IN PHOTOS: Record-breaking numbers at 166th Listowel Fair

July 20, 2022 @ 9:10 pmListowel Banner, Local News, News, Rural

A good crowd enjoyed the 4-Horse Hitch Competition. (Submitted photo)
The demolition derby was, as always, a popular event. (Submitted photo)
Makin' Faces Face Painting. (Submitted photo)
Keeping parade attendees cool. (Dan McNee photo)
Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae arrives in style. (Dan McNee photo)
Brussels Pipe and Drums Band. (Dan McNee photo)
Perth-Wellington MP John Nater and wife Justine wave to the crowd. (Dan McNee photo)
North Perth Mayor Todd Kasenberg. (Dan McNee photo)
Not all of the parade entrants were motorized, with this trolley a throwback to years gone by. (Dan McNee photo)
Jasper the dog had a great vantage point for the parade. (Dan McNee photo)
Calf comfort. (Dan McNee photo)
Strike up the band. (Dan McNee photo)
Past fair ambassadors wave atop a float. (Dan McNee photo)
The Ferris wheel at dusk on opening night. (Dan McNee photo)
Paul Drummond displays some break-dancing moves. (Dan McNee photo)
Hayes Sweeney, 10 months, inspects his first Listowel Fair parade. (Dan McNee photo)
The ambassador competition stage. (Dan McNee photo)
Travis Clarke showing in the 4-H Dairy Calf Show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
A tractor competing in the tractor pull. (Kelsey Bent photo)
A tractor competing in the tractor pull. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Roy Beuerman showing in the Heavy Horse Show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Peggy Wiens at the Horseshow Tournament. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Noah Ditner in the Kid’s Pedal Tractor Pull. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Nicole Erb and Cash in the Wester Horse Show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Natalie Robinson showing in the 4-H Dairy Calf Show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Katie Fleming showing in the Heavy Horse Show on Sunday. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Julie and horse Olive in the Barrel Races at the Western Horse Show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Heidi Martin weaves with her horse Dallas in the Western Horse Show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Gary Kocker has his eyes on the prize in the Horseshoe Tournament. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Everly Leith receives a balloon butterfly from Ben Lavallee during the kid’s show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Emily Makey won first in the Intermediate Showperson class at the 4-H Dairy Calf Show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Emily Bakers appears to be balancing on one chair at the magic show. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Emerson and Nolan look like they are having the time of their lives at the Listowel Fall Fair last Saturday. (Kelsey Bent photo)
David Brooks in Sunday’s Horseshoe Tournament. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Connor Franken gives it his all in the Pedal Tractor Pull. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Bruce Dunbar is pictured warming up at the Horseshoe Tournament on Sunday. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Ben Robinson is pictured showing in the 4-H Dairy Calf Show on Saturday. (Kelsey Bent photo)
Ashley Bowles races to the finish in the Western Horse Show on Sunday. (Kelsey Bent photo)
LISTOWEL – After a long wait, the 166th Listowel Agricultural Fair finally kicked off without a hitch. Elizabeth Johnston, president of the Listowel Agricultural Society, says that despite a rocky few years, in which a full fair had to be postponed, the fair was extremely successful. “We were overwhelmed with the support and the turnout,”…
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