3:00 pm – Gates Open

4:00 pm – Agri-Land Opens

5:00 pm – Midway Opens (as soon as Safety Inspection is complete) – TWOONIE RIDE NIGHT!!

6:00 pm – Homecraft Opens (A)

7:00 pm – Official Fair Opening featuring Brooklin’s own Emily Batty (T)

7:30 pm – Ambassador Competition (A)

8:00 pm – Live Entertainment in Beer Garden – Charles Street Band (B)

8:00 pm – Demolition Derby (T)

10:00 pm – Gates Close

(T) – Track (A) – Arena (BG) – Beer Garden (AL) – Agri-LAND (BD) – Baseball Diamond (TC) Tennis Courts

FRIDAY AT THE FAIR …

10:00 am – Youth Equestrian Show (AL)

3:00 pm – Gates Open

3:00 pm – Agri-Land Opens

3:00 pm – Antique Tent Opens (AL)

4:00 pm – Midway Opens

5:00 pm – Smoke Trail Singers (presentation of First Nation’s Drums, Singers, and Dancers) (A)

5:00 pm – Honey & Maple Syrup Competition (AL)

5:00 pm – Farm & Field Crops Competition (AL)

5:00 pm – Homecraft Opens (A)

6:00 pm – Spring Sing Youth Talent Show (A)

7:00 pm – Truck & Tractor Pull (T)

8:00 pm – Live Entertainment in Beer Garden – Charles Street Band (BG)

10:00 pm – Gates Close

(T) – Track (A) – Arena (BG) – Beer Garden (AL) – Agri-LAND (BD) – Baseball Diamond (TC) Tennis Courts

SATURDAY AT THE FAIR …

9:00 am – Gates Open

9:00 am – Miniature Horse Show (AL)

9:00 am – Rabbit Show (AL)

10:00 am – Homecraft Opens (A)

10:00 am – Farrier Competition (AL)

10:00 am – Heavy Horse Show & Light Horse Show (T)

10:00 am – Agri-Land Opens (AL)

10:00 am – Antique Tent Opens

10:30 am – Parade (starts at Carnwith & Baldwin)

11:00 am – Dairy Goat Show (AL)

11:00 am – Midway opens

12:00 pm – Agri-Magic Show with Daniel Steep (A)

12:15 pm – Junior Dairy Show (AL)

1:00 pm – Dairy Heifer Show (following Junior Show) (AL)

1:00 pm – Whitby Junior Brass Band (A)

1:30 pm – Pet Show (BD)

2:00 pm – Speaking of Wildlife (TC)

2:15 pm – Eclipse Performing Arts (Baton Demonstration) (A)

2:45 pm – Agri-Magic Show with Daniel Steep (A)

3:30 pm – Pie Eating Contest (A)

4:00 pm – Agri-Magic Show with Daniel Steep (A)

4:00 pm – 4-H Tractor Pull (T)

5:15 pm – Spelling Bee (registration begins at 4:30 pm) (A)

8:00 pm – Demolition Derby (T)

10:00 pm – Gates Close

(T) – Track (A) – Arena (BG) – Beer Garden (AL) – Agri-LAND (BD) – Baseball Diamond (TC) Tennis Courts

SUNDAY AT THE FAIR …

9:00 am – Gates Open

9:00 am – Sportpony Starsearch Championships Show (AL)

10:00 am – Agri-Land Opens

10:00 am – Antique Tent Opens (AL)

10:00 am – Homecraft Opens (A)

10:30 am – Baby Show (registration begins at 10:00 am) (A)

10:30 am – Poultry & Waterfowl Show (AL)

11:00 am – Midway Opens

11:00 am – Fleece Wool Show (AL)

11:00 am – Hot Diggity Dog Show (T)

12:00 pm – Lumberjack Show (T)

12:00 pm – 4-H Beef Show (AL)

12:00 pm – Sheep Show & Junior Sheep Show (AL)

12:30 pm – The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Presents: The Royal Chef Challenge 2.0 (A)

1:00 pm – Nail Driving & Log Sawing Competition (BD)

1:00 pm – Junior Beef Show (AL)

1:00 pm – Hot Diggity Dog Show (T)

1:30 pm – Beef Cattle Show (following Junior Show) (AL)

2:30 pm – Lumberjack Show (T)

4:00 pm – Gates Close

The Royal Chef Challenge: Story

The Royal Chef Challenge was a new program developed last year, inspired by our mandate to create world class competitions in equine, agriculture and food. The Royal Chef Challenge was a great success, spread over the two weekends of The Royal six premium Toronto hotels were battling for bragging rights for the Champion Chef. Chefs were challenged to prepare an appetiser, main and dessert courses using the secret ingredients, which were prize winning products from Royal Competitions such as honey, maple, and pumpkin. The time allotted for preparation of all three courses was one hour. The competition was hosted by celebrities from the food world; Padma Lakshmi, Bob Blumer and Curtis Stone. The Chef Challenge was a great success in showing off the talent of Toronto Chef’s, celebrating local ingredients and providing entertaining programs for our gate crowd.

The Royal on the Road: Chef Challenge 2.0

This year we are planning to expand the competition to include more of Ontario’s top chefs and take the Royal on the road. The premise of this contest is that we will partner with four Fairs from different regions of Ontario, pulling chefs from those regions and celebrating ingredients from those areas.

We will choose four different local restaurants to compete at each of the partnering Fairs. Each challenge will have 3 elements, the preliminaries and then the final competitions. The restaurant’s Chefs will be asked to create one dish in 30 minutes using the secret ingredients (food from the local area/local producer). The winner of each challenge will have a chance to compete in the finals of that region. The overall finals will take place during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair on the Royal Culinary Stage.

For more information on our sponsors and the event please click here.

We are excited to announce that our theme for the 2013 Brooklin Spring Fair is: Brooklin, A Place to Grow

Think about different ways you can incorporate this theme into your Homecraft entries, parade floats and the lawn decorating competition!

We look forward to celebrating our 102nd Anniversary with you!