Johnson County Fairgrounds - Iowa City, Iowa

Marjorie H.

I was there fir a 4H fair. The fairgrounds are fully functional fir this type of event, which I’m sure is the intention. They had 1 air conditioned building. The rest are open air kennels/barns/stables. Plenty of water spigots to use. I didn’t see an indoor bathroom.

David

Worst fair ever.

Check out the new clover café in their brand new building.

Most of the commercial exhibits and vendors either not setup on Saturday or left early on Wednesday.

Lots of mud everywhere. Truck got stuck in the grass lot south of the fairgrounds and flung mud everywhere.

No carnival. Event sound system was horrible.

Events were hard to find.

No traffic direction for parking.

Highlights:
4H exhibits in Montgomery hall were good.

New clover café building with reasonable food prices.

Pork and Beef associations had good food!

Model Railroad club had their work in progress exhibit open and running.

Farm Bureau had a good display.

Did you find any of the decorated rocks?
We did.

Greg J.

I've been to numerous events at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. The facilities are always nice, and on a recent visit it seems like they are even better with newer and remodeled buildings. The grounds are well cared for. The people working there are friendly. It's a convenient location.

Brianna M.

The Johnson county fair was very fun. First off it is free to everyone which is amazing. There were tons of animals including rabbits, sheep, dairy cows, beef cows, horses, pigs, goats and all kinds of birds. You could pet almost everything and it was very up close and personal. Some of the barns the animals were in have been around since the 50s so it was also interesting to see the buildings. They had rides of kids of all ages and games too. The tickets were $1 a piece or $20 for 30 tickets. They also had instead of a sandbox, a box filled with dried corn which proved very fun. They had great food everywhere you look and even fun competitions such as hay bail throwing. My favorite thing here was the butterfly garden. They had caterpillars outside and information all about the butterflies. Then when you went inside you could hold the butterflies and allow them to land on you. It was very fun and as an adult I can say I never did that before. Also the local firemen were there and gave you a chance to check out their fire truck. This was very cool for the kids. They also had an ambulance to check out as well as some other unique vehicles. Overall this was a really fun day for the family.

Cat S.

They have raised the cost of renting the facilities, but done next to nothing to update the facilities. The bathroom facilities are barely adequate and woefully lacking in care and cleaning. And to triple the cost of rentals in one year?! Shame on you JCF board. If you do the bare minimum of upkeep and updates, then charge the bare minimum.

Kelsie

I love it down here. I show livestock. There's Amazing food. Fun Activity's to do each day and night. Fun kiddo rides available. An amazing experience with all livestock and how they can taken care of and learn what it takes to bring them to the fair and how we gear them up and get them ready to show in the show pen. And get placed, with a ribbon.

Freda G.

Excellent venue for a wedding reception! Tammy was great and so helpful. Everyone was impressed.

Becky E.

Not a lot of Vendors yet. But did pick up some wonderful butter lettuce. Its just Feb., so I'm sure it will have more Vendor as we get into spring.