The Morris County 4-H Fair is returning to High View Farms at 416 Sand Shore Road in Mount Olive, running Friday, July 24, through Sunday, July 26, for three full days of exhibits, demonstrations, and family friendly activities celebrating the accomplishments of the county’s local 4-H youth. The fair remains completely free and open to the public, running from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, giving families a genuinely wide window to plan their visit around the rest of their summer weekend.
This year’s fair carries added civic significance, with members of the Morris County Board of County Commissioners set to take part in Friday evening’s opening ceremonies. The commissioners were personally invited to attend by Morris County 4-H members during a June work session, a genuine full circle moment that gives the county’s youngest civic advocates a direct role in bringing local government leadership out to celebrate their own program. The opening ceremony begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 24, opening with the Parade of 4-H Clubs before concluding with an official ribbon cutting ceremony marking the fair’s formal start.
Hosted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County, this year’s fair carries the theme Color the World with 4-H, encouraging every visitor to show up wearing their brightest colors in an effort to make this year’s fair the most vibrant one yet. That colorful spirit runs throughout the entire weekend’s programming, giving the fair a genuinely festive, high energy atmosphere layered on top of its traditional agricultural and educational roots.
Visitors exploring the fairgrounds can browse exhibits spanning art, photography, animal science, STEM, and numerous other disciplines, giving a genuine sense of just how broad Morris County’s 4-H programming has become well beyond its traditional farming roots. Throughout the weekend, guests can also meet both 4-H animals and general farm animals up close, giving younger visitors in particular a genuinely hands on introduction to animal care and agriculture. Beyond the exhibits themselves, the fair rounds out its programming with food trucks, artisan vendors, hayrides, monster truck rides, live animal demonstrations, and ongoing live entertainment throughout the weekend. Sunday morning adds its own distinct attraction with a car show hosted by Dog Pound Cruisers, giving car enthusiasts a dedicated reason to make the trip out on the fair’s final day.
The scale of Morris County’s 4-H program itself gives real context to what this fair actually represents each year. More than 240 Morris County youth took part across 25 local 4-H clubs during the 2025-26 program year, developing leadership, citizenship, and practical life skills through genuinely hands on learning experiences rather than classroom instruction alone. The fair itself functions as the culminating showcase for all of that work, giving these young participants a real public platform to display what they’ve built, raised, and learned over the course of the year.
For anyone looking to plan their visit or explore the fair’s complete schedule of events, additional information is available directly through Morris County 4-H’s official fair page, and updates throughout the weekend can be found by following the Morris County 4-H Fair on Facebook. With free admission, a full weekend of hands on exhibits and entertainment, and a theme built specifically around bringing color and community together, this year’s Morris County 4-H Fair offers families across the region a genuinely worthwhile destination for the final weekend of July.
