Step Right Up

The Fair is in town, and it has been for the last 100 Years! Join us this year as we celebrate 100 years of the South Central Area Fair!

Since 1923, a group of community-minded people have gotten together to bring Lewis and surrounding counties fun, unique entertainment. This year, we’ve stepped it up a notch or few! You’ll notice as soon as you enter the fairgrounds through the exhibit hall on Smith Avenue. We’ve added a true show room, complete with live quilters in action!

In honor of the centennial fair, the fair board has brought in double the amount of sponsors to help bring double the amount of fun! Smash-Car, anyone? Stilt-Walkers, Magicians, Face Painters, High-Flying Aerialists and free Axe Throwing are just SOME of the NIGHTLY entertainment! And, yes, we said FREE AXE THROWING!

We kicked off the Centennial Celebration with the Citizens Bank Ag Day over the weekend where 19 teams competed for cash, bragging rights and XL Big Green Eggs in the second annual Smokin’ Up the City BBQ Cookoff. Patrons enjoyed samplings handed out by not only competitors, but also H&R Hardware and Big Green Egg reps that were on-site for the event. After bellies were filled with pancakes at the Elks Lodge Pancake Breakfast, kids enjoyed an inflatable city of seven of the biggest, tallest, fastest waterslides around, while their parents shopped the nearly 20 vendors set up for the Farmer’s Market! Then, later in the evening, kids tried their hand at the first annual Mutton Bustin’ ride, while several teams competed in the Pineapple Barber Memorial Cornhole and Horseshoe Tournaments. A great time was had by all, and we look forward to next year’s event already.

COMING UP:

Saturday, August 26th: South Central Area Fairest of the Fair Pageants. Contestants from 0-150 years old are welcome and encouraged to compete for Cash, Sash, Trophy and Crowns! This year’s Miss division winner will receive $1000 cash, as well as $500 hair and makeup for State, and $250 credit toward her State Pageant gown at House of Britt. The MS division is for ladies 18 and up in any walk of life: kids, no kids, married, unmarried, etc. The winner will receive $500 Cash plus crown, trophy and sash! For rules and to register, head over to http://www.scafair.org/fairest-of-the-fair, or sign up the day of the event at LCMS Auditorium.

Monday, August 28th: 4-H Chick Chain Show and Sale! Participants are asked to arrive at the Ag Pavilion at Memorial Park 4:45 p.m., and the show/sale starts at 5:00! After the chickens exit the stage, it’s Puppy Time with “A Bark in the Park” Doggie Fashion Show! If you think you’ve got the cutest pup in the South Central Region, PROVE IT! Participants are to arrive no later than 6:45 p.m., and the show begins at 7:00! There is a $5.00 entry fee, and prizes will be awarded for the BEST COSTUMES! This is also the day to turn in those Exhibit entries! Think you’ve got what it takes to win the Best of Tennessee? We’ll be the judge of that! Bring your jams, pickles, photographs, quilts and more to the High Forest Room between 12 noon and 6:00 p.m. For more information on any of these UT Extension events, please contact the Extension office at 931-796-3091.

Tuesday, August 29th: As always, Tuesday night is FAMILY NIGHT! $15 gets you into the park with an all access pass to see all exhibits, ride all rides, compete in the calf scramble, chicken scramble and kids’ money drop, as well as see all side show acts!

Wednesday, August 30th and Friday, September 2nd: For your $20 all access pass, come out to watch racers compete in the side-by-side elimination Junk Car Jump-N-Run on “the best track around!” If you want to race, we have a few spots left available, so head over to http://www.scafair.org/fridaynightjunkcarjumpnrun and get signed up today! The $100 Registration Fee includes 2 fair passes, 2 pit passes, and the $40 race registration!

Thursday, August 31st: You are NOT going to want to miss this! The MICRO-WRESTLING Federation invades Hohenwald for the first time ever! With over 1 million followers on TikTok, this elite group of little people wrestle all over the country in high-flying, body-slamming, off-the-top rope fashion! As seen on CMT, WWE, and Sports Illustrated, this MICRO ONLY SHOW is the largest attended micro show in the country, and nearly a dozen of them are coming to the South Central Area Fair for the Centennial Celebration! $20 gets you an all-access pass, and ring-side seats are sold separately.

Saturday, Sept 2nd: This $25 all-access pass gets you in to watch the LONGEST-RUNNING DEMOLITION DERBY in the Region! With over $12,000 in payouts, drivers will be competing hard in the Centennial Derby! It’s shaping up to be the best one yet! P.S. We’ve got some great competitors in the Powder Puff division registered already, and we’re more than excited! Head over to http://www.scafair.org/demolition-derby to register today!

“We’ll See YOU At The Fair!”