Rides sit ready to transport children at the hilltop midway at the Barlow Fair scheduled today through Sunday at the fairgrounds at Ohio 339 and 550 in Barlow. (Photo by Art Smith)

BARLOW — The 152nd Barlow Fair, the oldest in Ohio, will be held today through Sunday at the Barlow Fairgrounds.

The annual parade is 6 p.m. Friday. The 2023 parade marshal is Allen Clark, a retired teacher at Warren High School where he was named the 1988 Outstanding Vocational Education Teacher in Ohio, among other awards he has received throughout his career.

Today

All entries must be in by 8 p.m. for rabbits, feeder calves, poultry and market dairy goats.

¯ 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., feeder calves

Stalls sit ready to accept animals for the Barlow Fair. (Photo by Art Smith)

¯ 4-8 p.m., entries for rabbits

¯ 4:30-5 p.m., market goat weigh in

¯ 5-8 p.m., entries for T-building, Lad and Lassies and produce; weigh in for feeder calves

Thursday

All other livestock in place by noon

¯ 8-10 a.m., entries for T-Building

¯ Noon, Lads and Lassies/4-H booth; judging and produce judging

¯ 3 p.m., gates open; judging for T-Building

¯ 4 p.m., judging flowers and still exhibits

¯ 5:30 p.m., Poultry Showmanship

¯ 6 p.m., Tug Tractor Pull, 11,000 and 13,000 pound class

¯ 6:30 p.m., Beef Show; Dairy Show

¯ 7 p.m., Teen Open Mic hosted by Soph Stevens

Friday

¯ 8 a.m., gates open

¯ 9 a.m., Junior Fair Poultry, Market Duck Poultry Barn

¯ 3:30 p.m., Market Dairy Goat Show

¯ 6 p.m., Parade; tug tractor pull

¯ 8 p.m., Sheep and Goat Show, show barn; Pickin on Country, gazebo

Saturday

¯ 8 a.m., gates open

¯ 9 a.m., Feeder Calf Show; Feeder Calf Sportsmanship immediate following the show

¯ 9:30 a.m., Garden Tractor Pull

¯ 10 a.m.-1.m., Rabbit Judging; Open Contest Horse Show

¯ Noon to 4 p.m., election of directors, fair board office

¯ 1 p.m., Draft Pony Pull

¯ 4:30 p.m., Buyers Reception

¯ 5 p.m., Top 6 Pie and Cake Auction; ducks; goats; feeder calves

¯ 5;30 p.m., Doyle and Friends, gazebo

¯ 7 p.m., Tug R Tractor Pull, 5,500-6,500 pound classes

¯ 8:30 p.m., Phase 2, gazebo

Sunday

¯ 8 a.m., gates open

¯ 9 a.m., church with Lloyd Dennis, gazebo

¯ 10 a.m., Open Pleasure Horse Show; Speed Pull, truck and tractor

¯ 10:30 a.m., Pound and Pour, show barn

¯ Noon, Little Miss and Mr. Barlow, gazebo

¯ 4 p.m., exhibits released

Rides will be provided by Big O Amusements. All rides are free on Thursday. Rides are open Thursday 6-10 p.m., Friday 6-11 p.m., Saturday noon- 5 p.m. and 6-11 p.m., and Sunday noon to 4 p.m.