60th Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair 2022 information guide

Grice Connect has partnered with Bulloch Solutions and the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair to bring this comprehensive, interactive 2022 Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair information guide to you. This guide is designed to give you one place to quickly locate any information you may need about the fair.

We will be updating this guide as more information becomes available and once the fair kicks off we will update the guide daily.

Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Dates

Parade - Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 10 AM in downtown Statesboro, GA
Fair - Monday, October 17 through Saturday October 22, 2022 at Kiwanis Fairgrounds, 16942 GA-67, Statesboro, GA 30458

Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Hours

Monday: 4 PM-12 AM
Tuesday: 4 PM-12 AM
Wednesday: 4 PM-12 AM
Thursday: 4 PM-12 AM
Friday: 4 PM-1 AM
Saturday: 12:00 PM-12 AM

Admission Ticket Pricing

$8 Advanced Online Admission
$10 at the Gate
Children 5 and under get in FREE
Tuesday: Seniors 65 or better-Free Admission
Wednesday: First Responders-Free Admission with ID
Thursday: Military Appreciation-Free Admission with ID

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Express Entry for Advance Ticket Holders

When you purchase the tickets you will have an option to print a paper ticket or you can download the ticket electronically to your phone. When you arrive at the fair, you can go directly to the gate and bypass the line to purchase admission tickets.

There is an express entry gate on the side of the fairgrounds for advanced ticket holders. See yellow arrow.

Cost of Tickets and Wrist Stamps

Wrist Stamps will be offered EVERY night of the fair this year.

Unlimited Rides Wrist Stamp Costs:

$25 Monday through Friday
$30 on Saturday

Individual Ticket Costs:

$1.25 each
20 tickets cost $25
56 tickets cost $50

Rides take 3 to 6 tickets each. Children must be at least 32" to ride the kiddie rides.

Cash and Credit Cards

Cash or cards can be used for admission
Vendors do not take credit cards. So bring cash.
ATM are available on site. There may be an additional charge to use ATM at the fair.

NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT

Livestock Shows

Click here for more information on the livestock shows

Contest Participants

Contest participants can click here to learn more about check in times and to register online to compete. Check-ins or most are Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 15. Click here to learn more.

Click here to register.

Heritage Village

Our Heritage Village takes you back in time when things were simple.

Visit the ‘Old Store” where members Carlton and Mike Bowen offer old fashioned penny candy and 10 cent Cokes (now $1). Bottle Souvenir Georgia Bulldog Cokes $1.50 /with peanuts $2. This year they also have old fashioned Moon Pies, Cracker Jacks, Whole Pickles, Animal Crackers...and our famous chocolate chip cookies 2 for a quarter. With wooden floors and shelves stocked with canned goods that were once staples in every household, “Ole Timers” can reminisce about their youth with grandkids.

You’ll also find:

Bee House
Chicken (Poultry) Barn
Blacksmith Shop
Aldrich House
Corn meal grinding
Syrup making

Aldrich House in the Kiwanis Heritage Village

Traffic and Parking

The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office is tasked with directing traffic at the entrance to the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair.

This is not an easy task with the only entrance and exit being off of State Route 67.

In an effort to help this process BCSO are once again sharing the following information and asking for patience and understanding during what we expect to be a busy week.

Commuters Avoid Fair Road between 5 PM and 10 PM daily

If you are commuting and have no plans to attend the fair we ask that you find an alternate route during fair week. Possible alternate routes include, Harville Rd., Pretoria Rushing / Rushing Rd., US Hwy 80 East, and US Hwy 301 South. Please try to avoid this area during peak afternoon hours from 5PM-10PM or expect possible extended wait times.

Fair Attendees Traffic and Parking Information

For those attending the fair, if you are leaving Statesboro once you pass the intersection at Harville Rd and approach the fairgrounds, BOTH the center turn lane and the left lane will be used to access the fair. Please use either lane as they will run simultaneously into the parking lot.

The right lane will be used for thru traffic going southbound. Unfortunately, if you are traveling towards Statesboro there is only a single lane at the entrance to the fair and you will be at the mercy of the amount of traffic present.

With the vast amount of traffic coming from Statesboro, northbound traffic will have longer wait times so as to not back traffic up into Statesboro causing traffic issues at the bypass.

The Sheriff’s Office will assist with traffic exiting the fairground parking when the fair closes. Orange traffic cones will divide the northbound lanes and fair traffic will utilize the right lane to exit while thru traffic will be force into the left lane via the traffic cones.

As you approach the fairgrounds from the south please slow down and watch for Deputies and pedestrians. The properties across State Route 67 from the fairgrounds are private property and those property owners are not allowing parking for those attending the fair. Shown are aerial photos depicting the entrance and exit as described above.

Sheriff Noel Brown thanks you for your cooperation.

Smoking Policy

NO SMOKING which applies to participants, vendors and fair workers.

ANYONE CAUGHT SMOKING WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

Fair Media Coverage

Check here for GC news stories about the fair.

Grice Connect Fair Live Stream

Grice Connect partnered with Bulloch Solutions and the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair to livestream the parade in its entirety. Grice Connect's DeWayne Grice and Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair Chair Lisa Turner were the announcers for the parade.

A special thanks to Trip McAlhany and the video team at First Baptist Church Statesboro for providing a location, power and internet access. Watch the parade below: