Neshoba County Fair

Monday, Jul 28, 2025 at 9:30am

Neshoba County Fairgrounds
16800 Highway 21 South
601-656-8480

The Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, known as the Giant HouseParty, is set to bring lots of fun and entertainment to fairgoers!

Join us for the event of the summer! Enjoy horse racing, political speaking, concerts, late-night bands, art and crafts market, livestock shows, crops and crafts exhibits and so much more at our Giant HouseParty!

Fair Schedule:

Midway open 12:00p.m.-1:00 am. Mitchell Bros, and Sons Amusements. U.S. Post Office, Neshoba County Fair Station, Open 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall OPEN 8:00 am. to 10:00 p.m.

7:00-9:00 am: Check in Dairy Goats and Sheep-Cattle Arena

9:30-11:00 am: Gothes Line Art Contest-Founders Square. Jennifer Felton, Chairperson

10:00 a m: Sheep Show followed by Goat Show - Livestock Show Arena

1:00p.m: Music by bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes-Grandstand

2:00p.m: Harness and Running Horse Races - Racetrack Sponsored in part by Pearl River Resort Colors presented by Neshoba Central HS Jr. ROTC

4:00 pm: Clothes Line Art Exhibit-Founders Square

7:00 pm: Twilight Hot Air Balloon Glow-Racetrack, WEATHER PERMITTING Ken Johnston, Frank Anger and Rusty Miller, Balloonists

7:30p.m: Invocation-Drew Herring, Student Minister of First Methodist Church, Philadelphia, Official Opening of the 2025 Neshoba County Fair, C. Scott Bounds, President, National Anthem by Valeria Prince-Grandstand

8:00 pm: Pageant Program, selecting "Miss Neshoba County Fair-Grandstand Tim Moore, Emcee: Entertainment by Madison Hardy Dennis and Chandler Wells, Pages: Kennedy McKay, Sellers Richardson, Kinlee Sanderford, and Peyton Dunn

9:30 pm-12:30 am: Music by Paxton Peay -Founders Square Sponsored in part by The Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music

1:00 a.m: MIDWAY AND CONCESSIONS CLOSE

Livestock show barns open 9:00 am-5:00p.m., displaying top quality Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle and Sheep