Auglaize County Fairgrounds

Auglaize County Fairgrounds Home of the Family Fair
August 2nd - August 8th, 2026 The Auglaize County Fairgrounds is a non-profit organization event venue.

With the support of the local community, we are able to maintain and host events all year long. This ranges from booking weddings, graduation parties, raffles, fundraisers, concerts and shows, and more. Our biggest event of the year is the annual Auglaize County Fair!

Come enjoy some amazing food trucks and unique craft shopping experiences at the Wapakoneta Service Club Food Truck Rall...
09/03/2026

Come enjoy some amazing food trucks and unique craft shopping experiences at the Wapakoneta Service Club Food Truck Rally with a Cause!!! 🚚

The support of the Service Club pours right back into our community.

There will be inflatables, one-of-a-kind craft vendors to shop through, and delicious food options to choose from!!! Plus, enjoy all the other activities available in collaboration with the Fall Campout Weekend!!! 🍂🤍❤️

Come on out - September 26th - as the Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce hosts their 6th Annual Craft Beer & Wine Festi...
09/02/2026

Come on out - September 26th - as the Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce hosts their 6th Annual Craft Beer & Wine Festival on our Fairgrounds!!! 🍺🍷

Located in the Piehl Arena, come enjoy live music and sample over 60 different craft beers, wines, seltzers, and ciders!!!

And what a perfect date night idea for you and your partner!!! Let the kids dance the night away at homecoming or bring the little ones to enjoy the inflatables and fall activities outside while you enjoy some samples! 🍂🍺

Our schedule is getting packed full of fun during Fall Campout Weekend - September 25th and 26th!!! 🍂Applications to cam...
09/01/2026

Our schedule is getting packed full of fun during Fall Campout Weekend - September 25th and 26th!!! 🍂

Applications to camp are still available on the website homepage or you can stop in the office and fill one out in person!

$30.00 per night for campers! 🚙
$15.00 per night for tents! ⛺
Golf carts permitted for a $10.00 fee!

We have Pumpkin Decorating, Craft Corners, Movie Night Under the Stars, Scavenger Hunt, Prizes, and two collaborating events on Saturday...

Craft Beer Festival from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM!!! 🍷🍺
Food Truck Rally with a Cause from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM!!! 🚚

So many things to do and enjoy at the Fairgrounds that weekend!!! Come sign up before it is too late!!! ❤️🤍🎡

(All activities are open to the public on Saturday and there is no charge to come to the Food Truck Rally or outdoor fairgrounds activities. Craft Beer Festival will require a purchase of ticket to access the event!)

Tomorrow, we start accepting contracts and payments for our winter storage season!!! ❄️Remember, this is a FIRST COME FI...
08/31/2026

Tomorrow, we start accepting contracts and payments for our winter storage season!!! ❄️

Remember, this is a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE set up based on contract and payment provided.

We do not start taking units until NOVEMBER 1ST this year. October storage and April storage are still available but must be discussed with office staff as there is limited availability.

This year, it will be mandatory to have a license plate number on file, so please have the proper information ready on your unit, including the exact and proper measurement of the unit (this does include any extending attachments), ready for the contract.

The contracts will be available for pick up in office and available in our red box outside of the office under the Grandstands during office hours. For questions about availability, pricing, or other inquiries about the types of items we store, feel free to call us at the number provided! ❄️❤️🤍🎡

Who was there for the big reveal of our new fair mascot...Squeal Farmstrong?! Well, we are just getting warmed up!!! ❤️🤍...
08/29/2026

Who was there for the big reveal of our new fair mascot...Squeal Farmstrong?! Well, we are just getting warmed up!!! ❤️🤍

Squeal is making his first full public appearance to the Wapakoneta Community in the Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce October 22nd Halloween Parade!!! 👻🎃

We are so excited about Squeal and this new addition to our fair community! So be on the lookout for Squeal this October!!!

❄️🚐 WINTER STORAGE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST! 🚤❄️It’s almost that time again! Beginning September 1st, Winter St...
08/28/2026

❄️🚐 WINTER STORAGE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST! 🚤❄️

It’s almost that time again! Beginning September 1st, Winter Storage contracts can be picked up at the Auglaize County Fair Office.

Winter Storage is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, based on when your completed contract AND payment are received, so don’t wait too long to reserve your space!

And don’t worry, picking up your contract in September does NOT mean your unit needs to come in yet. Our regular Winter Storage period is:

📥 UNIT IN: November 1, 2026
📤 UNIT OUT: March 1, 2027

There are a few important changes to know for the 2026–2027 Winter Storage season!

❄️ Our standard storage period will now run from November 1 through March 1.

❄️ Storage during October 2026 and March 2027 may be available; however, space options will be limited during those additional months.

❄️ License plate information will now be required on your storage contract. Before stopping in to complete your paperwork, make sure you have your unit information, including the license plate information, ready to go!

Have questions about rates, storage time frames, available space or what types of items we can store? Give the Fair Office a call and we’ll be happy to help!

📞 419-738-2515
🕣 Monday–Friday | 8:30 AM–4:30 PM

Get that contract turned in, tuck your summer toys away for their winter nap, and we’ll keep them cozy until spring! ❄️🚐🚤

📜🎡 THROWBACK THURSDAY | THE ALPHA CAFEAs we prepare for the 175th Auglaize County Fair, we’ve been digging through more ...
08/27/2026

📜🎡 THROWBACK THURSDAY | THE ALPHA CAFE

As we prepare for the 175th Auglaize County Fair, we’ve been digging through more than a century of Fair archives, and every so often we find a familiar name staring back at us from the pages.

For our first Throwback Thursday, we’re traveling all the way back to 1903 and the 40th Annual Auglaize County Fair, where we found this original advertisement for The Alpha Saloon and Restaurant, known today as the Alpha Cafe!

The advertisement offered everything from lunch and short-order meals to a pool and billiard hall described as “the most up-to-date in the city.” 😊

And there is even more history behind those doors.

The Alpha’s beautiful 24-foot, hand-carved white oak back bar dates to 1893, meaning it was already part of the Alpha’s story when this Fair advertisement was printed more than 120 years ago. Through generations, changing times and even a move across the street, pieces of that history have been preserved.

One of those generations included William Gutmann, who owned and worked at the Alpha Cafe from 1938 to 2004.

But our favorite part of discovering the Alpha in our 1903 Fair archives is realizing that its connection to the Auglaize County Fair never really disappeared.

Today, Alpha Cafe continues to support the Fair as a longtime sponsor of our Harness Racing Program. 🐎❤️

From an advertisement in our 40th Annual Fair Premium List to supporting us as we prepare for Fair number 175, that is a relationship spanning generations.

As we count down to our historic 175th celebration, we’ll be opening the archives and sharing more photographs, advertisements, programs and stories from the people and businesses that helped make the Auglaize County Fair what it is today.

Some Fair traditions are measured in years.

Others are measured in generations. ❤️

Thank you, Alpha Cafe, for being part of ours.

🎡 Then: 1903 | 40th Annual Fair
🎡 Now: 2027 | 175th Annual Fair

🍂🏕️ PACK YOUR CAMPERS... FALL CAMPOUT WEEKEND IS COMING! 🏕️🍂Pull in the camper, pitch the tent, grab your favorite fall ...
08/27/2026

🍂🏕️ PACK YOUR CAMPERS... FALL CAMPOUT WEEKEND IS COMING! 🏕️🍂

Pull in the camper, pitch the tent, grab your favorite fall hoodie and get ready for TWO nights of camping, food, family activities and fall fun at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds!

📅 September 25 & 26, 2026

We’re turning the Fairgrounds into your weekend getaway, and Friday kicks everything off with camper pull-in beginning at NOON!

🎃 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Bring the kids over for pumpkin decorating, our Craft Corner and a Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Then break out those family recipes because at 5:30 PM, THE SOUP-OFF IS ON! 🥣🔥

Bring your best soup, chili or favorite crockpot creation and put it to the test as our Fall Campout Committee tastes their way through the entries and crowns a winner!

Then, when the sun goes down... 🌙✨

🎬 MOVIE NIGHT UNDER THE STARS!

Cozy up around the bonfire and settle in for a fall movie night complete with s’mores, popcorn, a hot cocoa bar and dirty sodas! 🍿☕🔥

And that’s only NIGHT ONE.

🍁 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Saturday becomes a full Fairgrounds celebration as our Fall Campout joins forces with the Wapakoneta Service Club’s Food Truck Rally With a Cause and the Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce Craft Beer Festival!

🚚 Food Truck Rally With a Cause | 11 AM–7 PM
Come hungry for a huge variety of food trucks, browse the craft vendors and enjoy activities throughout the day!

🍺 Craft Beer Festival | 6–9 PM
⭐ VIP admission begins at 5 PM!
Sample from 60+ craft beers, wines, ciders and seltzers!

And throughout Saturday, there’s even MORE happening around the grounds, including inflatables, kids’ crafts, a scavenger hunt, Co****le Tournament, Ohio State Buckeyes game screening and more!

And when the weekend starts winding down...

🎶 WE’RE CLOSING IT OUT WITH SINGO! 🎶

Two nights of camping. Two days packed with activities. One giant fall weekend at the Fairgrounds. 🍂

Pull in. Pitch up. Cozy up. And make a weekend of it! 🏕️🔥🎃

More details, registration information and schedules are coming soon, so keep watching our page!

Long before many of the unforgettable artists who have graced our Grandstand stage, there was a summer evening in 1972 w...
08/27/2026

Long before many of the unforgettable artists who have graced our Grandstand stage, there was a summer evening in 1972 when Dolly Parton came to Wapakoneta as part of The Porter Wagoner Show.

On Sunday, August 6, 1972, Dolly performed at the Auglaize County Fair alongside Porter Wagoner, Speck Rhodes, The Wagonmasters and The LeFevres. Looking back through our archives more than five decades later, we are reminded just how special it is that one small chapter of her extraordinary story happened right here at our Fair.

Dolly went on to become so much more than a country music legend. She was a songwriter, storyteller, philanthropist, businesswoman and a source of joy and kindness to generations of people. Her music crossed generations, but perhaps even more remarkable was the heart she shared beyond it.

For those who were sitting in our Grandstand that August night in 1972, we imagine today brings back some wonderful memories. And for those of us who came later, we are grateful that the Auglaize County Fair gets to hold a tiny piece of her remarkable history.

Thank you for the music, the memories and the joy, Dolly.

1946–2026 🤍🎶

From our Grandstand to the Grand Ole Opry and far beyond, your light reached an incredible number of people. We are honored that, once upon a summer night, it shined here too.

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1001 Fairview Drive
Wapakoneta, OH
45895

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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+14197382515

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