Invites Community to Celebrate Tradition & Participate in Contests

Hopewell, NJ - The Harvest Fair returns again to the grounds of Hopewell Elementary School on Saturday, September 20 from 9:45AM-4PM (rain date is Oct 4). A cherished local tradition, it attracts families from all over the area to enjoy a day of old-fashioned family fun, while raising funds to support local non-profit organizations. 

Contest deadlines are fast approaching! Thanks to the community members who have volunteered to run the popular fair contests, Bake-off, Lego, Photography, and Kids' Art, Doggie Dress-Up and How Many Hopewells are back this year! Several contests include pre-registration including the Photography contest - September 16 (digital entries) September 18 (physical entries) and registration for the Bake-off is September 18. For full contest rules and guidelines, please visit the Fair’s website www.hopewellharvestfair.org/contests

Leading Sponsors of the 2025 Fair are: Morehouse Engineering, Capital Health and TechNeed providing our tents and drinking water station (bring your refillable bottles!); Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart providing one of the popular giant Inflatables; and, dandelion wishes sponsoring Pezz Glassworks who will demonstrate the amazing art of glassblowing.

At the main event on Saturday on the school grounds, new and returning activities include:

• Activities for kids of all ages: Inflatable Slide and Obstacle Courses, free Glass Blowing Demos by Pezz Glassworks, Pumpkin Painting, Games, and more! 
• Entertainment all day: Great live music all day! Bluegrass, rock-n-roll, country, and more! Visit www.hopewellharvestfair.org to see the complete line-up.
• Contests: A variety of fun contests for all ages.
• Crafters’ Court: Explore the work of talented artists from Hopewell Valley and beyond! 
• Farmers’ Market: Fresh produce, flowers, honey, and more from local farms will be for sale.
• Town Square: Learn about many local businesses and local non-profit organizations. Each tent has a game or a giveaway, so be sure to stop by!
• Food Court: Enjoy pizza, empanadas, samosas, funnel cake, popcorn, cotton candy, ice cream, etc. from local vendors. Bring your reusable water bottles - there will be a free drinking water station near the info tent!

The Fair bolsters community spirit during the event as well as throughout the year, by providing scholarships for local students and grants for nonprofit organizations. The Hopewell Harvest Fair Community Grant Program has dispersed more than $225,000 to local nonprofits including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, local school PTOs, HomeFront, Younity, The Chubby’s Project, Sourland Conservancy, and many others.

The Committee extends their gratitude to all the many sponsors who make the event possible. In addition to the leading sponsors listed above, additional support has been generously provided by the following businesses:

Platinum Sponsors: Lear & Pannepacker LLP, MercerMe, Nomad Pizza, Pensive Weeds, Provident Bank, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton.

Gold Sponsors: Antimo’s, Blackwell Memorial Home, Corcoran Sawyer Smith, D&R Greenway Land Trust, DeSimone Orthodontics, Harlingen Veterinary Clinic, Hopewell Pharmacy and Compounding Center, Hunterdon Family and Sports Medicine at Hopewell Valley, L&A Tent Rentals Inc., Northwestern Mutual–Princeton, Pennington Quality Market, Princeton Montessori School, Stellitano Heating & Air, Thrivent, and Valley Oil.

Silver Sponsors: American National Insurance of Hopewell, The Bear & The Books, Borough Mayor Ryan Kennedy, Boswell Engineering, Corveleyn Law Firm, Fox Pest Control, Hopewell Boro Auto Repair, Hopewell Valley History Project, Hopewell Valley Self Storage, Lennar, The Mending Fairy, One Compost Can, Pennington Montessori School, Regent Flooring Kitchen & Bath, Rockcital, Sourland Bread, and Total Home Manager LLC.

For more information about the Fair, the people behind it, and ways to promote your business and support the Fair, please visit www.hopewellharvestfair.org or email [email protected]. We also encourage everyone to follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @hopewellharvestfair. 

The fair only happens because of the great volunteers who work hard AND have fun bringing this tradition to the community; if you’d like to join this happy group, please email [email protected] - satisfaction guaranteed!