GREAT Chicken Contest - Wooden Chicken Decorating

Join the Fair Oaks Recreation & Park District for the 16th Annual Fair Oaks Chicken Festival. General admission and parking are free! Festivities span over the course of the day and at various locations with the main event happening at Fair Oaks Park between 3pm-8pm. Main Event Festivities (3pm-8pm) include live music by Mullet Mechanix & FBI BAND, a food court presented by SactoMoFo, craft and community vendor booths, a kid's area, craft beer booth presented by Fair Oaks Rotary Foundation, a Cluck n' Crow contest presented by Kiwanis Club of Orangevale - Fair Oaks, cornhole tournament, VIP experiences, community spirit, and much more! Pop Up Events include the Fair Oaks Villge Bawk Party (Sept. 15 between 5p-7p) and the annual Pancake Breakfast (Sept 18th between 7:30a-10:00a) presented by the Fair Oaks & Orangevale Grange #354. The event will also go hybrid! For those not quite ready to immerse themselves in a crowd, many portions of our event will be available for live streaming, offer online content for home viewing, and allow for online shopping of vendor booths. Thank you to our event sponsors: SMUD & K-LOVE Radio, and Raley's

Traditional or unique, make your chicken the GREATEST in town. $20 entry. Each entry will receive one bare wooden chicken. Two categories to enter: Adult (ages 13+) or Child (ages 0-12).

 

All GREAT Chickens will be displayed at various merchants and restaurants in the Village of Fair Oaks between September 10-17 and moved over to the main event, Fair Oaks Chicken Festival, on Sept. 18. 

 

Best of Show prize (free entry into the 2022 GREAT Chicken contest and prize basket) will be awarded to the GREAT Chicken with the most overall votes. First award (prize basket) will be awarded to the GREAT Chicken with the most votes in each category (adult & child). All entries will be awarded a participation certificate.

IMPORTANT DATES

August 2: Base Wooden Chicken may be picked up as early as August 2 from the District office (4150 Temescal St. Fair Oaks, CA 95628), Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

 

September 3: Registration Closes & Base Wooden Chicken must be picked up from the District office (4150 Temescal St. Fair Oaks, CA 95628) no later than September 3rd by 5pm. Base wooden chicken not picked up by 5pm will be forfeited. No refunds, no exceptions.

 

September 6: All Completed Wooden Chickens must be delivered to Fair Oaks Recreation & Park District office (4150 Temescal St. Fair Oaks, CA 95628) by 5pm.

 

September 10-18: Wooden Chicken will be on display in the Village of Fair Oaks & at the main Chicken Festival event at Fair Oaks Park

 

September 27-October 1: Wooden Chicken & any applicable certificate and/or awarded prize(s) may be picked up from the Fair Oaks Recreation & Park District office (4150 Temescal St. Fair Oaks, CA 95628) between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday. 

 

Be sure to download and read through the GUIDELINES. No refunds, no exceptions.