Festival

FESTIVAL Hillbilly Palooza at Laurie fair

The 53rd annual Laurie Hillbilly Fair will be held Sept. 16 & 17 at the fairgrounds. Highlights include a circus, games, entertainment, food and live music. Hours are Friday 4-11 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-11 p.m.

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Schedule

Friday September 16

3p.m. Vendor & Beer Gardens opens 4 p.m. Opening ceremony 4-8 p.m. Throni Exotic Petting Zoo 4-11 p.m. Carnival - Joes Old Fashioned Fun LLC. 4-7 p.m. Little Beer Garden Thil Lucke Experience 6-7 p.m. Kent Family Circus (Main Stage) 6-8 p.m. Not So Newlywed Game (Main Stage) 8-11 p.m. Old Soul Savage (Main Stage) 9:30 p.m. Hillbilly Dance Off

Saturday September 17

9 a.m. Beer Garden open 9 a.m. Thorni Exotic Petting Zoo 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Carnival 10 a.m. Parade (starts at Central Bank and Fairgrounds Rd. and goes into the fairgrounds) 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Kent Family Circus (Main Stage) 11:45 a.m.-12 p.m. Parade Awards 12-3 p.m. Prairie Moon (Little Beer Garden) 12-8:30 p.m. Buck-A-Duck Water Wheel 12-6 p.m. Lake Bloomers (behind stage) 12-1 p.m. Pea Pickers, Lil’s Sprouts & Lil’ Mr. & Miss contests 1 p.m. Sailing Cardboard Boat contest ages (Water Pond). Open to ages 6 to 8 & 9 to 12 2-2:45 p.m., 3:45-4:30 p.m. & 5:30-7:30 p.m. Kent Family Circus (Main Stage) 3:30-6:30 p.m. Starla & Scotty (Little Beer Garden) 7:45-8 p.m. Stage Raffle Drawing (Main Stage) 8-11 p.m. Dirt Road Addiction (Main Stage) 9:30 p.m. Hillbilly Dance Off