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Experience Period Entertainment all in One Place!

THE FAIR AT NEW BOSTON

A Springfield, Ohio tradition since 1982!

Labor Day Weekend 2026
September 5 & 6

Saturday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Cheapside

Home of Quality Shows & Freakishly Good Times
​The Bard of New Boston
Show Times: 10:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
18th Century Conjure 
Show Times: 11:30 a.m. 2:45 p.m.
5 p.m. (Saturday Only)
Freakshow Deluxe
Show Times: 12:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m.



 
The Minstrels
Show Time: 1:45 p.m.

Fairmaster's Tent

Education & Entertainment 

Historical Speakers

Danial Boone of Kentucky
Times: 3:15 p.m.
Black Hoof Chief of the Shawnee
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Times: 12:45 p.m.
President Madison
Times: 4:00 p.m.
Simon Kenton
Times: 11:45 a.m.

Music & Period Dancing

Liberty Dancers & FiddleSix
Times: 11 am. & 2:45 p.m. 
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Half Penny Hatch

Sit for a spell, enjoy the Wonders & Delights
Rodney the Conjure 
Times: 11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. & 3:45 p.m. 
Slack Rope Walker
Times: 12:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m. &
4:45 p.m. (Saturday Only)
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Native Village

Explore Eastern Woodland Native Culture
Native Drumming
Native Foodways
Native Arts Demonstrations

Military Field

Military Tactical
Times: 2 p.m.
Mounted Rangers Demonstrations
Times: 11:45 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Cannon Demonstrations
Military Demonstrations
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Additional Entertainment on the Grounds

Glass Harp (Weather Permitting)
Times: Saturday 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. & 4 p.m.
         Sunday 11 a.m. 1:30 3:30 p.m.

Taverns &
Coffee House

Kick Back & Enjoy a Beverage
Traveling Musicians
Jack Salt
Fiddler
Ullian Pipes

 
Scoundrel's Alley & Oddities Museum
Swordsmanship Demonstrations
Children's Games
Clock Work Clown
Colonial Balladeer 
Blacksmithing Demonstrations
Herty Gerty
Sewing Demonstrations
Yarn & Fabric Dying
Period Cooking
Fiddle Maker
Pewter Maker
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Location & Hours

Address

926 S. Tecumseh Rd

Springfield, OH 45506

Contact

937-882-9216

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Opening Hours

Labor Day Weekend

September 5 & 6, 2026

Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

© 2025 by George Rogers Clark Heritage Association.  

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