Decatur County Fair set for August 18-22, 2026, book available locally
Families can mark Aug. 18-22 for the 2026 Decatur County Fair, with the carnival coming later and fair books already at local stops.
Decatur County families can put Aug. 18-22 on the calendar for the 2026 Decatur County Fair and start picking up fair books now at local outlets, including Johnson’s Food Warehouse, The Avenue Salon, Tips to Toes and Decatur County UT Extension. The fair is listed for Parsons at 1925 Highway 641 South, giving livestock exhibitors, 4-H families, vendors and volunteers an early deadline to work around.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s 2026 agricultural fairs calendar lists the Decatur County Fair for Aug. 18-22, 2026. A community notice circulating on local Facebook feeds matches those dates and says the stretch will cover pageants and judging for fruits, vegetables, photos and crafts, with no carnival on those days. That leaves the carnival as a separate part of the fair’s schedule, rather than part of the opening dates now being shared around town.
For residents planning entries or family outings, the fair book is the key local tool. It is where schedules, rules, registration information and event listings are typically laid out, and the local pickup spots give people a way to get that information without waiting for the gates to open. UT Extension Decatur County is one of the distribution points, fitting its role in agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community resource development and 4-H youth development.
The fair also sits within a broader county calendar that is already filling out for 2026. Decatur County’s annual events page includes other dated gatherings, and a March 23, 2026, Budget Committee agenda includes discussion of an Ag-Plex Fairground Project. Together, those items show the fairgrounds remain part of county planning as well as community tradition.
The fairgrounds complex is already on the calendar for another public event after the fair, with the Decatur County Cops and Bobbers Fishing Rodeo listed for Sept. 2026 at the Decatur County Fairgrounds Pond, 110 Fairground Road, Parsons, TN 38363. For households mapping out late summer, the fair date, the book locations and the fairgrounds address now provide a clear head start on one of Decatur County’s biggest annual gatherings.
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