Great Jones County Fair

Monticello, IA · Festival

When: July 21–25, 2027
Where: Great Jones County Fairgrounds · Monticello · IA
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

The Great Jones County Fair fills the fairgrounds in Monticello for five days each late July with grandstand concerts, livestock judging and a carnival, drawing roughly 88,000 visitors and ranking among Iowa's highest attended county fairs. Exact 2027 dates were not yet published at research time; the fair has run in the same late July window for years.

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