Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Fair

09/06/2026

🐽 Back by popular demand: pig hats! You all were hog-wild for them at the Fair, so we ordered more, and we're squealing: they're sow cute.

🐷 Don't worry, we won't hog them. Want your own pig hat to wear snout and about? Visit our online store to pig one up today: https://marthasvineyardagriculturalsociety.org/shop

09/04/2026

Happy Fair Friday! The 165th Annual Agricultural Fair is only 341 days away. Today, we're sharing some pictures by Picturing the Fair photographer Brooke Marriott that capture the contests, thrills, and comradery of a Friday at the Fair.

What is your favorite day at the Fair and why? Tell us in the comments!

08/28/2026

Happy Fair Friday! Today, we're missing the good old days (two weeks ago) when the Hall was packed with the best of our community: everything we grow, craft, bake, and create with the earth we love and our own two hands. We're already excited for Thursday, August 12th, 2027! What are you going to enter in our 165th Ag Fair?

PS: Want to help us put the cabinets, tables, and shelves away until next year? Join us this Sunday from 10 AM to 1 PM for our Fair Move Out Day! The more, the merrier, and a celebratory lunch will follow.

08/26/2026

08/21/2026

Happy Fair Friday! This Friday, we're sharing some of our favorite pictures by Marilyn Roos, one of our talented Picturing the Fair photographers. She really captures the quiet moments that make the Fair so special. Thank you for sharing your shots with us, Marilyn!

08/20/2026

Working with Sydney, our Fair poster contest winner, has been such a delight! Here she is signing posters and repping some of our Fair merchandise. Thank you for your enthusiasm, creativity, and positivity, Sydney!

Want to get some Fair merch of your own? Our online store is now live at https://marthasvineyardagriculturalsociety.org/shop. Stop by to order your Fair posters, t-shirts, mugs, stickers, onesies, aprons, totes, and hats. We ship or offer on-island pickup starting next week. The Fair is only four days, but Fair merchandise is forever (until we run out).

08/17/2026

Some shots from Sunday at the Fair. We're all very tired, but we miss it already!

08/17/2026

Barn and Hall results are live:

08/17/2026

Sunday's People's Choice Award goes to Squid Row, a special exhibit by the Featherstone Knitters!

08/17/2026

And that's a wrap on our 164th Ag Fair! 4 days, 3900 Hall entries, 500+ workers and volunteers and judges, 89 skillet tossers, and a whole lot of smiles. Thank you to everyone who helped out and everyone who came out to enjoy it!

We end every Fair with a group photo and a Ferris wheel ride for our department heads and their families. This year, we also issued a special award from the Fair staff: the Best Rookie Award, given to our facilities manager Jacob Paige!

The Fair is a real labor of love. We're so honored to keep the tradition going each year, and so ready for a long nap!

Photos and videos by Astrid Tilton.