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Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society

Welcome to the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fall Fair!
August 15-17, 2013 at the Fairgrounds in Emo, Ontario

 

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Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society is holding a raffle for a 2013 GMC truck.  Tickets are available at businesses listed below or from directors.  Tickets are $20 each or 6 for $100.   Proceeds go to children's and seniors programs for the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society. Lottery licence #M704058.

Tickets are available at:

  • Rainy River: Royal Canadian Legion and Gillon's Insurance
  • Emo: Visser Auto, Norlunds, Tomkins Hardware, Cloverleaf, Gillon's Insurance and Village Variety
  • Devlin: Dev-Lynnes, Greensides Store and the Post Office
  • Fort Frances: MacDonald Motors, Causeway Insurance, Northwoods, Rainy Lake Sports & Tackle, CC Complex, Fort Frances Times, Gillon's Insurance and Einar's
  • Atikokan: Gillon's Insurance

Please call Angela Fiset at 486-0452 for more information.

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Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society
Invites

Anyone wishing to exhibit in the annual fair may pick up an Emo Fair Book at the District municipal offices or call Jan Judson, Secretary/Treasurer at 807-482-2428 to have one mailed to you.

Click Here to Download 2012 Fair Book!

NOTE: 8.2MB file will only download with Internet Explorer, not Mozilla Firefox.

2013 Fair Book will be available soon.

The Secretary will be at the Fairgrounds Office at the following times:

  • Friday, August 9th after 4 pm to receive all livestock entries (late entries will be charged $5 per animal)
  • Monday & Tuesday August 12th and 13th from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm
  • Wednesday, August 14th from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm to sell memberships
  • Fair office will be open 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (August 15-17).

The entry forms can be found at the back of the fair book.  Fair books can be obtained from the following locations:

  • Rainy River = Rainy River Drug Store
  • Barwick = Barwick Village Restaurant
  • Emo = Municipal Office, Jan Judson (22 King Street, Emo)
  • Devlin = Dev-Lynn's, Greensides, Municipal Office
  • Fort Frances = Crazy Ladies, Causeway Insurance
  • ONLINE (SEE ABOVE)

Anyone wishing to purchase a membership or obtain books and tags may do so at the Fairgrounds Office.  Entries for ALL exhibits will be received at the Exhibition Hall on Wednesday, August 14th from 4:00 to 8:00 pm only.

RRVAS requires workers for the Fair.  Gates, Exhibition Hall, and Parking Attendants please call Jan Judson at 482-2428. ***STUDENTS, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO EARN YOUR COMMUNITY HOURS FOR GRADUATION***

PARADE PARTICIPANTS:

The parade will be held on Saturday August 17th. All participants are asked to assemble on Front Street in Emo at 10:30. Judging will take place at 11:00 a.m. sharp. The parade will proceed up to the Fair grounds at 12 noon. All information about participating in the parade is in the fair book.

MINI KING & QUEEN CONTESTANTS

Contestants must be 4 years to 7 years old. Call Mary Croswell at 807-487-1105 to register.

ADVANCE MIDWAY TICKETS:

  • Fort Frances - Wilson's Stationary & Rainy Lake Sports
  • Devlin - Devlynn's & Greensides
  • Emo - Tompkin's Hardware, Village Variety & Cloverleaf Shop Easy
  • Barwick - Barwick Village Restaurant
  • Stratton - Stratton Restaurant
  • Rainy River - Rainy River Drug Store

Advance midway tickets are on sale until Thursday evening August 15th - $28.00 a savings of $5.00.  Gate admission is $3.00 per person per day.  You do not need advanced midway tickets to enter the fairgrounds.  You can pay your $3.00 admission at the gate.

FOOD VENDORS ARE REQUIRED:  Call 807-482-2428 - Jan Judson

The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society is a proud member of The Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies.

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