2023 Fallon Cantaloupe Festival and Country Fair highlights

The 2023 Fallon Cantaloupe Festival and Country Fair

3C Event Complex, 325 Sheckler Road in Fallon.

Friday Aug. 25            1 p.m.-midnight

Saturday Aug. 26        9 a.m.-midnight

Sunday Aug. 27          9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ticket prices:

Single day adult festival admission

Online pre-sale $10

Gate purchase $12

Single day child (ages 4-10) festival admission

Online pre-sale $5 

Gate purchase $7

Weekend pass adult festival admission

Online pre-sale $15

Gate purchase $17

Single day child (ages 4-10) festival admission

Online pre-sale $7.50 

Gate purchase $9

Concert tickets

            Online pre-sale $25

            Gate purchase $35

            Concert bundle pass $40

Tickets: https://aftontickets.com/falloncantaloupefestival

Children 3 and under are free

A service fee will be applied to all ticket purchases.

Carnival Rides (Schoeppner Shows)

            3C Event Complex, adjacent to the Grandstands and the Indoor Arena

                        Friday              4-10 p.m.

                        Saturday          1-10 p.m.

                        Sunday            noon-5 p.m.

Ticket books are $25 for 24 tickets through the website: https://aftontickets.com/falloncantaloupefestival

                        Tickets purchased at the festival are $2 each

                        Unlimited ride wristband Friday $40

                        Unlimited ride wristband Saturday $60

Volunteers are needed! Sign up at https://www.falloncantaloupefestival.com/volunteer

Some festival highlights:

Activities

            4-H Agricultural displays and petting zoo

3C Event Complex, Festival grounds next to the Farmer’s Market

All weekend

            Country Fair Entries

                        3C Event Complex, Barrel House (Multipurpose Building)

                        All weekend

            Discovering Science activity area

                        3C Event Complex, Festival grounds north of the Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

All weekend

Farmer’s Market

3C Event Complex, Festival grounds near the Dry Gulch Saloon

All weekend

Free PiYo Class with No Filter Fitness

                        Rafter 3C Indoor Arena

                        Sunday Aug. 27 at 9:30 a.m.

                        Reserve a spot at no-filter-fitness.com

Competitions

Cantaloupe Canter 5K

Churchill County Aquatic Center (indoor pool) 333 Sheckler Road

Saturday

Registration    8 a.m.

Race                9 a.m.

Car Show (for all pre-1980 makes and models)

Rafter 3C Indoor Arena Parking Lot

Saturday

Check-in begins at 8 a.m.

Register: https://www.falloncantaloupefestival.com/competitions

6th Annual Kent’s Cornhole Classic

Rafter 3C Indoor Arena

Saturday

Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.

A Competitive Division is available as well as a separate Backyard Division for beginning and backyard players.

Cutest Little Cowgirl/Cowboy contest (entries are full)       

Rafter 3C Indoor Arena

Saturday          10 a.m.

Greased pig catch/Kiss the pig

            3C Events Complex, Festival grounds

            Sunday            noon

Side-by-Side Barrel Racing competition (CANCELLED)

Performers

Auditory Sensations

            3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

                        Friday              10 p.m.

Saturday          10 p.m.

Anabelle Lynn and The Desert Scrubs

                        3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

                        Friday              5 p.m.

Saturday          noon

            The Birdman - World Class Bird Show

                        3C Event Complex, Festival grounds north of the Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

                        Friday              2:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Saturday          10 a.m., 1 and 4:30 p.m.

Sunday            11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Facebook The Birdman - World Class Bird Show

The Coaches Band

3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

Saturday          9 a.m.

Gboze African Drummers

            3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

            Sunday            10 a.m.

Great Basin Eagle Dancers

            3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

            Sunday            9 a.m.

Lincoln Highway Band

                        3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

                        Friday             7 p.m.

                        Saturday          2:30 p.m.

Nuestra Herencia Mexicana Dancers

            3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

            Saturday          1:30 p.m.

Ned LeDoux with opener Patrice Luciano

                        Rafter 3C Indoor Arena

                        Saturday         

                        Doors open at 7 p.m.

                        Show begins at 8 p.m.

                        Tickets: https://aftontickets.com/falloncantaloupefestival

Sam Malcolm Comedy Juggling

                        3C Event Complex, Festival grounds, Hay Palace Stage & Pavilion

                        Friday              9 p.m.

                        Saturday          4 p.m.

                        Sunday            noon

            Queensrÿche with opener Metallikitti

                        Rafter 3C Indoor Arena

                        Friday

                        Doors open at 5 p.m.

                        Show begins at 6 p.m.

                        Tickets: https://aftontickets.com/falloncantaloupefestival

Rodeo

California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association (CCPRA) Rodeo

3C Event Outdoor Arena

Performance is Saturday at 6 p.m.

Slack is Sunday at 9 a.m.

More information: FallonCantaloupeFestival.com/Rodeo

Youth Rough Stock Event: Calf Riding, Steer Riding, Jr. Barrel Racing and Mutton Bustin’

            3C Event Outdoor Arena

Check-in is Saturday at 7:30 a.m.

            Event begins at 9 a.m.

Sign up: FallonCantaloupeFestival.com/Rodeo