2025 Manheim Community

Farm Show

October 6-10

Free Admission & Parking All Five days

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Manheim Community Farm Show

Our mission is to promote agriculture, crafts and competition in a friendly environment that encourages family values and cooperation.

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2025 Premium Book is Complete.

2025 Printed Books Coming Aug 20st

Manheim Farm Show AgCentral Booklet

August 6, 2020
Manheim AgCentra l Booklet published by the Merchandiser and supported by local businesses. https://issuu.com/engleprintingandpublishing/docs/ag_central_2020 The Manheim Farm Show has been a time-honored tradition over the last 67 years. It's a celebration of the best agriculture and community togetherness in the Manheim Area. Mark your calendar for Oct 4-8, 2021

Welcome to the best week of the year!

2025 GREETINGS!

Welcome back to the best week of the year!! I know I say that every year, but I believe that every year. Here are a few things that make it the best week of the year: Fun. Every year everyone has a lot of fun at the farm show. Family Fun Night always provides a good time for a lot of people. The parade is fun for hundreds of participants and thousands of spectators, the streets are lined with people having a good time. And it’s fun to forget about nutrition for a week and fill up on fries, shakes, and other farm show foods. Agriculture. 4-H and FFA students have spent up to a year getting their animals ready for show week, and it shows! They do an amazing job getting them to the ideal weight and grooming them to look their best in the show ring. If you’re visiting the farm show and don’t know anything about showing animals, ask some of the kids about them. You’ll be amazed by their knowledge and what it takes to get an animal ready for the show. And be sure to check out all the displays of canned goods and flowers that people have grown in their gardens. We are surrounded by VERY talented people! Reunite. One of my favorite parts of farm show week is reconnecting with people I haven’t seen in a while. I love seeing groups of people standing and talking or sitting in the food tent for a LONG time after they’re done eating. The change of pace of farm show week allows us to forget the normal routine, and take time to renew friendships, and get to know new people. Uniting, or reuniting people, is a huge part of farm show week, and it is so needed in today’s world. Memories. If you have been going to the farm show for many years, I’m sure you have great memories from the past. If it’s your first time here, we hope you have a great time and create great memories that you’ll look back on for years to come. Be sure to take pictures while you’re here. It’s great to look back at pictures of kids at the Children’s Farm Show and see how they’ve grown. And it’s great to simply fill your mind with memories of the community working together to make a great week for all who attend. Thanks for coming the farm show, thanks to the amazing group of volunteers who do whatever it takes, and thanks to the community for their incredible support year after year!

Glenn Stoltzfus - President of The Manheim Farm Show

HISTORY
The Manheim Farm Show grounds are located at 502 Adele Avenue (next to Manheim Central High School) , while food stands are located along the avenue in the vicinity of Manheim Central High School Rettew Field and Veterans Memorial Park. Its annual date is set as the first full week of October (the week following the New Holland Fair). Admission and parking are free.

Manheim’s present-day Farm Show was launched in the early ’50s, when the Community Farm Show Association was reorganized (for a second time). According to the book, Manheim Revisited, the tradition of holding a Farm Show in Manheim dates to the 1920s when it was first held in the basement of the Waughtel Moving Picture House on West Ferdinand Street. Two years later, large tents set up on Market Square played host to the show.

Read more about our history "50 Year History Manheim Farm Show 2003" (PDF)