Show Dates

NYR&CBA Sweepstakes show season begins July 1st and ends June 30th. Sweepstakes awards are given at the NY State Convention in the Fall. Shows advertised here are hosted by NYR&CBA member clubs and sanctioned as such.

The public is welcome to attend any show at no cost.

NY Show Catalogs Online
ARBA Show Dates Forms & Info
NY State County Fair List

2020-2021 SHOW SEASON	HOST CLUB Click Name for Catalog Open & Youth Double Show, Unless Noted	LOCATION Click City for Directions
APRIL 10-11, 2021	CATSKILL RBA – Location Change	Otisville
APRIL 17, 2021	CANCELLED CATTARAUGUS CNTY RBA	OLEAN
APRIL 24, 2021	CANCELLED CAPITAL DISTRICT	FONDA
MAY 8, 2021	CANCELLED FINGERLAKES RBA	PALMYRA
MAY 15, 2021	CANCELLED NYSF OLD TIMERS CLUB/EMPIRE/CNY * Triple Show	SYRACUSE FAIRGROUNDS
MAY 29, 2021	CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY RBA	DUNKIRK
JUNE 5, 2021	MOHAWK VALLEY RBA	WHITESBORO
JUNE 12, 2021	LAKE EFFECT RBA	WATERTOWN
JUNE 19, 2021	TARBA	CORTLAND

2021-2022 SHOW SEASON
JULY 10, 2021	SOUTHERN TIER RBA	BATH
SEPT 11, 2021	ERIE CANAL RBA	ALBION
SEPT 18, 2021	NIAGARA FRONTIER RBA	BATAVIA
SEPT 25, 2021	NORTH COUNTRY	BRIDGEPORT
Oct 23-27, 2021	ARBA CONVENTION	LOUISVILLE, KY
NOV 6 – 7, 2021	NYS CONVENTION SHOW Triple Show weekend	SYRACUSE FAIRGROUNDS
MARCH 26, 2022	Empire/CNY	FULTON
APRIL 2, 2022	CATTARAUGUS CNTY RBA	OLEAN
APRIL 9, 2022	CATSKILL RBA	NEW PALTZ
APRIL 23, 2022	CAPITAL DISTRICT	FONDA
MAY 7, 2022	FINGERLAKES RBA	PALMYRA
MAY 14, 2022	NYS FAIR OLD TIMERS CLUB	FULTON
MAY 28, 2022	CHAUTAUQUA CNTY RBA	DUNKIRK
JUNE 4, 2022	MOHAWK RBA	WHITESBORO
JUNE 11, 2022	LAKE EFFECT	WATERTOWN
JUNE 18, 2022	TARBA	CORTLAND

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County Fair Information

Links to NY State’s List of COUNTY FAIRS
Please note that not all the Fairs have rabbit shows.
You must contact the Fair to determine if a show will be held.

FAIR – Click Name for link (were available)	LOCATION	PHONE
Alton (Chenango County) Allegany County Altamont (Albany & Schenectady Cntys) Belmont Stakes Fair Boonville (Oneida County) Broome County Caledonia (Livingston County) Cattaraugus County Cayuga County Chautauqua County Chemung County Chenango County Clinton County Cobleskill “Sunshine” (Schoharie Cnty) Columbia County Cortland Co. Youth Delaware County Dutchess County Erie County Essex County Fonda (Montgomery County) Franklin County Genesee County Genesee Valley Breeders (Livingston) Goshen Historic Track (Orange County) Gouverneur (St. Lawrence County) Greene County Youth Hemlock Lake (Livingston County) Herkimer County Jefferson County Lewis County Livingston County Long Island (Queens, Nassau & Suffolk) Madison County Monroe County Naussau County New York State Fair (Onondaga Cnty) Niagara Co. Youth Oneida County Fair Onondaga Co. Youth Ontario County Orange County Orleans County Youth Oswego County Otsego County Rockland County Youth Saratoga County Schaghticoke (Rensselaer County) Schuyler County Youth American Institute Seneca County Steuben County Sullivan County Youth Tioga County Trumansburg (Tompkins County) Ulster County Yorktown Grange Fair Warren County Youth Washington County Wayne County Wyoming County Yates County	Alton Angelica Altamont Elmont Boonville Whitney Point Caledonia Little Valley Weedsport Dunkirk Horseheads Norwich Plattsburgh Cobleskill Chatham Cortland Walton Rhinebeck Hamburg Westport Fonda Malone Batavia Avon Goshen Gouverneur Cairo Hemlock Frankfort Watertown Lowville Caledonia Old Bethpage Brookfield Rochester Long Island Syracuse Lockport Boonville Syracuse Canandaigua Middletown Knowlesville Sandy Creek Morris Thiells Ballston Spa Schaghticode Watkins Glen New York Waterloo Bath Grahamsville Owego Trumansburg New Paltz Yorktown Hghts Warrensburg Greenwich Palmyra Pike Penn Yan	(607) 334-9198 (585)593-1180 (518) 861-6671 (718) 845-9394 (315) 942-2251 (607) 692-4149 (716) 538-2168 (716) 938-9146 (315) 834-6080 x34 (716) 366-4752 (607) 734-1203 (607) 334-9198 (518) 561-7998 (518) 234-2123 (518) 392-2121 (607) 753-5077 (607) 865-4763 (845) 876-4001 (716) 649-3900 (518) 962-8650 (518) 853-3313 (518) 483-0720 (585) 948-9609 (716) 226-8850 (845) 294-5333 (315) 287-3010 (518) 622-9820 (585) 367-3370 (315) 895-7464 (315) 782-8612 (315) 367-8333 ( 585) 538-2168 (516) 571-7600 (315) 899-5867 (595) 334-3005 (866) 666-3247 (800) 475-FAIR (716) 433-8839 – (315) 424-9485 (716) 394-4987 (845) 343-4826 (585) 589-5561 (315) 387-3834 (607) 263-5289 (845) 429-7085 (518) 885-9701 (518) 753-4411 (607) 535-7161 (212) 838-6727 x632 (315) 539-9501 (607) 776-4801 (845) 292-4641 (607) 687-1111 (607) 387-6504 (845) 255-1380 (914) 962-3900 (518) 623-2448 (518) 692-2464 (315) 597-5372 (716) 493-5626 (315) 536-3830

NYS Fair Regulations

New York State law prohibits giving away “pets as prizes”, selling or giving away animals that are less than 8 weeks old, and outlaws the dying of animals. Please review all regulations set forth by the NYS Dept. Of Agriculture & Markets, Division of Animal Industry at NEW YORK STATE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & MARKETS. Under Article 26, Section 358-a of the NYS Agriculture and Markets Law, live animals are not allowed to be given away as prizes in any game, drawing, contest, sweepstakes or other promotion. The exceptions are purebred livestock (domesticated sheep, goat, horse, cattle or swine inclusive) and fish. Animals can also be given away as part of a bona fide education program. Enforcement is carried out by peace officers or agents of an incorporated SPCA NY CLS Agr & M §§ 354 (2000) §§ 354. Sale of baby chicks and baby rabbits 1. No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter or give away living baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits unless such person provides proper brooder facilities where appropriate for the care of such baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits during the time they are in the possession of such person. For the purposes of this section, a baby rabbit shall be a rabbit of less than two months of age. 2. No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter or display living baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits which have been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to impart to them an artificial color. 2-a. No provision of subdivision two shall be interpreted or applied to prevent or restrict teachers and qualified instructors of youth under the guidance and supervision of the New York state cooperative extension service from using eggs for non-profit educational purposes or from observing fowl hatched from such eggs for non-profit educational purposes. 3. No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter or give away living baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits under two months of age in any quantity less than six. 4. A violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both. NY CLS Agr & M §§ 358-a (2000) §§ 358-a. Live animals as prizes prohibited 1. For the purposes of this section “livestock” shall mean any domesticated sheep, goat, horse, cattle or swine. 2. No person shall give or offer to give away any live animal other than purebred livestock or fish as a prize in any game, drawing, contest, sweepstakes or other promotion, except when any live animal is given away by individuals or organizations operating in conjunction with a cooperative extension education program or agricultural vocational program sanctioned by the state education department. 3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations which provide guidelines, conditions and requirements when any live animal is given away under the exceptions provided for in subdivision two of this section. 4. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars or in lieu thereof shall be guilty of a violation punishable solely by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars. Amd S358-a, Ag & Mkts Proposed Bill that would prohibit exchange of live animals for nominal consideration, or offering to do so, in the circumstances of a game, contest, sweepstakes, or other promotion, subject to existing exceptions for certain programs.