2026 Canfield Fair officially opens
Mahoning County Fair Royalty take the stage during Thursday’s Jr. Fair Youth Day Program at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
The West Branch High School Marching Band stands ready to take the field at the grandstand for the Canfield Fair’s High School Band Show on Thursday. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Liam Leskosky, 4, Salem stands with confidence and his arrow aimed at the target after getting a brief archery lessons from Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) volunteer Ed Wood on archery at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Members of the Corll Family put on a sawmill demonstration on Thursday at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
A wall full of brightly colored apples in the Hay and Grains Fruits and Vegetables Building at the Canfield Fair lets fair goers know that apple season is here and they are available locally. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Hunter Cerny, 12, Columbiana, spins the prize wheel at the exhibit table set up by the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center in the Townships and Government Exhibit Building at the Canfield Fair on Thursday as his mother, Jessica Crouse, and Terrie Brownlie, case manager for services at the Juvenile Justice Center, look on. Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Cassidy, 10, and Makayla Brubaker, 7, along with Sophia Kuwik, 12, and Lily Coleman, 13, all of Canfield, go for a spin on the Tornado Thursday at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Fair goers enjoy the thrill of the Flying Dutchman on Thursday at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R Garabrandt)
Mahoning County Fair Royalty take the stage during Thursday’s Jr. Fair Youth Day Program at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
The West Branch High School Marching Band stands ready to take the field at the grandstand for the Canfield Fair’s High School Band Show on Thursday. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Liam Leskosky, 4, Salem stands with confidence and his arrow aimed at the target after getting a brief archery lessons from Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) volunteer Ed Wood on archery at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Members of the Corll Family put on a sawmill demonstration on Thursday at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
A wall full of brightly colored apples in the Hay and Grains Fruits and Vegetables Building at the Canfield Fair lets fair goers know that apple season is here and they are available locally. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Hunter Cerny, 12, Columbiana, spins the prize wheel at the exhibit table set up by the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center in the Townships and Government Exhibit Building at the Canfield Fair on Thursday as his mother, Jessica Crouse, and Terrie Brownlie, case manager for services at the Juvenile Justice Center, look on. Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Cassidy, 10, and Makayla Brubaker, 7, along with Sophia Kuwik, 12, and Lily Coleman, 13, all of Canfield, go for a spin on the Tornado Thursday at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)
Fair goers enjoy the thrill of the Flying Dutchman on Thursday at the Canfield Fair. (Photo by Kristi R Garabrandt)
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A variety of activities took place despite some rain during the first official day of the 2026 Canfield Fair.