Appalachian Fair

09/08/2026

Andrew and Abby's Closet Children's Consignment Sale going on this week in the Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union Farm and Home Building!

09/05/2026

08/30/2026

📸🎡 **100TH APPALACHIAN FAIR PHOTO DUMP!** 🎡📸

How do you fit a whole week of **Family, Farming & Fun** into one post?! 💙💛 You don’t… but we’re sure going to try! 😍

From midway lights and blue ribbons 🎠🏆 to concerts, livestock shows, fair food, smiling faces, big thrills and memories being made around every corner — our **100th Appalachian Fair** has been one for the history books! 🐮🎶🍦🎢

These photos are just a little glimpse of the moments that made this year so special. ❤️

👀 **PHOTO DUMP CHALLENGE:**
Scroll through and see if you can spot yourself, your family or someone you know! Then **TAG THEM in the comments!** 👇📸

And if you snapped a favorite Fair photo this year, drop it in the comments — we want to see the Appalachian Fair through YOUR camera roll! 📱💙

A century of traditions.
A week full of memories.
And a whole lot of reasons to smile. 🥹🎡

Thank you for helping us celebrate **100 YEARS of the Appalachian Fair!** 🎉

08/29/2026

The Fields family from Abingdon, VA is enjoying the fair as Appy’s Family of the Night for Saturday. They received free admission, free rides, and free food. Gates are open until 10 pm, come join the fun.

08/29/2026

TikTok sensation Watch Kitty Shrink is meeting fans and signing autographs in the Farm and Home building until 3pm today. Then watch for her around the fair.

08/29/2026

🚨🔪 **LAST CHANCE! ALMOST GONE!** 🔪🚨

This is it, Appalachian Fair fans! 😱💯 Our **100th Anniversary Commemorative Knives** are down to the FINAL few — and once they’re gone, **THEY’RE GONE!** ⏰🔥

🎉 **100 YEARS only happens ONCE!** 🎉

Take home a special piece of Appalachian Fair history and remember our Centennial Celebration for years to come. 💙🎡🌾

🔪 **100th Anniversary Commemorative Knife**
💵 **$100 EACH**
🚨 **VERY LIMITED QUANTITY REMAINING**
💯 Celebrating **1926–2026**

If you’ve been saying, “I’ll get one before the Fair is over…” 👉 **TODAY IS THE DAY!** 😳

Don’t be the person who comes back later and hears, **“Sorry, we sold the last one!”** 😭

These make an incredible keepsake, collector’s item, or gift for someone who has generations of Appalachian Fair memories. ❤️🎠🐄🌽

🔥 **ALMOST SOLD OUT!**
🔥 **LAST CHANCE!**
🔥 **$100!**
🔥 **WHEN THEY’RE GONE, THEY’RE GONE!**

💨 Don’t wait. Don’t think about it until later. **GET YOURS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES!** 🔪💯

🎡 **A Century of Family, Farming & Fun!**
💙 **1926–2026** 💙

08/29/2026

🎡🔥 **IT’S THE FINAL DAY OF THE 100th APPALACHIAN FAIR — AND WE’RE GOING OUT BIG!** 🔥🎡

This is your LAST chance to experience our Centennial Fair, and TODAY is packed from morning until night with rides, food, animals, competitions, family fun, crashing cars and LIVE music!

🚨 **START YOUR DAY WITH FREE FAIR FUN!**
🎟️ **FREE ENTRY & FREE RIDES from 10–11 AM!**
🎡 Then enjoy **UNLIMITED RIDES for ONLY $30!**
Fair Buildings & Rides are OPEN **10 AM–10 PM!**

Come early and explore! 🐴 See **Bart Long’s Clydesdales**, watch craftsmen at work in the Appalachian Heritage Museum, visit the livestock barns and enjoy all your favorite FAIR FOOD!

There’s something happening everywhere! Baby Shows take over the Museum Stage, dairy and sheep competitions fill the barns, and delicious **Heritage Southern Cooking & Youth Cook Exhibits** are happening in Farm & Home. 🍰

As afternoon turns to evening, the excitement gets EVEN BIGGER!

🍞 **4–8 PM** — 4-H Bread Baking Demonstrations
🐑 **6 PM** — Little Shepherds Competition & Senior Sheep Showmanship
🌟 **6 PM** — Got Talent Competition | Museum Stage
🐥 **6 PM** — Appy’s Parade
🍉 **6:45 PM** — Watermelon Eating Contest
🏆 **7 PM** — Farm & Home Exhibit Awards
💥 **7 PM** — **DEMOLITION DERBY!** V8 Cars + Friday Night Survivor Cars | Appalachian Arena
🎤🔥 **8 PM** — **ASHLEY COOKE LIVE!** | Eastman Credit Union Main Stage

Imagine it: midway lights glowing, fair food in hand, V8s CRASHING in the Arena 💥 and **Ashley Cooke LIVE under the lights** to close out an unforgettable Fair Week!

This is your LAST NIGHT to celebrate **100 years of the Appalachian Fair — A Century of Family, Farming, & Fun!** 💙🎡

📲 **TAG your Fair crew, SHARE this post and grab your family & friends — COME MAKE ONE MORE FAIR MEMORY WITH US!**

🔥 **DON’T HEAR ABOUT THE FINAL NIGHT TOMORROW — BE HERE TODAY!**

08/29/2026

🎡💙 **TUESDAY AT THE APPALACHIAN FAIR — WHAT A DAY!** 💙🎡

Tuesday, August 25 was another incredible day of celebrating **100 YEARS of the Appalachian Fair!** 🥳🐥🎉

The fairgrounds were buzzing from the moment the gates opened! From families enjoying the midway 🎠 and grabbing their favorite fair foods 🍔🍩 to livestock, exhibits, competitions, and all the sights and sounds that make Fair Week so special — Tuesday was packed with memories!

🤠🔥 The **Fast Action Bull Riding & Rodeo** brought plenty of thrills to the Appalachian Arena, while the legendary **Lonestar** took the Eastman Credit Union Main Stage and gave us an unforgettable Tuesday night! 🎶⭐

But one of our favorite parts of the day was seeing **YOU** enjoying the Fair. 💙

Families. Friends. Kids experiencing the Fair. Generations continuing traditions that have been part of our community for a century.

📸 **Take a look back at some of our favorite moments from Tuesday, August 25!**

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make another day of our historic **100th Appalachian Fair** one to remember.

🎡 **A Century of Family, Farming, & Fun!**
💙 **1926–2026** 💙

👇 Were you at the Fair Tuesday? **Tell us your favorite moment, tag your friends in the photos, and share your Fair memories with us!**

08/29/2026

Who is coming to see Watch Kitty Shrink at the Appalachian Fair tomorrow?

TOMORROW!!!!!
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In the home and farm building from 1-3 Appalachian Fair come and see us y’all!
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I’ve been hyping up the fair telling them I got kicked out last time I was in bristol, so y’all better show up and show out! I’d hate for them to think I was fibbing!!!!! 😜😜😜
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08/28/2026

Say hello to the Pierce family from Piney Flats. They are Appy’s Family of the Night. They received free admission, free rides, and free food. You have one more chance to win, watch for Appy at the gates on Saturday.