The 156th annual Six Nations Fall Fair drew in thousands of local residents and out-of-town visitors from Friday, September 5 through Sunday, September 7, 2025.
The weekend-long affair, which is organized by the Six Nations Agricultural Society, featured a full schedule of activities for visitors of all ages, around 21 food vendors, 14 art and craft vendors, and ten community service vendors.
While the midway’s rides and games, the petting zoo, and various fair exhibits were open to the public throughout the weekend, each day featured a little something special.
Kicking off with a kids’ day on Friday, youngsters spent their time checking out both the pottery and Redbarn workshops, the Mad Science Show, various comedy shows, and two Birds of Prey shows, as well as the onsite escape room.
The day also included the Ambassador presentations and crowning, and in the evening, families packed inside the arena for Championship Wrestling International (CWI) live wrestling a show.
The fun continued into Saturday with the Baby and Tiny Tots Show, a sports recognition ceremony, a traditional Pow-wow, the escape room, more Redbarn workshops and the Roots of Resilience fashion show. The day also featured a host of live music from 2nd Line Blue Grass, Ali Barker, Cam Silver, Wendy Lynn Snider, Genevieve Fisher, Jim Jacobs and Relic Kings.
On the final day of the fair, guests once again flooded into the fairgrounds for the car and bike show, another traditional Pow-wow, the Smoke Dance competition, demolition derby and more live music from James N. Wilson, Cam Silver and Jamie Warren.
At the end of the day, the newly crowned Miss Six Nations, Kymberly Farmer, announced the lucky winner of the $12,760 50/50 draw.
Leslie McDougall, president of the Six Nations Agricultural Society and fair board, said that while the event struggled for several years, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, she and the rest of the team have worked hard to make it an event worth attending.
“We’ve built this up from what was a small bouncy castle type of event, to the kind of bigger fair it really should be with double the attendance, actual rides, food vendors galore, and a whole lot of fun activities,” she said. “We also really try to make this event as affordable as possible, so tickets are $10 to get in for anyone between the ages of 6 and 64, $5 for people 65 and over, and on Sunday, seniors get in for free. As far as the rides go, it’s $25 a bracelet and you can ride all day as many times as you like.”
Jennifer Montour, vice president of the Six Nations Agricultural Society, said that one of the things the fair committee has done to amp up the event is decorating the grounds to fit the fall season.
“We started using a local decorator so we can really liven up the fairgrounds every year,” she said. “She sources everything locally and she’s just phenomenal; it’s a small thing we’ve added, but we always get a lot of great comments from people and I think it really helps set the tone for the season.”
Montour added that the whole event just wouldn’t be possible without the dedication of the many people who work behind the scenes to make it happen.
“It’s a lot of work but we’ve got a great team and we all put in so much effort to make this a great event,” she said. “I would say our heart and soul of this fair is our volunteers, our community, and the vendors too; I mean, there’s been lean years and there’s been good years, but they all keep coming back, and we’re so thankful for them and the support they give us.”
Later, when asked what her favourite thing about being part of the fair committee was, McDougall said it was all about the community.
“I just love seeing everybody so happy and seeing all the little kids have a good time, you know? We do this for them and that’s what it’s all about,” she said.
Kimberly De Jong’s reporting is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative.The funding allows her to report rural and agricultural stories from Blandford-Blenheim and Brant County. Reach her at kimberly.dejong@brantbeacon.ca.
