99TH ANNUAL AUSTIN CO. FAIR GETTING UNDERWAY
Activities are kicking off for the 99th Annual Austin County Fair.
Events at the Austin County Fairgrounds in Bellville are underway through Sunday, October 11th. The theme for the fair this year is “Country Nights and Carnival Lights”.
Today (Saturday) includes the barbecue cook-off, as well as the Little Mister and Miss Contest at 9 a.m., which will be followed by the Junior Mister and Miss and Junior Fair Queen Contests. The Fair Queen will be crowned at 5:30 p.m.
The Fair Queen candidates are Emma Benoit, Laney Bevan, Teaghan Eckelberg, Kayleigh Kendrick, Kaitlyn Kloss, Bexley Nelson, Jaslene Renteria, Ellie Sowa and Hailey Svoboda.
Tomorrow (Sunday) will mark the start of livestock judging, which runs through Thursday. Thursday will also be the day for the fair parade at 10 a.m. in downtown Bellville, led by parade marshal and longtime fair supporter, Ron Eilers.
The youth livestock auction will take place on Friday, starting at 10 a.m. The youth supreme and country fair auction will be on Saturday, October 10th at 1 p.m.
Featured entertainers will be the Brown Sugar Band at 6 p.m. and Waylon Thibodeaux at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Tanner Usrey at 8 p.m. and Flatland Cavalry at 10 p.m. on Friday, and Kevin Fowler at 9 p.m. and Clay Walker at 11 p.m. on Saturday. Additionally, the Lost Cause Band will perform on Sunday, October 11th from 1 to 5 p.m.
Other fun at the fairgrounds will include a carnival, rodeo events, a petting zoo, a wine show, and a country store.
To learn more about the fair, go online to https://austincountyfair.com.
KTEX-106 will have live reports throughout the fair.