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Check out your local South Dakota fairsCheck out your local South Dakota fairs
Normalcy returns to summer 2021.
Kevin Schulz
June 22, 2021
3 Min Read
LIKE THEY NEVER LEFT: 4-H members across South Dakota get to shine once again after COVID-19 canceled a lot of county fairs and achievement days across the state in 2020. This summer offers a full slate of achievement days and county fairs. Smith Collection/Gado /Getty Images
Editor’s note: This is the second part in a three-part series keeping you up to date on fairs and achievement days in the Dakotas. Read the first story here.
Youth are our future, and this summer is shaping up to provide young people across South Dakota a chance to shine.
While COVID-19 greatly reduced the chance for 4-H’ers to show off the hard work they put into their livestock and static projects during 2020, this summer offers a full slate of achievement days and county fairs across the state. Those 4-H’ers who missed out on sharing their hard work last summer are anxiously waiting to get in front of judges this summer.
Every county in the state may not have a county fair, but achievement days are found in most counties. If you want to see the best that South Dakota’s youth have to offer, save this listing and check out a county fair or achievement day near you.
Of course, the South Dakota State Fair in Huron signifies the end of the summer, but there’s a full calendar of fun and achievement before then:
July 24 Jones/Mellette Counties Livestock Show, Murdo
July 26-27 Jones/Mellette Counties Achievement Days, Murdo
July 26-27 Lyman County Achievement Days, Kennebec
July 26-28 Lincoln County Achievement Days, Canton
July 26-28 Roberts County Achievement Days, Sisseton
July 26-29 Deuel County Achievement Days, Clear Lake
July 26-29 Lincoln County Achievement Days, Lennox
July 26-29 Spink County Achievement Days, Redfield
July 26, 29-30 Fall River County Achievement Days, Edgemont
July 26-31 Butte/Lawrence County Fair, Nisland
July 27 Walworth/Campbell Counties Static Exhibits Achievement Days, Herreid
July 27-31 Kingsbury County Achievement Days, De Smet
July 28-31 Moody County Fair, Flandreau
July 29 Dewey County Fair, Timber Lake
July 30-31 Bon Homme County Achievement Days, Tyndall
July 30-31 McCook County Achievement Days, Salem
July 30-31 Meade County Fair and Achievement Days, Sturgis
July 30-31 Walworth/Campbell Counties Livestock Exhibits and Achievement Days, Selby
July 30-Aug. 1 Hutchinson County Fair, Tripp
Aug. 1-2 Faulk County Achievement Days, Faulkton
Aug. 1-2 Hanson County Achievement Days, Alexandria
Aug. 1-3 Prairie Winds (Hughes/Stanley Counties) Achievement Days, Fort Pierre
Aug. 2-3 Aurora County Achievement Days, Plankinton
Aug. 2-3 Douglas County Achievement Days, Armour
Aug. 2-3 McPherson County Achievement Days, Leola
Aug. 2-4 Grant County Achievement Days, Milbank
Aug. 2-4 Miner County Achievement Days, Howard
Aug. 2-5 Brookings County Achievement Days, Brookings
Aug. 2-5 Clark County Achievement Days, Clark
Aug. 2-5 Codington County Achievement Days, Watertown
Aug. 2-5 Marshall County Achievement Days, Britton
Aug. 2-6 Hamlin County Achievement Days, Hayti
Aug. 3-5 Beadle County Achievement Days, Huron
Aug. 3-7 Tripp County Mid Dakota Fair, Winner
Aug. 4-6 Brule County Achievement Days, Pukwana
Aug. 4-6 Edmunds County Achievement Days, Ipswich
Aug. 5 Ziebach County Achievement Days, Dupree
Aug. 5-6 Hand County Achievement Days, Miller
Aug. 5-7 Davison County Achievement Days, Mitchell
Aug. 5-7 Lake County Fair, Madison
Aug. 5-7 Sanborn County Achievement Days, Forestburg
Aug. 5-7 Todd County Fair, Mission
Aug. 5-7 Union County Fair, Alcester
Aug. 5-7 Yankton County Fair, Yankton
Aug. 5-8 Perkins County Fair, Bison
Aug. 6-7 Charles Mix County Achievement Days, Lake Andes
Aug. 6-15 Minnehaha County Fair, Sioux Falls
Aug. 7-10 Potter County Fair, Gettysburg
Aug. 9-11 Gregory County Achievement Days, Gregory
Aug. 9-11 Jerauld/Buffalo Counties Achievement Days, Wessington Springs
Aug. 11-15 Bennett County Fair, Martin
Aug. 11-15 Day County Fair, Webster
Aug. 12-14 Clay County Fair, Vermillion
Aug. 12-15 Custer County Achievement Days, Hermosa
Aug. 13-14 Haakon/Jackson Counties Achievement Days, Phillip
Aug. 13-14 Hyde County Fair, Highmore
Aug. 13-15 Corson County Fair, McIntosh
Aug. 13-15 Sully County Achievement Days and County Fair, Onida
Aug. 16-19 Turner County Fair, Parker
Aug. 16-22 Brown County Fair, Aberdeen
Aug. 20-22 Harding County Fair, Camp Crook
Aug. 20-29 Pennington (Central States Fair), Rapid City
Sept. 2-6 South Dakota State Fair, Huron
Note that dates and schedules are subject to change, so check with local sources for more information.
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