County Fair Guide

Panola County Junior Livestock Show

Carthage, Texas

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2026 Dates

March 3–6, 2026

Duration

5 days

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Size

small

About Panola County Junior Livestock Show

The Panola County Junior Livestock Show in Carthage is a March livestock show in the Piney Woods of deep East Texas, celebrating the timber, natural gas, and cattle heritage of a county that sits on one of the most significant natural gas fields in North America and is the birthplace of country music legend Jim Reeves.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, carnival rides, local food vendors, and a community fair in the pine-forested hills of Panola County on the Texas-Louisiana border.

Visitor Tips

Carthage is the seat of Panola County and birthplace of Jim Reeves — the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, Panola College, and the surrounding Piney Woods and Toledo Bend Reservoir (the second largest reservoir in Texas) define this corner of Deep East Texas.

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