2009 Schedule
Please check back as we continue to update.
Updated 4/25/09

Main Arena Events
Ryan Pelton, Elvis Impersonator, tickets are on sale now. Other advance tickets go on sale May 1. Tickets may be obtained at the Fair Office in the Wayne Dumont Admin. Building (Lower Level) in the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office.
Call 908-859-6563 for more details.

Sunday
12 pm – 4 pm

Lawnmower – Free Grandstand seating to fairgoers, Main Arena

Sunday
7:30 pm

Fair Queen and Princess Competition, Main Arena
Monday
8 pm

Elvis impersonator Ryan Pelton, $15 chairs & $10 grandstands - per person

Tuesday
8 pm

Demolition Derby, Main Arena
$8 per person (Advance tickets do NOT include admission)

Wednesday
7 pm

Note: new day for Open Tractor Pull, Main Arena
$5 per person

Thursday
6 pm

Note: new day for 4-Wheel Drive Truck Pull, Main Arena
$5 per person

Friday
8 pm

Demolition Derby, Main Arena
$10 per person (Advance tickets do NOT include admission)

Saturday
12 noon - 2 pm

ATV Mud Bog, Main Arena,
$5 per person

Saturday
5 pm

Mud Bog, Main Arena, sponsored by OK Auto & 4WD & Tire
$6 per person


Quick Schedules
Click here - Horse Shows
Click here - Hot Air Balloon Festival schedule


Registration / Drop Offs and pickups
Monday, July 20
  NOTE: New times and location
Home & Garden Building at the Fairgrounds
3 - 6 pm Fine Arts & Crafts, Photography and Handwork Exhibits
Call for Registration Info for Canning – 908-475-6504
Saturday, July 25
  Drop Off at the Home and Garden Building
9 - 11 am Open Vegetable & Heaviest Vegatable
10 – 11 am Scrapbook
10 – 11 am Backyard Farmer Egg
11 am – 12 pm Fruit Show
11 am – 12 pm Scarecrow/Sunflower
11 am – 1 pm Herb Show
5 - 6 pm Youth & Adult Baking
  Drop Off at FFA Building
11 am – 1 pm Flower Show

Sunday July 26, 2009
8 am - 6 pm

Open Horse Show, Horse Ring - Rain or Shine
English, Driving, Western & Speed. Click here for more horse shows.
All Day Harmony Speedway Historical Society present Dirt Track Heroes – cars, drivers and memoribilia – outside Livestock Show Building
9 am - 4 pm

Car Show in the Balloon Port on Strykers Road, Sponsored by Warren Hills FFA Alumni Affiliate
11 am - 7 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.) Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:40 pm – Stick Pony Races
3:00 pm – Mini Hay Bale Rolling Contest
3:30 pm – Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style
Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon - 4pm

Carnival Ride Special Price TBA
12 noon - 4 pm

Lawnmower Races main arena

1 pm Big Wheel Race, (registration at 11:30 am in stage area)
3 pm Hoser’s Heaviest Vegetable Contest awards presentation, Home & Garden building
3 pm Note New Location - Baby Crawl Contest - grassy area near fair office
TBA New – Open Quoit Tournament – dance floor
5 pm

Fair's Largest Ice Cream Sundae, by office. Free sundaes for fairgoers while supplies last.
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, up to 25 hot air balloons will compete in a Hare and Hound Race.
7:30 pm - 9pm

Tethered Balloon Rides, $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7:30 pm

Fair Queen & Princess Competition on stage in main arena


Monday July 27, 2009
Senior Citizen Day - Free Admission for Senior Citizens all day by showing your Medicare Card.
9 am - 12 noon

Reg. Hay and Silage Exhibit, South End of Beef Barn
10 am 4-H/FFA Games on Horseback, Horse Ring
10 am 4-H/FFA Goat Show, Livestock Show Building #17
10 am 4-H/FFA Sheep Show, Livestock Show Building #17
10 am 4-H/FFA Swine Show
11 am - 7 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.) Click here for more details.
  Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:40 pm – Stick Pony Races
3:00 pm – Mini Hay Bale Rolling Contest
3:30 pm – Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style
Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
11:30 am - 2 pm Doc South – on dance floor
12 noon - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Special Price TBA
1 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
3 - 6 pm The Live Sounds of Magic – big band music – dance floor
4:30 pm

4-H/FFA Small Animal Show, Small Animal Building #17
5 pm - 8 pm

Antique Car Show, next to Warren Grange Building #24
6 pm - 10 pm

Wristband Night on rides –TBA
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, balloon port on Strykers Road. Click here for the balloon schedule of events.
7:30 pm - 9pm

Tethered Balloon Rides, $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 - 9 pm 4H/FFA Seeing Eye Dog contest
8 pm Elvis impersonator Ryan Pelton, $15 chairs and $10 grandstands – per person

 

Tuesday, July 28, 2009
9 am -3 pm

Garden Tractor Pull, Main Arena
11am - 7 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
 

Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:40 pm – Stick Pony Races
3:00 pm – Mini Hay Bale Rolling Contest
3:30 pm – Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style
Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon - 3 pm Doc South – on stage by fair office
12 noon - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Special Price TBA
1 pm 4-H/FFA English & Western Horse Trail Class, Horse Ring
1 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
4 pm

Cutest Baby Contest, on stage by fair office
Registration 1 - 3 pm by stage

4 pm 4-H/FFA Beef/Steer Show, Livestock Show Bldg. #17
5 pm

Open Beef & Steer Show, Livestock Show Bldg. #17
6 pm -10 pm

Wristband Night on rides Price TBA
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, balloon port on Strykers Road. Click here for the balloon schedule of events.
7:30 pm - 9 pm

Tethered Balloon Rides, $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7:30 pm Open Talent Show, Dance Floor
8 pm

Demolition Derby, Main arena $8 per person
If you miss this one there is another one Friday night.

Wednesday July 29, 2009 - Farmers’ Day
10 am - 3 pm Farmers' Tractor Pull, Main Arena
10 am

4-H/FFA Dairy Show, Livestock Show Building #17
11 am -8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
  Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:40 pm – Stick Pony Races
3:00 pm – Mini Hay Bale Rolling Contest
3:30 pm – Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style
Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12-4 pm

Doc South – on stage
12-4 pm

Carnival Ride Special Price TBA
1 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
6 pm - 10 pm

Wristband Night on rides Price TBA
6 pm Open Tractor Pull, Main Arena $5 per person
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, and Bicycle Balloon Race on balloon port on Strykers Road. Click here for the balloon schedule of events.
7:30 pm - 9pm

Tethered Balloon Rides, $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm

4-H/FFA Horse Drill Team

7:30 pm

4-H/FFA Dressage Demon. horse ring


Thursday, July 30, 2009
8 am 4H/FFA Horse Show - horse ring
10 am

Antique Tractor Pull, Main Arena
11am - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
  Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:40 pm – Stick Pony Races
3:00 pm – Mini Hay Bale Rolling Contest
3:30 pm – Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style
Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon - 4 pm Doc South – on stage
12 noon - 4 pm

Carnival Ride Special Price TBA
1 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
6 pm

4-H Domestic Bird Show, Livestock Show Building #17
6 pm - 10 pm

Wristband Night on rides –price TBA
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, balloon port on Strykers Road. Click here for the balloon schedule of events.
7 pm

4-Wheel Drive Truck Pull, $5 per person, Main Arena

7 pm 4-H Open Horse Costume Class, Horse Ring
7:30 pm - 9pm

Tethered Balloon Rides, $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7:30 pm

Open Pet Show, Livestock Show Building #17


Friday, July 31, 2009
9:30 am

Color Breed, Livestock Show Building #17
11 am - 8 pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
  Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:40 pm – Stick Pony Races
3:00 pm – Mini Hay Bale Rolling Contest
3:30 pm – Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style
Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12-4 pm

Carnival Ride Special Price TBA
1pm

Holstein Show, Livestock Show Building #17
1 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
2 pm Antique Tractor Show & Parade
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, balloon port on Strykers Road. Click here for the balloon schedule of events.
7:30 pm - 9pm

Tethered Balloon Rides, $10 per person, balloon port on Strykers Road
7 pm Demonstration on Different Styles of Riding, horse ring
8 pm Demolition Derby, Main arena $10 per person


Saturday, August 1, 2009
8 am - 6 pm Invitational Wrestling Tournament, Dance Floor
8 am

Nine Pines Open English & Western Pleasure Show, Horse Ring
Click here for more horse shows.
11 am - 8pm

Kids' Corral Childrens' Activity Area
Free activities all day long. Craft Sessions, The Big Picture Build a Quilt Project, and more. (Pick Up A Schedule the day of your visit.)
Click here for more details.
  Daily at the Kids' Corral
2:00 pm – Pie Eating Contest
2:40 pm – Stick Pony Races
3:00 pm – Mini Hay Bale Rolling Contest
3:30 pm – Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
4:00 pm – Fear Factor Veggie Style
Registration at the Kids' Corral 12:00 - 2:00 pm
12 noon Kiddie Pedal Pull, Livestock Show Bldg. #17

12 noon - 2 pm

ATV Mud Bog, Main Arena,
$5 per person
12 - 8 pm Blood Mobile, main lot, please donate
1 pm Storytime at Pokey's Place, Animal Exhibit Barn
3 pm - 5 pm Agricultural Olympics, Livestock Bldg.
3 pm - 6 pm band, on stage
5 pm Mud Bog Competition, Main arena $6 per person
6:30 pm

Mass Hot Air Balloon Launch, balloon port on Strykers Road. Click here for the balloon schedule of events.