Open Pay Riding
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
8:30 am to 4 pm
Tuesday & Fridays
8:30 am to 6 pm
All days and hours are dependent on arena
rentals. Please call before you come to ride.
403.556.3770

OAS General Meeting
March - Please check back

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We hope you will enjoy your virtual tour of our facilities, and plan to take in some of the many activities we host.

Olds is less than an hour north of Calgary, in the rich farming land of central Alberta. The population of the town is over 7,200 people, mainly employed in agricultural, oil & gas, or business industries.

For 110 years, the foremost activity sponsored by Olds Agricultural Society was the Olds Fair & Rodeo, considered to be the primary social event of the year for the entire community. The Olds Fair & Rodeo always made a great family holiday, and we continued that tradition in 2010 with the introduction of several new Special Events.

While we've been operating the fair in Olds since 1894, there has always been more to the Ag Society than "The Biggest Little Fair in the West!"

We host an equivalent of 717 days of activity each year, including livestock shows and sales, horsemanship clinics and workshops in our riding and stabling arenas, meeting space, lots of 4-H activities, Farmers Markets, and various events on the racetrack and infield. We are proud to offer facilities for the communities in south-central Alberta to celebrate the agriculture industry in our region.

Our Major Annual Events

• Steer & Heifer Jackpot Show (3rd week of April)
• Chautauqua (end of April)
• Olds Farmers Market (May to September)
• Draft Horse Classic (1st weekend of July)
• Summer Synergy (July, during Stampede Week)
• Cutter's Classic (end of August)
• Olds Fall Classic (1st weekend of October)
• Santa Claus Parade of Lights (last Saturday of November)

Did You Know?

• The Exhibition Grounds sits on 60 acres of land.
• 43,992 people visited the grounds in 2011!
• OAS is a Registered Charity.
• It takes 12,655 hours of volunteerism each year to run the events at the Fairgrounds.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Come see the new Indoor BMX Track at the MegaDome in Olds!