From Falmouth to Provincetown, fairs galore

Barnstable County Fair Seventies rock icons Village People will open the 166th fair, which runs July 17-24 at the fairgrounds in East Falmouth. Entertainment includes pop rock Gin Blossoms and country music star Bucky Covington. For the first time, the fair will present Aussie Kingdom, a traveling animal education show that features kangaroos and wallabies, along with a collection of colorful Australian birds, petting zoos, and birds of prey. There are also 4-H demonstrations, horticulture displays, rides, games, arts and crafts, and food. In the arena, catch a demolition derby on Wednesday and three monster trucks in a freestyle mash on Thursday. www.barnstablecountyfair.org

Woods Hole Film Festival The 19th annual fest, July 31-Aug. 7 at several venues in the village, will screen more than 100 narrative and documentary feature films, shorts, and animation, many of them world or New England premieres. Two-time Academy Award-winning documentarian Barbara Kopple, this year’s filmmaker-in-residence, will lead a panel discussion on politics and documentary filmmaking, as well as a workshop. There will also be a panel discussion with authors whose works have been made into films, an outdoor screening powered completely by renewable energy, and master classes on acting conducted by Carolyn Pickman of CP Casting (“The Departed,’’ “Mystic River’’). www.woodsholefilmfestival.org