Taking place from 6 to 7 March 2026, the 136th Boorowa Show will feature new and fan favourites as preparations get underway for another fun family day out. Although the main show will occur on Saturday, March 7, several events will be occurring in the lead-up to the big show.
Although the show starts on the 6th, the showgrounds will not be open to the public on Friday, March 6, to allow for judging. Before the show starts a commercial cattle competition will be held on February 6, with a flock ewe competition held on February 20. More information about both events can be found on the website.
Narelle Nixon, Secretary of the Boorowa Show Society, said, “We are well underway to getting it all prepared. Everything is going to plan.” Both lead-up events, she said, are on property competitions and are “primed up” for the show itself. Although not generally open to the public on March 6, Narelle said the public can have a look at the dogs and sheep judging (both occurring on said day, in addition to pavilion judging).
“On the Saturday, we’ve got everything happening,” she said. Visitors, she said, will be handed a map as they enter through the gate, which will provide a trail around the show. Sheep dog trials will also occur this day, as well as junior cattle judging, junior cattle parading, cattle classes and a shearing competition.
“There’s also the Pavilion, a huge poultry section, and to cap it all off, there’s free children’s entertainment,” said Narelle.
“We also have an hour-long performance by Randy’s Junkyard Show, [where] he will perform using a variety of animals, bikes, and [the] like around 1:00pm.”
Ultimately, Narelle says the success of the event is all due to their sponsors. With more than $16,000 worth of prize money, she said they are pivotal to putting on a yearly event such as theirs.
“I would also love to thank the volunteers because they are the quiet achievers who work for many months in most cases to get their sections running, and are constantly ticking away, collecting their judges and making sure that everything is in place,” she said.
“The ones that actually prepare the grounds are the ones [who] will take a week out of their lives.”
Agricultural shows, such as the Boorowa Show, feature the largest groups of volunteers in Australia and are the reason the day remains a full day out for the full family.
– Jack Murray
