The heart of every Fair is a tribute to those who farm the land. Farmers Day has filled that purpose for the Sonoma County Fair since the early years.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 at 2 p.m. in the Chris Beck Arena

The local ag community has come together to create an entertaining and educational show for Farmers Day, a mix of traditional and new agriculture-themed events. This year’s program promises surprises as the Sonoma County Fair Farmers Day Committee is joined by the Sonoma Marin Fair Farmers Day Committee to present a great afternoon of fun. You will not want to miss this first-of-its-kind show on Sunday, Aug. 9 in Chris Beck Arena. Gates open at 2 p.m. We are bringing an exciting new addition to the event with a Blacksmith Demonstration which will run for the entire duration of the event! Watch this engaging, live exhibition where a smith heats raw iron or steel in a forge and shapes it using traditional tools like an anvil, hammer, and tongs. Kids will get a fun souvenir to take home!

Farmers Day is all about agriculture-themed fun.  This event is free with Fair admission. While the show starts at 2 p.m. gates will open at 1 p.m. and kids are invited to come early and enjoy the Fun on the Farm Center. Events include candy pole, calf roping, tractor races, buckaroo bouncies, and a decoration station for stick ponies.  

Kids have traditionally been a big part of Farmers Day, and this year they can participate in the Stick Horse Parade, Mutton Busting, RC Pig Scramble, and Boot Race. Make sure you do not miss Mutton Busting, (pre-entry required) as little kids hang on for the ride of their lives as they climb aboard a live, opinionated sheep. The best ride wins a belt buckle, but all contestants get a gift card sponsored by Yogurt Time. No yogurt for the sheep; they will be headed home after the show. The Pig Scramble is a traditional Farmers’ Day event and has entered the modern age! Rather than live animals, kids will compete to catch four remote control “pigs” in the arena. The four kids who catch one of the pigs will receive a gift card sponsored by Yogurt Time.  

THE BIG SHOW
The main program begins with the introduction of the 2026 Wine Country Rodeo Queen Skylar Kendal and Junior Rodeo Queen Cecilia Lagos. The Rodeo Queens and the Petaluma Drill Team will post colors during the singing of the National Anthem. From then on, the action never stops.
The Farmers Day audience will be treated to a look at some of the best of this year’s roping competition. The top four roping teams from Sunday morning’s ACTRA Event (American Cowboys Team Roping Association) will compete during the Farmers Day program.

At the conclusion of the program, stay to watch a demonstration of teamwork in action comes in the Sheepdog Demonstration, as the handler and his dog round up 20 sheep and gently persuade all twenty to climb back into a trailer for their ride back home. (To see more, check out the Sheep Dog Trials at 10 a.m. Aug. 8, and the ACTRA roping competition at 10 a.m. Aug. 9. Both events are open to the public. Enter through Gate 7 on Aston Ave.)

Sign up at the Entry Office before the Fair. Entries will be accepted until events are full.

For details, call (707) 545-4203.

Entry Forms available now: Mutton Bustin | Boot Scramble | Stick Horse Competition | Pig Scramble | Youth Hay Bucking

Adult Hide Race | Adult Wild Cow Grab & Go | Adult Pole Bending | Adult Hay Bucking

OK Corral inside Chris Beck

All participants must check-in at the ticket booth in the Chis Beck Arena. You must check in prior to the start of events or your spot will be given to the first person on the waiting list. If you are interested in participating you may also sign up for certain events at this time.