Butler County Fair Facilities Use

Butler County Fair

205 W. Central
4th Floor Financial
El Dorado, KS 67042

316-321-9660

2026 Officers

*The Butler County Fair Board meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the Commissioners' Meeting Room of the Butler County Historic Courthouse at 7:00 p.m. under the guidance and encouragement of the Butler County Commissioners.

President - Curtis Willhite, bucofairchair@bucoks.com

Vice-President - Penny McNett, bucofairvicechair@bucoks.com

Secretary - Connie Chilcott, bucofairsec@bucoks.com

Treasurer – Kathy McClure, bucofairtres@bucoks.com

2026 Fair Board Members

Julie Cleveland Jennifer Johnson-Ikner Kevin Roths
Tresa Garcia Terry Lowmaster Mike Roths
Rachel Harder Sherrie Meyer Shelby Varner
Ann Harvey Janet Poston-Harding

A note from the Butler County Fair Board President:

I am Curtis Willhite, a long time Butler County resident and current president of the new Butler County Kansas Fair Board. I was a member of the former Butler County Kansas Fair Association and served on that Board of Directors. Due to difficulties filling empty Director positions for that association, the County Commission chose to use the new State Statute that allows them to appoint directors to an advisory board to plan and oversee the County Fair.

With that said the new Board of Directors is made up of 15 individuals representing the entire county and specifically each of the 5 Commissioner Districts. We have a good mix of former association members and new people to plan and oversee a County Fair that will reflect the fairs of the past while growing into our ever-changing future. We intend to continue many time-honored traditions as we plan opportunities for 4-H and FFA members to present and exhibit their accomplishments throughout the year with their projects. We are also adding more open class opportunities for the residents of the county so that they may also participate.

We hope that the residents of Butler County will continue to support and participate in one of our great summer traditions. Butler County has had a County Fair since the late 1890’s and we hope to continue this great tradition for at least 100 more years.

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The Butler County 4-H Council elects two (2) representatives each year to attend the meetings.