The Wood County Fair will be introducing sharks and stingrays as well as micro-wrestling this year.

“There is so much cool stuff,” at the fair this year, said Jessica Nagel, a fair board director.

A family fun zone, free of charge, will include a petting zoo, a shark tank and the opportunity to touch stingrays.

The touch tanks will be open Tuesday-Sunday when handlers will do multiple feedings daily.

“I’m really excited about the sharks and the stingrays,” Nagel said.

The family fun zone will be located to the south of the grandstand.

The family fun zone will include sharks and stingrays.

There are many other new activities planned, she said.

A Free Tent will be set up on the grass in front of the administration building and will offer daily activities.

A church service will be held Sunday followed by gospel music.

A craft kids day will be Monday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. while barn games such as bale tossing and three-leg races set for Tuesday.

Wednesday will include STEM activities from Penta Career Center from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Perrysburg also is bringing its fire safety house.

A farmer’s market is planned for Thursday while a game day for young kids and families will be offered Friday, “so parents can come, sit down and kids can play games,” Nagel said.

The nearby former elephant ear stand is now a picnic shelter with a fresh concrete floor.

The Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities is Thursday’s fair sponsor with activities planned for people with disabilities in the race horse tent on the west side of the race track. There also will be a sensory room in the Junior Fair Building.

Senior Day was moved to Tuesday, Nagel said.

Three free concerts are planned in The Grove, including national recording artist Emily Ann Roberts; Blues Brothers tribute band The Sensational Soul Brothers; and tribute bands American Foreigner (Foreigner) and More Than a Feeling (Boston).

Micro Wrestling will be the grandstand entertainment Wednesday with a $5 entry fee.

Micro Wrestling is the entertainment at the grandstand Wednesday.

Nagel said the board chooses fair entertainment at the Ohio Fair Managers Association conference in Columbus.

“We were trying to get entertainment that was different that may draw people into the fairgrounds,” she said about booking the micro wrestling.

A stilt walker will be on the fairgrounds.

There will be a commercial tent near the Champion Barn and large farm equipment was moved to the area of the Junior Fair Building.

“Stuff is moving around,” Nagel said.

“Be a Star at the Wood County Fair” is this year’s theme with rockets decorating various displays and buildings as the fair continues to mark this year’s solar eclipse.

The Fine Arts Building will become a kids zone with a space-theme coloring wall, where kids can draw their own selfies, and story time at 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Copies of each day’s book will be given to the first 25 families.

“We really wanted to focus on free activities families could do that focus on education,” Nagel said.

She said current and former teachers who are on the senor fair board wanted a focus on education.

A coloring contest, corn pit and carpet farming with farming equipment will be set up in the Grange Building.

“Kids can pretend to farm,” Nagel said.

(A list of events with times can be found on Page 2.)