2025 Calendar
Our 4-H Fair is held the first full weekend in August: the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in 2025. Saturday and Sunday are the best days to experience the Fair.
June
- 1 - Verification forms due for dog, rabbit, cavies, goat, swine, working steer, llama, alpaca, poultry and sheep
- 6 - 81st anniversary of D-Day. National Donut Day.
- 10 - Tuesday, Exhibitor Registration Night at the New Haven County Extension Center in North Haven, from 4:30 to 7:00 PM.
- 11 - Wednesday, Exhibitor Registration Night at the Middlesex County Extension Center in Haddam, from 4:30 to 7:00 PM.
- 14 - Saturday, Flag Day
- 15 - Sunday, Father's Day
- 19 - Thursday, Juneteenth
- 21 - Saturday, North Stonington Rabbit Clinic
- 24 - Tuesday, Teen Council 4-H Leadership Summit at Middlesex Extension
- 28 - Saturday, Cromwell Rabbit Clinic
- 28 - Saturday, Connecticut & Rhode Island Holstein Show at fairgrounds in Durham
July
- 4 - Friday, Independence Day 🇺🇸
- 14 - Monday, 4-H Fair Association meeting starts at 6:00 PM
at fairgrounds in Durham - 19 - Saturday, State 4-H Horse Show at Tolland Agricultural Center
- 26 - Saturday, Fair Set-up from 7:00 AM to about 12:00 Noon
- 31 - Thursday, Fair managers and superintendents in person training starts at 6:00 PM.
August
- 2 & 3 - Our 4-H Fair Weekend
- 1 - Friday evening: Home Arts judging and Safe Tractor Driving
(4-H Fair is closed to the general public on Friday.) - 2 - Saturday, Fair Opens at 8:00 AM, with multiple animal shows starting at 9:00 AM
- 3 - Sunday, Our 4-H Fair continues morning through early afternoon
September
- 1 - Monday, Labor Day
- 12 to 28 - The Big-E
- 13 - Saturday, 4-H Day at the Big-E
- 19 to 21 - Guilford Fair
- 25 to 28 - Durham Fair
October
- 1 - Wednesday, Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
- 13 - Monday, Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day
- 17 - Friday, 4-H Fair officer elections for 2026, 7:00 PM in Haddam
- 18 - Saturday, Guilford Ag Day with 4-H float in parade
- 31 - Thursday, Halloween
November
- 2 - Sunday, Daylight Savings Time Ends, Clocks Fall Back
- 8 - Saturday, Association of Connecticut Fairs, Fall Meeting at Holiday Inn Norwich
- 11 - Tuesday, Veteran's Day
- 14 - Friday, tentative date for 4-H Achievement Night
- 15 - Saturday, 4-H Volunteer Conference at UConn
- 27 - Thursday, Thanksgiving
December
- 14 - Sunday, first day of Hanukkah
- 25 - Thursday, Christmas
- 26 - Friday, first day of Kwanzaa
- 31 - Wednesday, New Year's Eve
🎪 A statewide list of 4-H calendar events is available from UConn's calendar page for 4-H.