The McHenry County Fair

08/22/2026

There are a TON of great events taking place at the fairgrounds over the next couple of months.

You can see tricked out semi-trucks, tractors, eat at awesome food trucks, watch live music, look through a bunch of antiques and collectibles, and view a ton of crafts and art and even find something to take home with you!

Friday and Saturday, August 28-29, 2026
3rd Annual Woodstock Truck'n Food Show
Bringing back live music for Friday night, and new this year, truck and antique tractor pulls on Saturday. As always we will have the food trucks, semi trucks, tractors AND heavy equipment there!
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Saturday, September 19, 2026
Midwest Fall Fest
McHenry County's premier fall festival featuring Shwayze, Sammy Adams, live music, food trucks, vendors, a beer garden, family fun, and unforgettable memories
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Saturday, September 26, 2026
Late Night Flea Market
t’s treasure-hunting at its finest, as dealers gather their “FLEAS & STUFF including Antiques, Crafts, County Furniture, Old Comics, Toys, MEMORABILIA of all sorts and lots of Collectibles.
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Saturday and Sunday, October 10-11, 2026
Fall Diddley- MHRL Fall Diddley
Fall Diddley celebrates its 41st year with 200+ local and Midwest vendors offering handmade treasures, art, 3D creations, sewing, bath & beauty, candles, ceramics, floral, jewelry, ornaments, pet items, home décor, dirty soda, food trucks and more!
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08/17/2026

08/14/2026

Now that we’ve had a little time to rest and reflect on all the fun from last week, we want to send a huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this year’s McHenry County Fair so special!

To our vendors, volunteers, exhibitors, sponsors, first responders, and everyone who played a part in bringing the fair to life, we truly couldn’t do it without you.

We’re already looking forward to seeing you all again next year and continuing to make the McHenry County Fair something special for our community year after year.

Keep an eye out over the next week or two as we share some of the magic captured at this year’s fair!

08/09/2026

⚠️ Demolition Derby Information ⚠️

The Demo Derby IS happening tonight, but we're going to move up the time to 5:30pm in an effort to beat the rain tonight.

Plan ahead, arrive early, bring a jacket, and let's watch some cars smash into each other!

08/09/2026

🚨PSA 🚨 The Carnival is still open!

With the questionable weather today we’ve had a bunch of people reach out and ask if the carnival will still be open, and the answer is yes!

Some rides may have delays depending on the weather, but will be otherwise be operating as usual!

08/09/2026

We can't believe it's almost over!

Yesterday we got to watch all of the hard work pay off for tons of exhibitors at the livestock auction. It truly is amazing to see all of the support from our local businesses and community.

We also had the open horse show, hay bale throwing contest, two tractor and truck pull shows in the grandstands, a performance by the midwest renegades and other great performers in the horse arena, and capped the night off with the FREE concert from Feudin' Hillbillys.

08/09/2026

Here's the Schedule for today!

We have a bunch of great things going on this morning. A Donut eating competition sponsored by , the Master Showmanship competition, P*e Wee Dairy show, the open Horse Fun show, and the Funny Bunny show.

Closing the night out, we have the demolition derby in the grandstands sponsored by Expert Roofing & J. Blanton Plumbing!

It's the last day of the fair, so get out there and make some memories!

08/08/2026

First ticket drop is up! And we mean that literally!

10 carnival tickets for the free! Go get em’!