The Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center is a 132-acre site located in Redmond, Oregon. It is placed strategically at the hub of the tri-county area (Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook Counties) together known as Central Oregon. It is 15-minutes from Bend, the largest city; 20-minutes from Prineville; 20-minutes from Sisters; 25-minutes from Madras; and 5-minutes from Redmond.

The facility is designed on a circular plot, standing at the center a person is never more than 300 yards from any one space. This Center Court is a beautiful location for any outdoor event, it features a showpiece water feature in a natural landscape setting on 3.65 acres, complete with beautifully manicured grass, ponds, cascading waterfall, and windmill.

The view from the facility is unparalleled with a panorama of seven snowcapped mountain peaks that include, Mt. Bachelor, the Three Sisters; North, Middle and South, Broken Top and Mt. Jefferson. In the distance you will enjoy views of Smith Rock.

A perimeter road gives easy access to the back of each building for easy load-in/load-out. The facility has a total of over 100 acres of parking.

The facility site boasts up to 85% of the grounds beautifully manicured with landscaped lawns. Each lawn area can be rented exclusively by groups for a variety of events from weddings, picnics, reunions, car shows, RV / motorcycle rallies, animal shows, outdoor trade shows and vendors.

The Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center also has high speed wireless access available, too.

The Fair and Expo Director is Geoff Hines.

For upcoming Events or to Book an Event, see our dedicated web site at www.expo.deschutes.org

Redmond’s fair history goes much deeper.

The area’s first settlers organized agricultural events, dubbed Potato Shows, beginning in 1906, before Redmond was incorporated.

After the formation of Deschutes County in 1916 (before that, both Bend and Redmond were in Crook County), locals waged a battle with Bend over which community the state should recognize as the home of the official county fair.

Redmond won out in 1919, and over the next year, a flurry of construction yielded an arena, a 1,200-seat grandstand, a racetrack, barns and exhibit buildings on land long used for community events. The site now is home to Fred Meyer and Lowe’s stores.

Today the fairgrounds consists of a 279,000-square-foot event center, a 106-space RV park, a large outdoor rodeo grounds, three smaller buildings for community events and a variety of animal barns.