The 2025 NC Mountain State Fair Catalog is now available! Both General Exhibits and Livestock Exhibits are posted on the wncagcenter.org website and ready for your entries. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the fun—get those entries in today!

Pony Express

Providing Transportation of Entries to and From Outlying Counties to the NC Mountain State Fair

If you live in one of the following counties:

• Avery – 828-733-8270
• Burke – 828-764-9480
• Caldwell – 828-757-1290
• Cherokee – 828-837-2210
• Clay – 828-389-6305
• Cleveland – 704-482-4365
• EBCI – 828-359-6939
• Graham – 828-479-7979
• Haywood – 828-456-3575
• Jackson – 828-586-4009
• Macon – 828-349-2046
• Madison – 828-649-2411
• McDowell – 828-652-8104
• Mitchell – 828-688-4811
• Polk – 828-894-8218
• Rutherford – 828-287-6010
• Swain – 828-488-3848
• Watauga – 828-264-3061
• Yancey – 828-682-6186

Participation is Easy

• Enter online before August 22, 2025, and print the entry form. (Non-perishable items only.)
• Bring your entries on or before August 22, 2025, 11:30 AM to your local County Extension Office.
• Wrap and pack items securely for transport. Label your box with your name and county. Include a completed entry form inside the box.
• Your entries will be picked up from your Extension Office and transported to the NC Mountain State Fair for judging and display.
• Only items picked up on the Pony Express route will be returned via Pony Express. No additional items can be returned if dropped off later at the fairgrounds.
• Items will be returned to your local Extension Office after the fair by September 26, 2025.
• Any prize money will be mailed directly to you. (Exhibitors who win $600 or more must provide a completed NC Substitute W-9 to receive payment.)

If your county is not listed or you have questions, call the NC Mountain State Fair at 828-687-1414 Extension 208.