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MOUNDSVILLE — This year’s Marshall County Fair, slated July 19-25, will include a performance by country music star Deana Carter, known for hit songs like “Strawberry Wine.”<\/p>\n
Carter is scheduled to perform at 9 p.m. Saturday, July 25, on the main festival stage at the Marshall County Fairgrounds, 1433 12th St., Moundsville.<\/p>\n
Opening for Carter will be Left of Read, taking the festival stage at 7 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
Daily admission to the fair is $15 or $75 for the week.<\/p>\n
Seniors (age 55 and older) and veterans will be honored Tuesday with free admission from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
Children’s Day is Wednesday and offers free admission for children age 12 and younger from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
The fair features a variety of livestock and other exhibits, food, music, entertainment, carnival rides and more throughout the week.<\/p>\n
Carnival rides by Gambill Amusements will be available from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Tuesday; 1-4 and 6:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesday; 6:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday; 6:30-10:30 p.m. Friday; and 1-4 and 6:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Noah Royak Stage Show, of “America’s Got Talent” fame, also is coming to the fair this year. Royak will perform 12 times during the week, with shows scheduled for 3 and 7:30 p.m. Monday; 2 and 7 p.m. Tuesday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Friday; and 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Live Stingray Encounter is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday.<\/p>\n
STEM activities will be offered at the 4-H and FFA Building from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday; 1-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; and 2-8 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
The events schedule also includes a Car Show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mud Bog at 1 p.m. and Pet Show at 2 p.m. Sunday. Monday’s events include the Dog Obedience Show and Rabbit Show at 8 a.m., Little Mr. and Miss Contest at 1 p.m. and KOI Drag Race at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s schedule features the Seniors and Veterans Breakfast at 9 a.m. at the 4-H and FFA Building, Senior Health Fair from 10 a.m. to noon and Antique Tractor Pulls at 7 p.m. Wednesday events include the Dairy Goat Show at 9 a.m., Kids 4-H Fun and Games and Tiny Tot Contest at 10 a.m., Kids Pedal Pull Tractor Contest at 11 a.m., Kids Snacks at 12:30 p.m., Goat Dress-Up Contest at 4:30 p.m. and Dirt Bike Barrel Race at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Thursday’s events include Pee Wee Hog Showmanship at 1 p.m., Sheep Dress-Up Contest at 2 p.m. and Truck and Tractor Pulls at 7 p.m. Friday features the Open Halter Show at 9 a.m., Pedal Pull Tractors for ages 13 and older at 11 a.m., Livestock Auction at 6 p.m. and Truck and Tractor Pulls at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
The fair wraps up Saturday with a Pie Eating Contest at noon and Demolition Derby at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
The 2026 theme for the Marshall County Fair is “Red Barns, White Lights and Blue Ribbons.”<\/p>\n
Sponsors include Expand, EQT, American Consolidated Resources, J&R Excavating, HP Excavating and Septic, ICR, Otis Minnesota Services, WVU Extension, AD Baker Homes, Bayer Heritage Federal Credit Union, MPLX, Regoli Company, Southern States-Marshall County Co-Op, WVU Medicine, Dr. Garry Lewis, Knights Farm Supply, United Bank and Unified Bank.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theintelligencer.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community Photo\/CMA Deana Carter, shown here performing at during CMA Fest in Nashville, is set to perform during the Marshall County Fair on July 25. MOUNDSVILLE — This year’s Marshall County Fair, slated July 19-25, will include a performance by country music star Deana Carter, known for hit songs like “Strawberry Wine.” Carter is scheduled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2497575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2497574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Deana-Carter-To-Headline-Marshall-County-Fair-Entertainment-Lineup.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497576,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497574\/revisions\/2497576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2497575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}