Florida State Fair
Specialty Events
Specialty Events
All You Need To Know
In this section, we have assembled all the information you will need for entering the specialty events & contests at the fair. We are thrilled that you are interested in the 2025 Florida State Fair.
PLEASE NOTE: We are in the process of formulating rules for the 2025 Florida State Fair. Rules and Entry Forms will be posted as soon as they are finalized.
Livestock Schedule of Events
Event & Show Information
Pullet Project Show and Silent Auction - Entry Deadline June 28, 2024
The Florida State Fair Pullet Project Show and Silent Auction is open to ALL Florida FFA Chapters, 4-H Clubs and YLPA Clubs. One entry per Chapter or Club.
Deadline – June 28, 2024
Pullet Project Show and Silent Auction Information and Rules
Entry Fee: $40.00 per entry (includes 6 chicks and 1 pound of chick starter)
MANDATORY Pullet Project Clinic and chick pick-up – August 3, 2024
Hay Bale Decorating Contest
Hay Bale Decorating Contest Rules
**Online Registration must be submitted on or before December 1, 2023.
Show Pals Livestock Show
The 2025 Show Pals Livestock Show will in conjunction with the Youth Dairy Goat Show and the Youth Registered Sheep Show
2025 Show Pals Livestock Show Rules
Show Pals Livestock Show Online Registration Form
A Special Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor Suncoast Credit Union
Quilt-Topia Barn Quilt Challenge
2025 Quilt-Topia Barn Quilt Challenge Rules
Open to Florida FFA Chapters, 4-H Clubs, YLPA Clubs and their Individual Members.
**Online Registration must be submitted on or before November 1, 2024.
AG Mechanics Show
AG Mechanics Show Rules – Information will be posted on or before August 1, 2024
Open to Florida FFA, 4-H and YLPA Members.
Online Registration Form
**Online Registration must be submitted on or before January 10, 2025.
Creative Living Competitions
Creative competitions are woven into the history of the Florida State Fair. Since our start in 1904, competitors from every corner of the state have pushed the boundaries of innovation as they battled it out for the blue-ribbon prize in quilting, baking, painting, or other skills. That tradition continues today as our youth and adult artists & crafters, bakers, woodworkers, horticulturalists, needle artists, photographers, and more bring their best work to be judged at the fair. Whether you’re a classically trained fine artist or a Lego sculpting expert, there’s room for your creativity to shine at the Florida State Fair.
Consult each handbook for entry application & delivery deadlines.
2025 Handbooks will be posted on or before September 1st
FFA and 4-H Judging Contests
2025 Judging Contest Schedule
2025 Judging Contest Rules – Contact the specific Youth Organization for details