During a lull in business serving up lemonade and corn dogs at his Sharonne’s Concessions mobile food stand on Aug. 28, 12-year proprietor Phillip Laws, of Belvidere, Ill., enjoys a quiet moment people-watching on opening day of the 2024 Walworth County Fair.
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Rice’s Pro Rodeo, sponsored by Jack Leiser Painting, was the featured grandstand entertainment act at the Aug. 28 opening day of the 2024 Walworth County Fair at the fairgrounds in county seat Elkhorn, providing thrills and chills for spectators, including the bareback riding action seen here. Based in Medford and a member of the International Professional Rodeo Association, Rice’s is a full service professional bull riding and rodeo company, staging shows in six states.
At the Fairest of the Fair Finals at the Walworth County Fairgrounds on Aug. 28, 2024, Elkhorn resident Kloie Potts (center) was named the Walworth County Fair's incoming 2025 Fairest of the Fair. Potts, a junior at UW-Stout majoring in family and consumer sciences education, will succeed sitting 2024 Fairest of the Fair Josie Vance (left), of Elkhorn. Potts will be the 59th Walworth County Fairest of the Fair. Retaining her role as Walworth County Fair Royalty for another year will be Elkhorn resident Leslie Reinke (right).
DeForest resident Judy Herlacher closely examines an entry’s visual appeal as she judges bundt cakes in Aug. 28 opening day food competitions at the 2024 Walworth County Fair in Elkhorn. The bundt cakes were judged on multiple criteria including aroma, taste, texture and visual appeal.
“Z” is for zebra, the ride of choice for three-year-old Emersyn Rabe of Walworth, as she enjoys North American Midway Entertainment’s twirling midway merry-go-round on Aug. 28 at opening day of the 2024 Walworth County Fair.
Two-year-old Daxton Walsh, of Elkhorn, made a fun and creative rainfall of dried corn kernels through his fingers on Aug. 28 as he played in the sandbox-styled “Corn Crib” in the Barnyard Adventure Tent at the 2024 Walworth County Fair.
Independent country music recording artist Lara Bell, of McHenry, Ill., entertained Aug. 28 in the Duesterbeck’s Brew Haus Music Hall on the Walworth County Fairgrounds in county seat Elkhorn, one of many entertainers that headlined the 175th Walworth County Fair during its 6-day Aug. 28-Sept. 2 run.
Eleven-year-old Sally Polyock, of Zenda in the Town of Linn, competes in the Junior Swine competition on Aug. 28 at the Walworth County Fair, exhibiting her Berkshire hog. Earning third place honors in the competition, Polyock is a member of the Walworth-based Big Foot Pioneers 4-H Club.
Cassidy Schultz, 18, of Genoa City, holds her Wheaton American rooster, Bert, as she awaits judging at the 2024 Walworth County Fair on Aug. 28. A member of the Flamethrowers 4-H, Wheeler is a Class of 2024 graduate of Badger High School in Lake Geneva. Wheeler is attending the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, studying for a degree in veterinary science.
It was service with a smile on Aug. 28 at the 175th Walworth County Fair as Elkhorn resident Joe Koloski served up homemade cream puffs at the St. Patrick Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council 3464 fundraising cream puff and eclair stand at the fairgrounds.
Walworth County Fair mascot “Farmer Wally Worth” greets opening day Walworth County Fair crowds as he rides on a parade float on the 99-acre Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn. According to creator Eileen Walsh Grzenia, a Walworth County Fair Board director, Farmer Wally Worth enjoys cultivating fun facts about agriculture and the Fairgrounds, frequently planting and nurturing fair smiles. A busy guy, Farmer Wally Worth loves being a part of the Fairgrounds family.
Attending the Walworth County Fair is a longtime tradition for friends Janet Mitchell (left) of Franklin, and Marilyn Allen (right) of Elkhorn, seen here Aug. 28 enjoying ears of roast sweet corn. Mitchell and Allen have been friends since high school as Class of 1965 alumni of Greendale High School.
Chicago musician Jakob Stutz entertains on the accordion as part of The Phenix Band’s opening day Oktoberfest-styled German music concert on the Walworth County Fairgrounds’ Peggy’s Park Stage.
From Jimmy Buffett to Bob Marley, from Harry Belafonte and calypso classics to jazz standards, the Milwaukee-based Caribbean Eclipse Steel Drum Band played a wide variety of musical styles as they performed Aug. 28 at the Peggy Park Stage during the 2024 Walworth County Fair in Elkhorn.
“One dollar bid, now two, now two, will ya give me two?” In his trademark rhythmic auction chant, veteran auctioneer Gary Finley, of Walworth, presides over fundraising basket and pie auctions at the Aug. 28 Faiirest of the Fair Finals at the 2024 Walworth County Fair in Elkhorn.
The bright lights of North American Midway Entertainment’s carnival midway colorfully illuminate the Walworth County Fairgrounds in county seat Elkhorn on Wednesday, Aug. 28, opening day of the 2024 Walworth County Fair. Marking its 175th year during its 6-day Aug. 28-Sept. 2 run, the Walworth County Fair is one of the oldest and largest county fairs in Wisconsin. Farmland, Ind.-based North American Midway Entertainment is the world’s largest traveling amusement company, serving more than 15 million fairgoers in 20 U.S. states and 4 Canadian provincesi, including 13 of the top 50 fairs in North America.
