Van Zandt County Fair

08/30/2026

Fall heifer validation is coming up!

07/26/2026

Contact us today for information or to secure your table for the Grand Champion Gala on October 24. Don’t miss a great evening benefitting the VZ Fairgrounds!

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06/25/2026

Contact us today to reserve your table!

06/18/2026

Save the date!!! We are incredibly excited to announce the Grand Champion Gala benefitting the Fairgrounds. Please share and stay tuned for more information.

05/22/2026

Our Jr Livestock Auction was held on Friday at the county fair. The Grands and Reserves were in the paper on 042626.

05/07/2026

Our Gilt show was held on Thursday, April 2 following the Master Showman contest.

No results available.

pictures are available at: https://faithspics.smugmug.com/Van-Zandt-County-events/2026-Events-and-Organizations/Van-Zandt-County-Fair-2026/Gilt-Show-040226

04/29/2026

Another favorite event at the fair is the PeeWee Gilt show. Once again it was held on Thursday just before the Gilt Show.

pictures are available at: https://faithspics.smugmug.com/Van-Zandt-County-events/2026-Events-and-Organizations/Van-Zandt-County-Fair-2026/PeeWee-Gilt-Show-040226

04/16/2026

The Spelling Bee! The 12th Annual Spelling Bee was held on Thursday, 4/2 in the Todd Berry Building. Competitors is grad 4 thru 6 are eligible with preregistration earlier in March.

Sponsored by The Canton TX Rotary Club

Results:
Grade 4
First place, Jake Armstrong, Canton Intermediate School; 2nd, Colton Smith, Martins Mill School; 3rd, Easton Shaw, Van Middle School; 4th, Madileine Culver, Home School; 5th, Matthew Vega, Edgewood and 6th, Carson Fields, Wills Point Woods Intermediate School.

Grade 5
Frist place, Dawson Schueller, Van Middle School; 2nd, Aiden Dean, Canton Intermediate School; 3rd, Phoenix Stanford, Martins Mill; 4th, Ava Perkins, Wills Point Middle School and 5th, Riley Bolton, Edgewood

Grade 6
Frist Place, Nikolas Todorovic, Canton Jr High; 2nd, Daron Cervantes, Wills Point Intermediate School; 3rd, Logan Adams, Martins Mill and 4th, Bowen Miller, Van Middle School

Canton Rotary club donated the Embroidered Backpacks for the first place contestants.
Splash Kingdom donated a season pass to each first place winner 2nd place a 2-day pass and a 1-day pass to 3rd place.
Van Zandt Fair provided an arm band to the Carnival for each contestant.

04/16/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 VZ Fair Jr Livestock Market Animal showman. Winning showman in their perspective species qualified them to compete for the Master Showman. They compete showing each of the 5 species.
2026 Showman:
Steer: Roo Sukiennik, Martins Mill FFA
Broiler: Lily Matlock, Canton FFA
Lamb: Conlee Compton, Martins Mill FFA
Goat: Ashlynn Carpenter, VZ 4-H
Hog: Kynidee "KK" Henderson, Canton FFA

The 2026 Junior Mater Showman is KK Henderson, Canton FFA

pictures are available at: https://faithspics.smugmug.com/Van-Zandt-County-events/2026-Events-and-Organizations/Van-Zandt-County-Fair-2026/Master-Showman-Junior-040226

04/16/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 VZ Fair Jr Livestock Market Animal showman. Winning showman in their perspective species qualified them to compete for the Master Showman. They compete showing each of the 5 species.
2026 Showman:
Steer: Langston Welch, Van FFA
Broilers: Kate McClendon, Canton FFA
Sheep: Grady Compton, Martins Mill FFA
Goat: Avery Fisher, VZ 4-H
Hog: Brooklynn Peoples, VZ 4-H

The Senior 2026 Mater Showman is Brooklynn Peoples, VZ 4-H

all of the pictures are available at: https://faithspics.smugmug.com/Van-Zandt-County-events/2026-Events-and-Organizations/Van-Zandt-County-Fair-2026/Master-Showman-Senior-040226