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2026 FAIR TRIP - TO THE ELKHART COUNTY 4-H FAIR

We will be attending the Elkhart Co 4-H Fair in Goshen, Indiana.

It is a true county fair established in 1851 with long standing community support.

North American Midway and many of our vendors have recommended

visiting this fair for years because of their ag and entertainment programs

We will be visiting the fair TBD the last week of July.

If you are interested in attending with our group, please email or call our Executive Director, Jay Spicer.

The cutoff date to attend will be July 1st in order to get our hotel reservations.

Check them out here: https://www.4hfair.org/

Saturday we will be able to attend their Open Show and Sunday is a free admission day. Also, there is a concert Saturday evening that I will speak to her about us attending. For those who wish to stay on Monday, July 27^th, she recommends visiting Shipshewana, an Amish town approximately 20 minutes aways. Amanda can provide an itinerary for the day but it a very interesting area with several hospitality location which may be of interest for fairs with off season rental facilities.

We can fly in either on Friday, July 24^th, or Saturday, July 25^th early morning. Fly out on Monday, July 27^th, if we don’t want to visit Shipshewana, or Tuesday, July 28^th, if you visit Shipshewana.

Obviously, there are no flights to Elkhart, so the following are airports near:

South Ben, IN 40 minutes-1 hour

Grand Rapids, MI 1.5 hours

Chicago, IL 2.5 hours

Indianapolis, IN 2.5 hours