The Vinland Fair begins Thursday and will continue through Saturday.

Children’s games will be every day at the fair. They will start at 2 p.m. today with nail-driving and log-sawing contests while adults compete in old-time and modern farm skill competitions.

Friday’s activities get under way at 10 a.m. with children’s stock bicycle races, followed by other games at noon. Saturday at noon, children can enter pets in 16 categories for pet displays.

Friday night will feature the antique tractor pull contest, which attracts more than 100 participants from a multistate area.

Nightly entertainment starts at 7:30 p.m. Performing will be the Alferd Packer Memorial String Band (Thursday), the Shyster Mountain Gang Band (Friday) and Cubby Lane and the Secrets (Saturday).

Homemade ice cream contests will be at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The fair also will have plenty of livestock, crafts, sewing, baking and canning items on display. The livestock show will be at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Admission and parking are free, and there are no entry fees for exhibits and competitions except for the entries in the antique tractor pull. The traditional chicken and homemade noodle dinners will be served Friday and beef brisket dinners on Saturday. Dessert all three days will be homemade fruit pies.

Directions to the Vinland Fairgrounds:

1. Go south on U.S. Highway 59 (3 miles from 31st & Iowa)

2. Turn east onto County Road 458

3. Turn south onto County Road 1055

4. Follow the curve to Vinland.