2022 Rock Island County Fair, July 19 through 23

Tuesday, July 19, through Saturday, July 23

Rock Island County Fairgrounds, 4200 Archer Drive, East Moline IL

Five days of outdoor fun will be on hand when East Moline's Rock Island Country Fairgrounds hosts the annual Rock Island County Fair July 19 through 23, offering patrons mornings, afternoons, and evenings filled with carnival rides, games, food vendors, animal shows, racing tournaments, 4-H events, and exciting happenings scheduled for the nights' grandstand entertainment.

With Tuesday's gates opening at 8 a.m., the July 19 schedule boasts dairy cattle, sheep, lamb, and poultry shows, houseplant and floral-arrangement judging in Davis Hall, the carnival officially opening at 4 p.m., a free 7 p.m. grandstand performance by the New Windsor Drill Team, and fireworks set for 9 p.m. Lamb, sheep, and dairy cattle shows are also scheduled for the morning of July 20, with stock-car races hosted by Peterson Family Promotions held in the grandstand beginning at 7 p.m., while on July 21, the morning will feature heifers, breeding beef, and swine shows along with a new-for-2022 peewee cattle show, with the evening boasting a 7 p.m. truck and tractor pull presented by Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway.

On July 22, evening entertainment comes in the form of the 7 p.m. monster-truck show hosted by 2ExtremeRacing, wrapping up a day that also features an 8 a.m. swine show, a 9 a.m. junior heifer and market cattle show, and an 11 a.m. specimens and collections show. And on the last day of this year's Rock Island County Fair, highlights for July 23 include morning Junior Barrow and Junior Gilt shows, as well as fast-moving, day-ending excitement with the grandstand's climactic demolition derby also presented by Viola Boyz.

General admission to the 2022 Rock Island County Fair is free until 8 p.m., after which tickets are $5 for adults, and $12 added admission to all of the evening grandstand attractions. Ages 12 and under are free at all times, and for more information on this year's events, call (309)796-1620 and visit RockIslandFair.org.