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Farmersville Exhibition 2024

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Farmersville Exhibition 2024

Time: July 19, 2024 at 6pm to July 21, 2024 at 9pm
Location: Centennial Park and Centre '76 Athens Ontario Canada
City/Town: Athens, Ontario Canada
Website or Map: http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/…
Phone: 613-802-8340
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: Farmersville Exhibition
Latest Activity: Jul 11, 2024

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Event Description

Feature tractor: International Harvester

All makes are welcome.

Admission Fees (as of January 4th 2024):

$30 - weekend pass

or daily rates as follows...

$15 - Friday night

$15 - Saturday

$15 - Sunday

Returning Events:

Friday - Truck Pull

Saturday - Vintage Tractor Pull

Sunday - Horse Draw and Lawnmower Pull

Please check out the Schedule of Events page for more information.

Exhibitors - Bring your vintage tractor, farm equipment, car, truck, motorcycle, small engine, homebuilt buggy - we are always looking for unique displays!

Questions?

Steve Flood 613-802-8340

Derek Miller 613-924-1211

Vendors and crafters - if you would like to book a booth in the rink, please email ashleysadler15@gmail.com. If you would like a space outdoors, please email heffernan65@yahoo.ca

Campers - to book a camp site, please contact Peter Vanderlinden at 613-498-7606. Limited sites available. Dry camping. No hydro. No water.

Volunteers - Would you like to volunteer? We would greatly appreciate your help - we will need people to help with a variety of tasks during the week leading up to the show. Pease contact Larry Winters at 613-803-7801 or email lpwinters@sympatico.ca

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