Statewide Events

The Ohio 4-H program year runs from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026. The following dates are for events during the 2025-26 program year. To learn more about an event, click on the respective link. As additional dates are available, this page will be updated. While every effort is made to ensure the following dates are accurate, dates may be subject to change. 

November 2025

• 11/21-11/23 | Carving New Ideas Workshop
• 11/28-12/02 | National 4-H Congress
• 11/25-12/03 | Cultural Immersion Project (Puerto Rico)

December

• 12/06 | Ohio 4-H Horse Show Judges Clinic
• 12/13 | Ohio Military Kids Winter Wonderland

January 2026

• 1/17 | Ohio Fair Manager's Association - Junior Fair Day
• TBD | State Horse Advisor Training

February 

• 2/15 | Volunteer Background Check Screenings Due
• 2/15 | Ohio 4-H Scholarship Deadline
• 2/20 | Ohio 4-H Conference Registration Due
• 2/20-2/22 | Winter Shooting Sports Training Workshop
• 2/28-3/01 | Making eXtreme Counselors (MXC) Workshop

March

• 3/7 | Horseapalooza (clinic) and Horse Communications Contest
• 3/15-3/21 | Ohio 4-H Week
• 3/21 | Ohio 4-H Conference
• 3/24-3/29 | Citizenship Washington Focus
• 3/25-3/29 | Ignite by 4-H
• TBD | Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic (Columbus, OH)
• TBD | Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic (Wooster, OH)

April

• 4/10-4/15 | National 4-H Conference
• 4/13 | Ohio Youth Institute
• 4/18 | Dairy Palooza
• 4/18-4/19 | Forestry and Wildlife Conservation Camp 
• 4/19-4/30 | Global Immersion Project (Greece)
• 4/24-4/26 | Spring Shooting Sports Instructor Workshop

May

• 5/15 | 4-H Event Youth Assistant Applications Due 

June

• 6/01-6/05 | State 4-H Leadership Camp
• 6/05-6/07 | Adaptive Adventures Camp
• 6/09 | State Achievement Awards Banquet
• 6/11-6/13 | Spark EXPO
• 6/12-6/14 | Shooting Sports Camp - Junior
• 6/21-6/27 | National Shooting Sports Championships
• 6/29-7/1 | STEM Camp at Canters Cave
• TBD | Cloverbud Engineering Adventure
• TBD | Poultry Judging and Avian Bowl Contests
• TBD | Space Adventure Camp

July

• 7/12-7/17 | Shooting Sports Camp - Senior
• 7/18-7/21 | Sea Camp
• 7/14-8/8 | Ohio 4-H Livestock Skillathons
• 7/29-8/9 | Ohio State Fair
• TDB | OSU State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest

August

• 8/02 | Ohio 4-H Food Challenge
• 8/29 | Horse Groom and Clean State Event
• TBD | Ohio 4-H Poultry Judging and Avian Bowl

September

• 9/11-9/12 | Horse Competitive Tail Ride
• 9/22-9/24 | Farm Science Review
• 9/27-10/01 | National 4-H Dairy Conference
• TBD | Urban Immersion Project (Washington, DC)

October

• 10/02-10/04 | Fall Shooting Sports Instructor Workshop
• 10/04-10/10 | National 4-H Week
• TBD | Celebration of Youth