Our 4-H Fair is held the first full weekend in August: the 5th, 6th, and 7th in 2022. Saturday and Sunday are the best days to experience the Fair.
Schedule for the 2021 4-H Fair
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; August 6, 7, and 8, 2021. Get directions.
Saturday, July 31
- Fair Set-up from 8:00 AM until about 12:00 Noon
Thursday, August 5
- Home Arts entered from 12:00 Noon to 8:00 PM
- (if necessary, pre-livestock check-in)
Friday, August 6
Opening Night of 4-H Fair
- 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM, Officers and Managers enter Livestock exhibits
- 2:00 to 8:00 PM, All other participants enter Livestock exhibits
- 5:00 PM Fair Welcome!
- 6:00 PM Home Arts Judging begins
- 7:00 Safe Tractor Driving Contest
- Fair closes 45 minutes after last activity.
- 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM, Quiet Hours
Saturday, August 7, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- 8:00 AM, Fair Opens
- 9:00 Livestock Judging begins: Dairy Cattle, Goat Show, & Dog Show
- 11:00 AM Kid's Barn
- 12:00 PM, Beef Show begins
- 1:30 Premier Showmanship of Home Arts
- 3:00 Small Animal Evaluation
- 3:00 Sheep Show
- 4:00 Rabbit Show
- 4:00 Swine Show
- 6:00 Poultry Show
- Fair closes 45 minutes after last activity.
- 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM, Quiet Hours
Sunday, August 4, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- 8:00 AM, Fair Opens
- 9:00 Livestock Premier Showmanship begins
- 10:30 4-H Public Speaking and Expressive Arts Presentations
- 1:15 Premier Showmanship Presentations and Fair closing
- Removal of Exhibits - Clean Up Begins
Directions to Fairgrounds in Durham
The fairground entrance is adjacent to the south end of the town green on Main Street in Durham, Connecticut. (Durham Library is on the north end of the town green.)
From Guilford and the shore: Take Route 77, past Lake Quonnipaug, and up to the center of Durham. Fairgrounds is on your left, as you drive up Main Street.
From Hartford: Take I-91 South to Route 9 South, switch to Route 17 South at Middletown. Follow Route 17 South into Durham, which becomes Main Street.
From New London: Take I-95 Southbound (travels West) to Madison Exit 61, Route 79. Follow Route 79 North into Durham. The fairgrounds will be on the left, shortly after you arrive on Main Street.
From New Haven: Take I-91 North to Exit 15, travel East on Route 68, Wallingford Road, into Durham and turn right onto Main Street.
From Waterbury: Take I-84 to Exit 27 (Route 691); follow to Route 66 East and turn right onto Route 147. At Durham, turn right onto Main Street.