2024 Calendar
Our 4-H Fair is held the first full weekend in August: the 3rd and 4th in 2024. Saturday and Sunday are the best days to experience the Fair.
January
- 1 - New Year's Day
- 3 - FLC (Fair Leadership Committee)
- 6 - Middlesex Skillathon
- 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- 24 Middlesex Advisory Committee
- 31 - FLC
February
- ESE Beef Steers entries due
- 2 - 4-H Fair Meeting in Haddam at 6:30 PM.
- 2 - Groundhog Day
- 7 - Middlesex and New Haven Public Speaking
- 10 - Lunar New Year
- 10 - Trivia Night in Haddam at 7:00 PM
- 11 - Middlesex & New Haven Public Speaking at NH Ext Center, 1:00 PM
- 12 - Lincoln's Birthday
- 14 - Valentine's Day
- 14 - Snow date for public speaking
- 19 - President's Day and Washington's Birthday
- 20 - State 4-H Horse Advisory Meeting, virtual at 7:30 PM
- 24 - Giddy-up Games & Model Horse Show at Middlesex Extension
- 24 - Open Food and Nutrition Show hosted by Hartford County at Auer Farm
March
- 1 - Deadline for Fair Corporate Sponsorship
- 9 - UConn Dairy Beef Day at Storrs (snowdate March 10)
- 10 - Daylight Savings Time Begins, Clocks Spring Ahead
- 10 to 12 - March Officer and Mentor check in
- 13 - FLC in Haddam at 6:30 PM
- 13 to 17 - Ignite by 4-H teen summit in Washington D.C.
- 16 - Public Speaking State Finals in Storrs
- 17 - St. Patrick's Day
- 23 - UConn Expressive Arts Day
- 25 - CT Horse Symposium at Horsebarn Hill Arena in Storrs from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- 25 to 26 - New England 4-H Judges School
- 29 - Good Friday
- 31 - Easter
April
- 1 - April Fool's Day
- 3 - FLC meeting
- 5 - Fair Meeting at Middlesex Extension Center 7:00 PM
- 5 - Connecticut Women's Basketball in Final Four 9:00 PM
- 6 - UConn 4-H Goat Day at UConn Storrs campus
- 6 - Assoc. Connecticut Fairs Spring Meeting in Hebron
- 8 - Solar eclipse peaks around 3:20 PM in Connecticut
(Eclipse duration is from 2:12 to 4:37 PM over New Haven.) - 22 - Earth Day
May
- 4 - New England 4-H Dog Clinic at Tolland County Agricultural Center
- 11 - Ag Day at the Guilford fairgrounds
- 12 - Mother's Day
- 27 - Memorial Day
- 31 - In-person Exhibitor Registration Night at the fairgrounds in Durham from 4:30 to 8:00 PM.
The Friday night 4-H Fair meeting will start at 7:00 PM.
June
- 1 - Verification forms due for dog, rabbit, cavies, goat, swine, working steer, llama, alpaca, poultry and sheep
- 5 - Exhibitor Registration Night at the Middlesex Extension Center in Haddam, from 4:30 to 8:00 PM.
- 14 - Flag Day
- 16 - Father's Day
- 19 - Juneteenth Day
- 20 to 27 - Citizenship Washington Focus in Bethesda, MD
- 29 - UConn 4-H State Dairy Judging Contest at CT Holstein Show on Goshen fairgrounds
July
- 4 - Independence Day 🇺🇸
- 20 - State 4-H Horse Show at Tolland County Agricultural Center
- 27 - Set up 4-H Fair on Saturday morning at fairgrounds
August
- 1 - Home Arts check-in
- 2 - Home Arts & Livestock check-in
- 2 - Home Arts judging and Fair Fun Night!
- 3 & 4 - Our 4-H Fair Weekend
- 4- Officer books and exit forms due
- 5 - Final Clean-up
- 21 - FLC meeting in Haddam at 6:30 PM
September
- 2 - Labor Day
- 13 to 29 - The Big-E
- 14 - 4-H Day at the Big-E
- 20 to 22 - Guilford Fair
- 26 to 29 - Durham Fair
October
- 1 - County & Fair Award forms due
- TBD - FLC Meeting
- 12 - Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
- 14 - Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day
- 31 - Halloween
November
- 1 - 4-H Fair officer elections start at 7:00 PM at Middlesex Extension in Haddam.
- 3 - Daylight Savings Time Ends, Clocks Fall Back
- 11 - Veteran's Day
- 15 - 4-H Achievement Night
- 16 - Association of Connecticut Fairs, Fall Meeting at Holiday Inn Norwich
- 28 - Thanksgiving
December
- 25 - Christmas
- 26 - Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
- 31 - New Year's Eve
🎪 A statewide list of 4-H calendar events is available from UConn's calendar page for 4-H.
