Thousands of revellers braved Saturday's cold weather to attend the Longford Show and secretary Kristy Springer said early estimates showed crowd numbers were up from last year's event.
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Despite other regional shows struggling with crowd numbers, Ms Springer said the committee and stall holders were delighted with the community response this year.
"We've been very pleased with this year's crowd," she said.
"We haven't finalised our takings or anything just yet but our numbers are definitely up from last year.
"We were very blessed with the weather, it's windy but the suns out and blessed us with the crowds."
The one-day event welcomed a brand new animal nursery, built only four weeks before Saturday's event, for families and the young at heart to pat, play or feed a baby animal.
"The animal nursery was jam packed, since it's brand new we had a variety of animals this year and the crowds were insane," Ms Springer said.
"We received a Tas Community Fund, so we demolished the old nursery and built a brand new shed.
"We wanted it for this year's show and it has been well received."
For the first time, since the Show began in 1856, the Tasmanian Championship Wrestling put on an event for show-goers, along with returning favourites show jumping, wood chopping and several dog competitions.
Ms Springer said the stall holders she had spoken to throughout the day were "very happy" with the days events.
"We've had positive feedback and it's created a great atmosphere once again," she said.
"We had a record number of (sheep) fleece entries with 140 from 44 properties from across the state, the largest class being the medium Merino fleece section with 43 entrants."
She said the Show committee spend all year planning the event but 'might take a day off' before they begin planning for the 2020 event.
One planning element next year's committee may have to consider is another new element, with the show possibly hosting next year's National Sheaf Tossing competition.
"We had it last year but we brought back sheaf tossing again this year, we had it ages ago...maybe 10 years ago, but its been very popular," she said.
"We might be holding the national's next year, it's not confirmed yet but there's a possibility."
Live music, rides, reptile demonstrations, raffles, side-show games, puppet shows and shearing demonstrations were some of the things on offer for show-goers throughout the day.
