Ohio State Fair

REMINDER: 2025 4-H Achievement Night

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We are excited to recognize our members and advisors at the annual Licking County 4-H Achievement Night on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at C-TEC. Refreshments will be served starting at 6:00pm and the program will begin at 6:30pm. We are thrilled to recognize individuals who fall into the list below. While we look forward to recognizing these youth and volunteers, please know that everyone is welcome to attend this event, even if you are not getting recognized. Come cheer on your fellow 4-H members and club advisors. If you plan to attend please RSVP by visiting http://go.osu.edu/4HBanquet. Once there you will complete a very quick and simple survey that will help us gauge the number of people who will be attending. Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

Areas/Groups Being Recognized:

  • Ohio State Fair Junior Fair Livestock & Skillathon Winners
  • Ohio State Fair Still Project Awards: Clock Trophy, Honorable Mention, Outstanding of the Day
  • Dairy Judging Contest Award Winners
  • 4-H Band Leadership
  • Commodity Royalty Representatives
  • Licking County Teen Leadership: Camp Counselors, Hartford Fair Junior Fair Board, Food & Fashion Board, 4-H CARTEENS
  • Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership: Teen Leadership Council, Ohio 4-H Event Youth Assistant
  • 4-H Achievement Record Awards: Project Area Awards, State and National Trip Recipients, and Scholarship Recipients
  • “I Dare You” Award Recipients
  • Honor Clubs
  • Club Charter for New Clubs
  • Licking County 4-H Committee
  • Licking County 4-H Advisors
  • 4-H Volunteers: Quality Assurance Instructors, Hartford Fair Senior Fair Board, 4-H Camp Volunteers, Skill-a-thon Facilitators, Project Interview Judges
  • Friend of 4-H Announcement

2026 Ohio State Fair Livestock Schedule Change

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Updates and changes have been made for the 2026 Ohio State Fair Livestock Schedule. Please don’t assume that a particular species will show on the same day as in the past. A more detailed schedule is forthcoming.

To best enhance the exhibiting experience for competitors across the state, and to allow as much county fair participation as possible, the 2026 Ohio State Fair livestock competitions will be condensed to 15 days. Please review the schedule HERE.

2025 4-H Achievement Night

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We are excited to recognize our members and advisors at the annual Licking County 4-H Achievement Night on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at C-TEC. Refreshments will be served starting at 6:00pm and the program will begin at 6:30pm. We are thrilled to recognize individuals who fall into the list below. While we look forward to recognizing these youth and volunteers, please know that everyone is welcome to attend this event, even if you are not getting recognized. Come cheer on your fellow 4-H members and club advisors. If you plan to attend please RSVP by visiting http://go.osu.edu/4HBanquet. Once there you will complete a very quick and simple survey that will help us gauge the number of people who will be attending. Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

Areas/Groups Being Recognized:

  • Ohio State Fair Junior Fair Livestock & Skillathon Winners
  • Ohio State Fair Still Project Awards: Clock Trophy, Honorable Mention, Outstanding of the Day
  • Dairy Judging Contest Award Winners
  • 4-H Band Leadership
  • Commodity Royalty Representatives
  • Licking County Teen Leadership: Camp Counselors, Hartford Fair Junior Fair Board, Food & Fashion Board, 4-H CARTEENS
  • Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership: Teen Leadership Council, Ohio 4-H Event Youth Assistant
  • 4-H Achievement Record Awards: Project Area Awards, State and National Trip Recipients, and Scholarship Recipients
  • “I Dare You” Award Recipients
  • Honor Clubs
  • Club Charter for New Clubs
  • Licking County 4-H Committee
  • Licking County 4-H Advisors
  • 4-H Volunteers: Quality Assurance Instructors, Hartford Fair Senior Fair Board, 4-H Camp Volunteers, Skill-a-thon Facilitators, Project Interview Judges
  • Friend of 4-H Announcement

REMINDER: 2025 Ohio State Fair 4-H Project Judging Results

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We had many Licking County 4-H members who competed 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 can be found on the Ohio State Fair Website. Non-Livestock competition results are posted on the Ohio 4-H Website. Congratulations to our members who received awards at the Ohio State Fair!

 

2025 Ohio State Fair 4-H Project Judging Results

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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!

Vet Exploration Day at The Ohio State Fair

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Calling all aspiring veterinarians! Join us for “Vet for a Day” with Ohio Veterinary Medical Association at the Ohio State Fair on Thursday, July 31st from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.!

This half-day experience is perfect for high school students in grades 9-12 who want to get up close and personal with the animals on display at the fair. You’ll follow a unique agenda, taking you around the fairgrounds to learn about a variety of animals and what it takes to care for them.
The program concludes with a college fair, giving you the chance to meet representatives from state institutions offering veterinary education.

It’s a fantastic opportunity to explore your future in this exciting field!

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity. Register now and kickstart your journey towards a career in veterinary medicine!

Register HERE.

Volunteers Needed For Ohio State Fair Skillathons

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Volunteers are still needed to serve as Ohio State Fair Skillathon facilitators! You will work with youth to facilitate a skillathon station. Entry passes, snacks, and meal tickets will be provided for anyone who volunteers. Please visit the link to register: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8uCgoIHKovT0NOm

2025 Hartford Fair Entry Information

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All Hartford Fair entries must be completed through the FairEntry portal again this year. The portal will open on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Please follow the Hartford Fair Entry Instructions when making your entries. Entry deadline is Friday, June 27, 2025.

Please note:

  • The Hartford Fair Entry Portal can be found by visiting: http://hartfordfair.fairentry.com
  • Please be sure to review the Hartford Fair Premium Book to ensure you know which Classes and Lots you will be making entries for before you start that process.
  • All 4-H families must use their 4-HOnline Credentials (email and password) to log into FairEntry. If a member creates a new account in FairEntry, they will be unable to make entries in Junior Fair Departments as those departments require them to be enrolled in the appropriate 4-H project in order to make entries.
  • All FFA members making entries in livestock departments will submit their own entries. Those entering projects in the FFA Building will do so through their advisor.
  • Please make sure that you add all entries to each exhibitor in your family before you submit the entries and continue to the payment portal.
  • REMINDER: All youth planning to participate in Showmanship MUST make an entry for their Showmanship class. Even if a member isn’t sure about whether they want to do Showmanship or not, they should go ahead and make an entry for it.

Photo IDs

NEW THIS YEAR: Members will upload their photo for their Fair ID as part of their entry process in FairEntry. There will be a question early in the process that will ask you to upload a photo. PLEASE NOTE: the system does NOT require you to upload the photo (which means you can accidentally skip this step). We had to make it optional, otherwise it would require it for everyone making entries, including those making just Open Department entries who don’t receive Fair IDs. If you skip this step and do not upload a photo, you will not have a Fair ID. Also, photos for IDs must be uploaded into FairEntry by the deadline of June 27th. All photos will be pulled from the entries at this point and sent for printing so that we have the IDs back to us in time to pass them out in the days leading up to fair. Late photos will not be accepted.

Your photo for your Fair ID must be either a jpeg or png file. The photo should be of the member’s head and shoulders with a light colored, neutral background. Exhibitors should not be wearing hats, sunglasses or bandanas in their photo. Please see examples of photos that don’t meet the criteria and one that does:

Glitches and Issues

As we’ve discovered recently, FairEntry does occasionally have glitches that can occur. If you run into issues please reach out to Adrienne at anderson.1410@osu.edu. Sending screenshots of the error you are receiving can be very helpful in figuring out what is going wrong. Please do NOT wait until the last minute to complete your entries as that gives us less time to help you solve the issue. PLEASE NOTE: Lisa and Adrienne will be at 4-H Camp June 17-21 at 4-H Camp Ohio. Please realize that we have limited access to emails during this time and will not be able to respond quickly in most cases.

FairEntry Help Sessions

We will be offering three help sessions for those who may want/need help with making entries. Two help sessions will be held at the Hartford Fairgrounds in the Junior Fair Board Office and one will be held at the Licking County Extension Office in Newark. If you plan to come to one of the help sessions, please be prepared with list of items on the flyer HERE or listed below.