miss the return of the “Winnemucca 4D Barrel Race” Friday through Sunday in the Winnemucca Events Complex Pavilion. This tough-girl competition is produced by 777 Barrel Racing and is sanctioned
with WPRA, SIBRA, BBR, NSBRA and TSBRA. Racers can expect $5,000 in added money.
Local audiences are invited to cap off the weekend with the MLM Motorsports Premier West Coast Truck and Tractor Pulling event beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Main Arena Outside at the Winnemucca Events Complex. Whether residents take part as a spectator or a participant, everyone will have a great time, and be back next year for more. Spectator tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children ages 6-12; children ages 5 and under get in free. To buy tickets online, visit www.LaborDayFair.com.
There will be plenty for kids to do and see at this year’s Fair, too. The Fair will see the return of the Mini-Construction, Create-a-Picture, Create-a-Story, Scavenger Hunt, and
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Junior Livestock Show & Sale
Saturday, August 31st
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 AM
Sunday, September 1st
BUYER’S BREAKFAST 9:00 AM
LIVE SALE AUCTION 10:00 AM
Humboldt, Lander & Pershing Co. Youth Exhibitors
Individuals: Obtain top-quality beef, lamb, swine and goat at an attractive price. Friends and neighbors may share a purchase, but one individual will be responsible for payment. Businesses: Use your purchase to demonstrate your support for the community and the 4-H/FFA Programs. An individual business can make a purchase, or two or more businesses can pool resources and make a purchase. A business can also use purchases for employee barbecues or for goodwill-building gifts. One individual will be responsible for payment. Organizations: May auction off wrapped meat as a fundraiser or use the purchase for a club or organizational event.
Add-On Option: If you are unable to purchase an animal, you may still help by doing one of the following:
• Direct donations to exhibitors
• Flat fee donations
• Direct donation to the Cody Louk Memorial Scholarship Fund
Payments may be turned into the TCJLS board in advance of the sale. Payments must be made in the form of cash or check. Checks payable to TCJLS
Payments must be submitted no later than Sept. 30th, 2025
Beef (21)
Kress Barton, Addison Billingsly, Lucy Brock, Shane Doyle, Addysen Edwards, Taylor Hill, McKenna Hufford, Jocee Johnson, Jace Kimberlin, George Malay, Kynslie Malay, Hadlie Malay, Hadley Nield, Hardy Rianda, Roan Rianda, Leah Silva, Bodie Vincent, Eliza Weagant, Zoe Weagant, Chasen Wilkinson, Reese Wilkinson. Sheep (26)
London Anguiano, Darci Barton, Mesa Brock, Devon Bryant, Wyatt Douglass, Izabellah Foley, Izzah Foley, Rebah Foley, Kelly Friend-Ebar, Aiden Gibson, Paislee Gibson, Matthew Hufford, David Huttman, Jesse Huttman, Tyann Kern, Hadley Knox, Korbin Knox, Camdyn Simpson, Daniel Silva, Brock Staley, Patricia Teichert, Tryston Tiechert, Annie Uhart, Thomas Voges, Adalyn Weatherford & Phoebe Weatherford Swine (31)
Cael Brooks, Kinley Collins, Aleiyah Dodson, Elena Gomez, Teyo Gomez, Natalie Iwen, Brent Kenison, Kaylem Kenison, Aaliyah Kersey, AyyDenn Kersey, Cade Liebsack, Hank Malay, Joshua Malaym, Kaydence Malay, Kendal Mills, Jordyn Nachiondo, Savannah Noyes, Gemma Nuffer, Ruby Nuffer, Ian Paredes, Ian Revak, Jayla Schrempp, Bailey Sevy, Cole Thayer, Chance Thomas, Wyatt Thomas, Adalysia Thompson, Lee Toland, Vynessa Toland, Allyssa Venzor, and Penny Woytowicz Goat (8)
Kloe Ball, Riley Ball, Austin Duval, Ariana Gomez, Eli Long, Audrina Lopez, Cooper Pollo, and David Thayer
Coloring contests. Coloring blanks are available at the Humboldt County Extension Office, the Winnemucca Convention Center or online at www.LaborDayFair.com. This year also will see the return of some Fair favorites, as well, including the Pie and Watermelon Eating and the Biggest Home-Grown contests.
Adults and kids alike will also enjoy trying their hand at the first-ever Tri-County Fair Pinewood Derby contest. Not only will crafters have a shot at earning a “Best of Show” or “Fair Favorite” award for their car’s structure and design, but the weekend will also see an official race between all cars.
The Tri-County Junior Livestock Show and Sale, which is hosted by the Tri-County Junior Livestock Show and Sale Board, is scheduled for Friday through Sunday. Youth involved in 4H and FFA will exhibit and show beef, goat, sheep and swine projects. Sunday, the Youth Livestock Show and Sale will give this area’s youngest livestock producers a chance to show off a year’s worth of hard work.
The Great Basin Challenge will test rodeo skills for kids ages 2 to 12. Beginning at noon Saturday in the Main Arena
Outside, boys and girls ages 2 to 12 will compete against each other in Stick Horse Barrel Racing, Mutton Bustin’, Calf Riding and Dummy Roping. The winning contestants from Saturday’s prelims will open for that evening’s rodeo performance.
ANTIQUE ENGINE, TRACTOR SHOW RETURNS FOR 19TH YEAR
Nevada’s old workhorses will once again steal the show at this year’s Tri-County Fair and Stampede.
The “Antique Engine and Tractor Show” will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, August 29, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31, in the parking area outside the Winnemucca Event Center.
Fair goers will be able to see machines from Rumely, Case, John Deere, Oliver and others ranging in age from 1900 to the early 1950s. Demonstrations using the old farm and ranch equipment also will take place every few hours over the course
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