The annual Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Massachusetts, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, 2022, offers giant pumpkins, racing pigs, an oxen pulling contest, a 6-horse hitch wagon, livestock, sand-sculpting, poultry, flowers and a carnival.
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Jamie Graham’s top-prize-winning 2,480-pound pumpkin at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Oxen pulling contest at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Oxen pulling contest at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Flowers Barn at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Morrisville Equine College 6-Horse Hitch demonstration at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Sand Sculpting at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Sand Sculpting at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Pigs at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Chicks in the Poultry Barn at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Sheep at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Bike stunt show at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Money Pole climbing contest at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Carnival at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)
Swifty Swine Racing Pigs at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 4, 2022. (©Greg Cook photo)