County Fair Guide

Pottawatomie County Free Fair

Shawnee, Oklahoma

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Typical Month

August

Duration

4 days

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Size

small

About Pottawatomie County Free Fair

The Pottawatomie County Free Fair in Shawnee is an August fair in the rolling prairie and Cross Timbers country of central Oklahoma, celebrating the cattle, peanut, and pecan heritage of a county with deep connections to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and Absentee Shawnee Tribe, whose tribal capitals are located here.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, carnival rides, local food vendors, and a fair reflecting the agricultural and tribal heritage of Pottawatomie County.

Visitor Tips

Shawnee is home to multiple tribal nations — the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center and FireLake Casinos, the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art (Oklahoma's oldest art museum), and the nearby Thunderbird Lake make Shawnee a more culturally layered destination than its size suggests.

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