McLeod County Fair

General Rules

  1. Lost and Found items can be brought to the fair office and will be stored for safe-keeping for up to 30 days after the fair.
  2. No duplication of tickets or passes will be allowed.
  3. No Smoking of any kind inside any fairgrounds buildings, structures (permanent and temporary), grandstand, bleacher areas, or within 15 feet of building entrances. This includes E-cigarettes.
  4. Each individual will be held personally responsible for their actions and the management will not be accountable or responsible for any injury.
  5. Upon entering the fairgrounds, be advised that photographs and/or video may be taken of the activities or events and used for future fair promotions, publications and social media.
  6. Fair admission does not guarantee that all scheduled events will take place. The schedule may change at any point without further notice.
  7. No person will be permitted to distribute advertising materials or soliciting on the fairgrounds by any person, parties or organizations except from their paid exhibitor/vendor space. Posting or distribution of any kind is strictly prohibited. Any violation of this rule will result in being asked to leave the fairgrounds without refunds.
  8. Space of any kind cannot be assigned, sublet, disposed of or transferred without the written consent of the McLeod County Fair Board.
  9. Any person or group that conducts a protest action must limit its activity to the location designated by the Fair Board. The designated location is the far Northwest corner of the fairgrounds. No entrances, exits or roadways can be obstructed or limited in any way.
  10. No bikes, skateboards, skates, scooters, hoverboards, golf carts, e-bikes and all other motorized or battery powered modes of transportation allowed on the fairgrounds. Mobility scooters are the exception. All motorized vehicles are to be parked in the designated parking areas. The Fair Board may authorize acceptance of special arrangements by stopping at the Fair Office for approval.
  11. NO PETS ALLOWED on the fairgrounds premises UNLESS:
    1. It is a service animal, per ADA guidelines with a trained service task.
    2. Its presence is authorized by the Fair Board in advance of its attendance, and is either leashed or kenneled at all times while on site.
    3. Its presence is part of an activity or act organized by the Fair Board.
    4. Anyone violating this rule with a pet will take the pet off the fairgrounds property immediately upon being asked by any fair official or law enforcement personnel.
    5. Stray pets will be impounded at the owners’ expense.
  12. No live animals shall be given away or sold from a concession, exhibit or display.
  13. Vehicles are not allowed on the center ring road between the hours of 8:00 am to midnight, except for emergency vehicles, ushered entertainer vehicles, or fair staff vehicles.
  14. Persons acting in a disorderly manner will be asked to leave and escorted off fairgrounds property.
  15. The McLeod County Fair Board shall reserve the privilege of changing any of these rules and regulations to suit the purpose for which they have been made and to pass on their application regarding the McLeod County Fair.
  16. Additional rules & regulations regarding Open Class Exhibition can be found in the Exhibitor Handbook, pages 1-4, as well as additional department specific rules that may be listed.
  17. Livestock shows can be dangerous to the participants and the audience. WARNING: LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES POSE INHERENT RISKS. THESE DANGERS OR CONDITIONS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES, AND THEY INCLUDE:
    • The propensity of livestock to behave in ways that may result in death or injury to persons on or around them, such as kicking, biting or bucking.
    • The unpredictability of livestock’s reaction to things like sound, sudden movement, unfamiliar objects, persons or other animals.
    • Natural hazards such as surface or subsurface conditions.
    • Collisions with other livestock or objects.
    • THE MCLEOD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION (FAIR BOARD) AND PERSONS DONATING SERVICES, LIVESTOCK, FACILITIES, OR EQUIPMENT FOR ITS USE, ARE IMMUNE FROM LIABILITY TO PARTICIPANTS IN LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES RESULTING FROM THESE INHERENT RISKS PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTE 604A.12. THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE OR WATCH DO SO AT THIER OWN RISK AND SHOULD TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONSTO ENSURE THIER OWN SAFETY.