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2026-2027 Pasco County Fair Youth Show
Important Dates
Exhibitor Meeting – Tuesday, October 13th, 2026– 6:00 p.m. – Dan Cannon Auditorium
*Mandatory for ALL Small Animal Barn Exhibitors*
Entry Deadline – Online Entry Due Tuesday, December 1st, 2026
Health Clinic (Clayton Hall) – Saturday, December 5th, 2026 – 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
*Mandatory for New Poultry Show Animals for Tags* and *Rabbit Tattooing: No
Changes after this event! *
Record Book, Poster, Decorated Animal, and Thank You Letters Collection –
Sunday, January 31st, 2027 – 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Check-In – Sunday, February 14th, 2027 – 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Small Animal Barn
Front Porch (poultry), Small Animal Barn Back Porch (rabbits).
Skillathon – Sunday, February 14
th, 2027 – 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Immediately after
check-in, held in Dan Cannon Auditorium.
Showmanship – Sunday, February 14th, 2027 – Exhibitors will choose a time slot on
Sign Up Genius before February 13
th, 2027 – Small Animal Barn Front Porch (poultry),
Small Animal Barn Back Porch (rabbits).
Poultry Judging – Sunday, February 14, 2027 – Before Showmanship
Rabbit Judging – Sunday, February 14, 2027 – Before Showmanship
Poultry Awards – Sunday, February 21, 2027 – 11:00 a.m. – Madill Building
Rabbit Awards– Sunday, February 21, 2027 – 11:45 a.m. – Madill Building
Barn Clean Up/Release – Sunday, February 21, 2027 – 6:00 p.m. See Rule
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Mandatory Ethics Certification – The Pasco County Fair requires all exhibitors
8 and over (as of September 1st) to have Ethics Certification. Certification training
courses are listed at the Florida State Fair website
http://www.floridastatefairag.com/pdffiles/live-ethicsformpub.pdf.
Any workshop
listed on the site will work for certification. Pre-registration is required. Every
three years these certifications expire, and you will need to re-register and
complete the ethics again if yours expires before our fair.
This is a MANDATORY requirement.
Once the trainer submits that the exhibitor has met the certification requirements the Florida State Fair will issue a letter to the exhibitor with their certification number.
Exhibitors will be required to list their certification number on their entry form and/or project record book when participating in the Pasco County Fair livestock events.
If the exhibitor should misplace their certification number, they can retrieve their number by going to the Florida State Fair website: https://floridastatefairag.com/ethics/workshop/ Then go to the Ethics tab and enter the exhibitor's name and city.