If you will be moving in livestock to the Hartford Fair on Saturday, August 3rd, please review the traffic pattern HERE or below to ensure you know where to enter the fairgrounds and what path to follow to your barn. Please ensure you follow these directions to help everyone have smooth and easy move-in experience.
As you look ahead to fair week, be sure to schedule in some time to visit the Natural Resources Area. Lots of great events and programming will be happening throughout the week, so be sure to check out the schedule: 2024 Natural Resources Area Events
2024 Hartford Fair exhibitors are asked to make note of the following REQUIRED forms and their deadline. All Drug Use Notification Forms (DUNF) and Livestock Exhibition Producer Forms must be completed online by the deadline. Please review which form(s) are due for your species and the deadline for those forms HERE or by viewing the list below. NEW FOR 2024: BEEF FEEDER CALVES MUST COMPLETE A DUNF THIS YEAR! Once you have confirmed which form(s) are needed, please complete them through the following links:
DUNF Form: go.osu.edu/2024HartfordDUNF
Livestock Exhibition Producer Form: go.osu.edu/ProducerForm2024
If you will be moving in livestock to the Hartford Fair on Saturday, August 3rd, please review the traffic pattern HERE or below to ensure you know where to enter the fairgrounds and what path to follow to your barn. Please ensure you follow these directions to help everyone have smooth and easy move-in experience.
The Aladdin Shrine Licking County Shrine Club is seeking help to staff the gates at the Hartford Fair. This is an excellent way to earn community service credits and receive free food tickets for the fair! The gates are staffed from 7:00am through 9:00pm and you can pick the hours you volunteer!
Please contact:
Ed Roberts at 614-560-1952
Dan Bounds at 614-623-7085
Richard McGhee at 614-332-7777
Help is needed in the 4-H Center at the Hartford Fair during fair week.
The 4-H Center is open from 10:00am to 8:00pm each day of the fair. Volunteer shifts are one hour and volunteers just need to keep an eye on the building and answer general questions from fair visitors. This is a great opportunity relax for an hour or two in the air conditioning while helping promote 4-H and support those clubs and members who are displaying their projects in the 4-H Center. 4-H members are encouraged to participate, but we do ask that an adult be present with the members while they work their shift.
To sign up for a 4-H Center shift, please visit go.osu.edu/Hartford4HCenter. If you have questions, please reach out to Adrienne Anderson at anderson.1410@osu.edu.
The entry forms for the 2024 Shepherds Lead Contest and the 2024 Lamb Cook Off are both now available.
The Shepherds Lead Contest will take place on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 3:30pm in the East End of Grubb Arena. This is a fun contest for everyone ages 2 and up!
The Lamb Cook Off will be Monday, August 5, 2024 at 6:00pm in B. Carr Arena. Open to contestants ages 9 and up!
Junior fair exhibitors! Please remember that there are livestock skillathon contests throughout the week at the fair. All junior fair exhibitors are encouraged to participate. You do not need to show a specific species to participate in that species skillathon; they are open to all! The skillathon competitions are a great way to show your knowledge! See the full schedule of skillathon competitions below or click HERE.
We have many Licking County 4-H members who will be competing with their projects at the Ohio State Fair. Results from these competitions can be found on two different websites depending on the project area. Livestock and Horse competition results will be posted on the Ohio State Fair Website. Non-Livestock competition results will be posted on the Ohio 4-H Website. Results are typically posted the day after the competition takes place. Best of luck to all of our Licking County 4-H members!
The Licking County Board of Developmental Disabilities is providing the Momentum Refresh trailer during the Hartford Fair. Momentum Refresh is a fully accessible, universally designed mobile restroom. We hope that many of our fair’s visitors and exhibitors will find it to be very helpful during their time with us.
