Cumberland County Fair returns to Millville with fireworks and free admission days
Fireworks open the Cumberland County Fair in Millville, where $5 admission, free family days and 4-H livestock events anchor the five-day run.
The Cumberland County Fair will return to 3301 Carmel Road in Millville from July 8 through July 12, bringing $5 admission, free family days and a Wednesday night fireworks show to the county fairgrounds. Children 5 and under will be admitted free every day, children 12 and under will get free admission Wednesday, July 9, and seniors 62 and older and veterans with ID will be admitted free Thursday, July 10.
The fireworks spectacular is scheduled for Wednesday, July 8 at 9 p.m., giving the fair a first-night draw before the rest of the week’s livestock shows, grandstand events and midway activity. The fair also lists free grandstand admission and mini tractor pulls among its family attractions, keeping the price of a visit low for households looking for a local summer outing.
The event is presented by the Cumberland County Cooperative Fair Association and bills itself as New Jersey’s oldest fair. Its history page traces the fair’s roots to Greenwich in 1695, when the Cumberland County Agricultural Society was formed, placing the fair’s origin more than 300 years ago at the center of its identity. County government coverage of the 2024 opening ceremonies showed that the fair still draws public officials as well, with commissioners and constitutional officers joining the celebration.
Agriculture remains woven through the 2026 schedule. Cumberland County 4-H and Rutgers Cooperative Extension are central to the fair’s youth and livestock programming, which the county’s 2025 schedule showed will include horse, poultry, goat, sheep, rabbit and livestock events, along with a livestock auction and a dog fun show. A demolition derby is also part of the lineup, reinforcing the fair’s mix of farm-based competition and crowd-pulling entertainment.
The midway will again be run by Amusements of America, which the fair says has provided the rides for 39 years. Historical coverage has placed the fair at the current Millville site in the Carmel section for decades, including a 2015 account that said it had been there for 47 years at the time, underscoring how the fairground itself has become part of Cumberland County’s summer routine.
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