Thanks for ongoing support from Based in Lafayette sponsor Long Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Lafayette. For tickets and details on all the shows and events, go to longpac.org.
More scenes from the 2026 Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair
Based in Lafayette correspondent Vincent Walter was back at the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair. Here are more of the faces and moments he caught this week at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds in Lafayette.
Leia Emenhiser (center) and Brooklyn Spray battle for the judge’s attention while getting the most out of their swine. Emenhiser took champion honors in heat B of the senior swine showmanship competition, and Spray earned reserve. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
Kezia Dunham helps hang ribbons in the swine barn Wednesday night. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
Makayla Spray, Miss Tippecanoe County socializes with Evan Pursell and Owen Keiser in the swine barn. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
Parker Walters works with a milking shorthorn to prepare for the Supreme Showmanship competition coming Thursday in the Colosseum. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
(Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
Shari Mooney and Leslie Brost, part of the Melody Makers of Indiana Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers Chorus, performed Wednesday evening outside the colosseum. At one time every county in Indiana had a choir and the combined choirs perform at the Indiana State Fair. Although smaller in number and without a choir from every county today, they unite each year at the State Fair. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
Kris Stith performed a solo with the Melody Makers of Indiana Tippecanoe and Benton County Chorus members Wednesday evening outside the Colosseum. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
The Jefferson High School dance team worked at the pork and beef producers concessions to earn funds for the team’s winter trip. Nadia Hascley, Kenya Hernandez and Isabella Eufracio (left to right) grill beef tenderloins and burgers. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
Marshall Kisfalusi digs into corn on the cob at the fair. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
On the midway. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
Miss Tippecanoe County Makayla Spray and some of the court wave to the crown during the tractor parade. (Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
(Photo: Vincent Walter/For Based in Lafayette)
If you go: The Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair continues through Saturday at the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fairgrounds, 1406 Teal Road. Admission is free. For daily hours, ride information, parking, a fairgrounds map, show times and more, here’s a link to the fair schedule, running today through Saturday: tippe4hfair.org
Thanks, again, for ongoing support from Based in Lafayette sponsor Long Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Lafayette. For tickets and details on all the shows and events, go to longpac.org.
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Thanks Dave and Vincent! Great pictures from the fair.
Nobody has game face like a teen staring down a pig judge.