The Farm Is Calling: The Little Debbie Hamilton County Fair

By Ray Bassett

Published September 29, 2026 at 4:14 PM EDT

(Aired Mon 9/28/26)

This Veterans Day Weekend, the Little Debbie Hamilton County Fair returns to McDonald Farm in Sale Creek for its fourth year in a row.

It’s now less than six weeks until the Fair - which runs from Friday, November 6th through Sunday, November 8th.

Karen Shostak, deputy director of Hamilton County Parks and Recreation under Mayor Weston Wamp, is the Fair’s president.

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