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{{short description|None}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}A steam fair or (steam rally) is a regular organised gathering of historic steam-powered vehicles and machinery, open to the public. Typical exhibits include: traction engines, steam rollers, steam wagons, and steam cars. Often, the scope is widened to include other historic exhibits such as stationary engines, internal-combustion -powered road transport, agricultural and construction vehicles, working horses, woodcraft and the like.A typical steam fair consists of:

• A parade ring or track in which vehicles may be demonstrated
• Trade and craft stalls related to the exhibits
• Areas where vehicles may be examined more closely and the public may talk to owners and operators
• Entertainment areas (often, a beer tent) with food, drink, and evening music
• A fairground area may also be included in the event

The following is a geographic list of these gatherings, some of which are referred to as rallies or as festivals. The list does not include static steam museums unless they host a particular event that falls into the classification.In addition there are some travelling shows powered by steam. Where these are referred to as steam fairs they are included in the list.{{Dynamic list}}

Australia

• Scoresby Steamfest
• Lake Goldsmith steam rally (Twice yearly)
• Hunter Valley Steamfest
• Steam Rally Echuca Moama
• SteamFest Tasmania at Sheffield

Canada

• Steam-Era - (Milton, Ontario)WEB,weblink Steam-Era, 2008-11-03, Ontario Steam & Antique Preservers Association,
• Threshermen's Reunion – (Austin, Manitoba)
• Georgian Bay Steam Show _ (Cookstown, Ontario)Georgian Bay Steam Show

Ireland

• Eyrecourt
• Innishannon Steam and Vintage Rally – (1998- )
• Stradbally - Irish National Steam Rally – (1965- )WEB,weblink National Steam Rally back on track, Irish Steam Preservation Society, 2008-11-03, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090309025308weblink">weblink 9 March 2009,
• Upton Steam Rally – ( -1997)

Netherlands

• Dordt in Stoom, Dordrecht - (1985- ) bi-annual large event in and around the historic harbour district with steam powered ships, trains, river boats and other engines.Dordt in Stoom {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526101917weblink |date=26 May 2010 }}

Poland

(File:Steam Locomotives Parade 2012 - distant view (Wolsztyn, Poland).jpg|thumb|right|Steam locomotive parade in Wolsztyn)

• Wolsztyn – (1993- ) annual steam locomotive parade held the last weekend of April near a historic roundhouse
• Chabówka – (2005- ) "Parowozjada" - steam locomotive parade held the last weekend of August in a railway museum near the railway station

United Kingdom

File:GDSF (2007) Shomans Engines at night.JPG|thumb|right|Great Dorset Steam Fair: night-time view of the line-up of 40+ showman's engineshowman's engine

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!Event!Location!Years active!Notes

	date=May 2019	fix-attempted=yes}}|Chelford, Cheshire|1985- |staged in June

|Abbey Hill Steam Rally|Yeovil, Somerset|1980-|

Astle Park Traction Engine RallyASTLE PARK TRACTION ENGINE RALLY	URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVEDATE=18 AUGUST 2010, |Chelford, Cheshire||staged in August

Barton Gate Charity Steam RallyBARTON GATE CHARITY STEAM RALLY	ACCESSDATE=15 JUNE 2010, |Barton Gate, Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire|1995- |

Boconnoc Steam Fair BOCONNOC STEAM FAIR	ACCESSDATE=16 JANUARY 2015, |Cornwall|1998-|

Burtonwood airfield>Burtonwood Airfield|Lancashire|1970s-1980s|

Cadeby, Leicestershire#Cadeby Steam & Country Fayre>Cadeby Steam & Country FayreCADEBY STEAM RALLY AT MALLORY PARK>URL=HTTP://WWW.MALLORYPARK.CO.UK/NEWS/PRESSRELEASEARCHIVE2008/CADEBYSTEAMRALLYATMALLORYPARK/TABID/557/DEFAULT.ASPX	ARCHIVEURL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20081010193222/HTTP://WWW.MALLORYPARK.CO.UK/NEWS/PRESSRELEASEARCHIVE2008/CADEBYSTEAMRALLYATMALLORYPARK/TABID/557/DEFAULT.ASPX	ACCESSDATE=2008-11-03	MALLORY PARK, Cadeby Steam & Country Fayre {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916005238weblink|date=16 September 2008}}|Mallory Park, Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire|1964-2008|44 years

Castle Combe Circuit>Castle Combe|Castle Combe, Wiltshire||held in May

Cambridgeshire Steam Rally, Swavesey>Cambridgeshire Steam Rally|Swavesey|2009- |

Chickerell Steam and Vintage ShowWELCOME TO THE CHICKERELL STEAM & VINTAGE SHOW WEBSITE	URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=12 OCTOBER 2014	DF=DMY-ALL, |Chickerell, Dorset|2004-|

Cromford Steam RallyCromford steam Rally {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724085724weblink|date=24 July 2008}}|Brackenfield, Derbyshire||38 years (as of 2008)

Dacorum Steam & Country FayreDACORUM STEAM & COUNTRY FAYRE	ACCESSDATE=31 JULY 2022, |Dacorum, Hertfordshire |2007-|

|Great Dorset Steam Fair|Dorset|1968-||Grand Henham Steam Rally|Henham Park, Blythburgh, Suffolk|1974-|

Haddenham, Cambridgeshire>Haddenham Steam Rally and Heavy Horse ShowHaddenham Steam Rally	Haddenham, Cambridgeshire>Haddenham, Cambridgeshire|1974-|

|Holcot Steam Rally & Country FairOld Glory Events Guide pt2, 2008|Holcot, Northamptonshire||11th year (2008)|Hollowell Steam Rally and Heavy Horse ShowHollowell Steam Rally |Hollowell, Northamptonshire|1986-||Hollycombe Steam CollectionHollycombe Steam Collection|Liphook, Hampshire|1971-|

weblink |Isle of Wight Steam Railway|1975-|

|Kettering Vintage Rally & Steam FayreKettering Vintage rally|Kettering, Northamptonshire|2000-|

Knowl Hill, Berkshire#Knowl Hill Steam Rally>Knowl Hill Steam Rally	Knowl Hill, Berkshire>Knowl Hill, Berkshire|c1969-2004|

|Lincolnshire Steam and Vintage RallyOld Glory Events guide, 2008|Lincolnshire||23rd year (2008)

Cadeby, Leicestershire#Cadeby Steam & Country Fayre>Market Bosworth Steam Rally	Cadeby, Leicestershire>Cadeby, Leicestershire||

Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Fair2013-09-17	URL=HTTP://WWW.NETLEYMARSHSTEAMANDCRAFTSHOW.ORG/THE_CHARITY.HTM	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20090410090530/HTTP://WWW.NETLEYMARSHSTEAMANDCRAFTSHOW.ORG/THE_CHARITY.HTM	ACCESSDATE=2014-02-14	DF=DMY-ALL, |Netley Marsh, Hampshire|1971-|

Northleach Steam & Vintage Show2014-12-16	URL=HTTP://WWW.NORTHLEACHSTEAMSHOW.CO.UK	PUBLISHER=NORTHLEACHSTEAMSHOW.CO.UK, |Northleach, Gloucestershire|c1950s- |

|Mosterton Summer Show|Mosterton, Dorset||Latest Rally - 2 & 3 July 2011|Much Marcle Steam Rally|Much Marcle, Herefordshire|1986-||Ringmer Steam & Country ShowRingmer Steam & Country Show|Ringmer, East Sussex|2003-||Rudgwick Steam & Country ShowRudgwick Steam & Country Show|Rudgwick, West Sussex|1987-|

Rushmoor Steam Rally''JUNE 1991	URL=HTTP://WWW.BASINGSTOKE-CANAL.ORG.UK/BCNEWS157.HTM	ARCHIVEURL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20080910024944/HTTP://WWW.BASINGSTOKE-CANAL.ORG.UK/BCNEWS157.HTM	ACCESSDATE=2008-11-03, ''|Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, Hampshire

c1991||weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110814023801weblink">Somerset Steam Spectacular|Low Ham, Somerset||52nd year. mid July (2011)|Scorton Steam

Scorton, Lancashire>Scorton, Lancashire|2005-|held on third weekend in June

|Shrewsbury Steam Rally|Shropshire|1962-|Late August Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday (Organised by The County of Salop Steam Engine Society)|Silloth Vintage Rally|Silloth Green, Silloth-on-Solway, Cumbria|2000-|held on third weekend in July|Stoke Prior Steam Rally|Bromsgrove, Worcestershire||Held in September, Latest Rally 16-17 September 2023

Tavistock Steam FairTHE ROBEY TRUST	ACCESSDATE=15 JUNE 2010, ...the Tavistock Steam Fair, normally takes place on the Sunday of the first weekend of June every year., |Tavistock, Devon|

Torbay Steam FairTORBAY STEAM FAIR	ACCESSDATE=2008-11-03, |Torbay, Devon|1987- |

welland steam & country rally>Welland Steam & Country RallyHOME ⋆ WELLAND STEAM & COUNTRY RALLY>URL=HTTPS://WELLANDSTEAMRALLY.COM, |Welland, Worcestershire|1964-|

Wiston Steam RallyWISTON STEAM RALLY, |West Sussex|2011-|

weblink |Wrotham, Kent|1979-|staged yearly

Travelling shows

• Carter's Steam Fair – (1976- ) A travelling funfair that travels throughout London and the home counties from Easter to Bonfire Night.WEB, All the fun of the steam powered fair,weblink www.readersdigest.co.uk, 2015-12-07,

United States

File:MW Old Threshers Reunion 2010.JPG|thumb|Steam tractor lineup at the 2010 Old Thresher's ReunionOld Thresher's Reunion

• Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum - bi-annual show in Vista, California
• Antique Powerland, Brooks Oregon. Annual Steam-UpWEB,weblink Annual Steam-up, Antique Powerland, 2009-02-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081209053725weblink">weblink 9 December 2008, dead, dmy-all,
• Antique Power and Steam Show - Large annual show taking place in the Lake County Fairgrounds in Indiana.
• Badger Steam and Gas Show - Annual show hosted by Badger Steam and Gas Engine Club near Baraboo, WI
• Buckley Old Engine Show - Annual show in Buckley, MichiganThe Buckley Old Engine Show Retrieved 2010-07-27
• K&O Steam and Gas Engine Show, Windfield Kansas.
• Central North Dakota Steam Thresher's Reunion – (1958- )WEB,weblink{5AF9FD69-1983-4678-8791-D5A52C20BE07}, Central North Dakota Steam Thresher's Reunion, City of New Rockford, North Dakota, 2008-11-03,
• The Dover Steam Show – (1964- ) Annual show hosted by Tuscarawas Valley Pioneer Power AssociationWEB,weblink The Dover Steam Show, Tuscarawas Valley Pioneer Power Association, 2018-09-18,
• Great Steamboat Race - (1963- ) annual round trip race from Louisville, Kentucky to Jeffersonville, Indiana and back between steamboats on the Ohio RiverWEB,weblink Kentucky Derby Festival:: Events, www.kdf.org,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081111014215weblink">weblink 11 November 2008,
• Old Thresher's Reunion - (1960- ) Labor Day weekend, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
• National Threshers Association (1944- ) annual reunion/show held in Wauseon, Ohio, last full weekend of JuneNational Threshers Association {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709033549weblink |date=9 July 2008 }}
• Northwest Ohio Antique Machinery Association Antique Machinery Show - Findlay, OH
• Nowthen Threshing Show - Annual show held on the third full weekend (Friday-Sunday) in August, in Nowthen, Minnesota.WEB,weblink Nowthen Historical Power Association, Inc.,
• Pageant of Steam - (1960- ) annual fair held in Canandaigua, New YorkWEB,weblink New York Steam Engine Association: Pageant of Steam, 2008-11-09,
• Pawnee Steam and Gas Engine Show - held first full weekend in May in Pawnee, OK
• Pioneer Engineers Club of Rushville, IN - yearly show in Rushville, INWEB,weblink Pioneer Engineers Club of Indiana, Inc, Pioneerengineers.com, 2014-02-14,
• Pioneer Steam and Gas Engine Society - Sagertown, PA.
• Rock River Thresheree Edgerton, Wisconsin – (1955- ) River Thresheree, Inc.{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association Kinzers, PennsylvaniaWEB,weblink Home, roughandtumble.org,
• Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association, Berryville, VA "Pageant of Steam" held each year the last full weekend in JulyWEB,weblink Steam Shows,
• Soule’ Live Steam Festival and Railfest annual event held the first weekend in November in Meridian, MS.Soule’ Live Steam Festival and Railfest
• Southeast Old Threshers' Reunion annual event held July 1-July 5 in Denton, NC WEB,weblink 2016 Southeast Old Threshers' Reunion,
• (Steamstock: An Antiquarian Exposition) in Point Richmond, CA is an annual event held in July in a former Ford motor factory, next to the Rosie the Riveter Museum.Steamstock
• Tall Stacks - held every 3 or 4 years in Cincinnati, Ohio since 1988; is a fair for steam powered riverboats.WEB,weblink Tall Stacks Music Arts & Heritage Festival, Tallstacks.com, 2014-02-14,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140205013408weblink">weblink 5 February 2014, dead, dmy-all,
• Tuckahoe Steam & Gas Association near Easton, MD - annual "Steam Show" (1973- ) in early July.Tuckahoe Steam & Gas Association
• Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion (WMSTR) Rollag, MinnesotaWestern Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion
• Western New York Gas & Steam Engine Association Annual Rally - Alexander, NY
• Cama Powerup Spring and Fall Kent, CT Connecticut Antique Machinery Association (CAMA)
• Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association Back to the Farm Reunion Boonevill, MO Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association (MRVSEA
• Riverbend Steam and Gas Association Allendale, MI Riverbend Steam and Gas Association
• The Michigan Steam Engine and Threshers Club Reunion, Mason, MI.NEWS, Hook, Larry, Thousands flock to Mason for 54th annual Michigan Steam Engine & Threshers Club reunion,weblink 2 October 2017, MLive.com,

See also

• Live steam
• Hollycombe Steam Collection – essentially a steam fair, but in the form of a museum
• Thursford Collection – steam museum featuring traction engines

Notes

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External links

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180810173147weblink">List of UK Steam Fairs
• UK Traction engine rallies
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080803210937weblink">Live listings of UK Steam and Vintage Events (Visitors may also submit to this Events Guide)
• "Old Glory" Online Guide to UK Events including steam rallies and fairs (dynamic list) - from the Old Glory magazine

• Search for steam fairs near you (UK only)