profile of cow, pig and rabbit against green background, text stating 2024 Cayuga County 4-H fair

Mark your calendars for July 30-August 2

4-H youth being judged at Cayuga County Fair, 2011

See what 4-H members have been working on all year!

4-H youth showing dairy cattle at 2011 Cayuga County Fair

4-H dairy show at the Cayuga County Fair, 2011.

Young girl with prize-winning chicken, Cayuga County Fair 2011

Prize-winning poultry at the Cayuga County Fair, 2011.

photo of the Cayuga 4-H display at the NYS Fair 2015

Display at the NYS Fair, 2015

4-H dog obedience ribbon winners at Cayuga County Fair 2011

4-H Dog Obedience winners, Cayuga County Fair 2011

4-H Fair

The 2025 4-H Youth Fair is Wednesday, July 30 through Saturday, August 2 at the Union Springs Fire Department located at 257 Cayuga Street in Union Springs, NY .

Each summer, 4-H youth in Cayuga County have an opportunity to share and showcase the projects they've been working on, at the 4-H Youth Fair. The public is invited to come Thursday-Saturday and see what the youth in Cayuga and Seneca County 4-H are doing in the areas of animal science, plant science projects, entomology displays, home economics and photography.

2025 4-H Youth Fair Important Dates & Schedule

Thursday, July 24

  • 5:00 pm: 4-H Dog Show at Finger Lakes Mall, Auburn (Public Welcome)

Saturday, July 26

  • 1:00 pm: Market Auction Poultry Show at Ward O’Hara Agricultural Museum (Public Welcome)

Tuesday, July 29

  • 6:00 pm: 4-H Youth Building Exhibit Judging (Exhibitors Only)

Wednesday, July 30

  • 3:00-6:00 pm: Livestock Move In, State Vet on premises (Exhibitors Only)

Thursday, July 31 (Public Welcome to all events except morning meeting)

  • 8:00 am - Morning Meeting
  • 10:00 am - Sheep herding exhibition
  • 12:00 pm - 4-H Poultry Show
  • 12:00 pm - Dairy Judging Clinic
  • 2:00 pm - 4-H Goat and Sheep Showmanship, Market Auction Show, and Breed Show

Friday August 1 (Public Welcome to all events except morning meeting)

  • 8:00 am -Morning Meeting
  • 9:00 am - 4-H Beef and Swine Showmanship, Market Auction Show, and 4-H Breed Show 
  • 4:00 pm - 4-H Dairy Showmanship
  • 7:00 pm - All animal Costume Show

    FRIDAY FOOD OPTIONS: TBA


Saturday, August 2 
(Public Welcome to all events except morning meeting and Buyer’s Reception)

  • 8:00 am - Morning Meeting
  • 9:30 am - 4-H Dairy Breed Show
  • 11:00 am - Rabbit and Cavy Show
  • 12:00-2:00 pm: Market Auction Buyer Registration
  • 1:00 pm: Buyers’ Reception (Registered Buyers and Exhibitors)
  • 1:30 pm: Political Leader’s Show
  • 3:00 pm: 3rd Annual 4-H Market Livestock Auction
  • 5:00 pm: Tentative Release Time for all 4-H Animals and Youth Building Projects

    SATURDAY FOOD OPTIONS:
    TBA

Last updated July 3, 2025