Volunteer for the 2025 Durham Fair
The Durham Fair is ALWAYS looking for great volunteers and new committee members to join our organization especially for 2021. We are 100% volunteer run and need your help and participation to keep the Durham Fair tradition strong for many years to come.

The 2025 Durham Fair needs your help in the following areas:
To volunteer, simply reach out to a contact provided below. You may also call the Durham Fair phone number and leave a message with your area of interest if it isn't listed below: 860-349-9495 then press 2 and leave a voice mail or email [email protected]
REMINDER: volunteers get free parking and admission to the fair for that day.
Committee members get free admission and free parking for the whole fair weekend. Parking will be at the high school or at one of our lots.
Advanced Ticket Sales
To help sell tickets before the fair to exhibitors, students, etc.
- Bonnie: 860-558-9995 – [email protected]
Art Exhibits
Help set up, take in exhibits, judge, and monitor displays.
- MaryLou: 860-349-0841 – [email protected]
- Suzy: 203-376-6380 – [email protected]
Baking Exhibits
Help set up, take in exhibits, judge, and monitor displays.
- Cindy: 860-759-0190 – [email protected]
- Sue: 860-301-4655 – [email protected]
Beer, Wine & Cider Tasting
Christmas Trees & Wreaths
Help set up, take in exhibits, and monitor display.
- Josh: 860-398-1776 – [email protected]
Craft Vendors & Indoor Commercial
Help set up and monitor the indoor and/or crafts vendors
- Karen: 860-559-7892
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
Discovery Education Exhibit Area
Help set up displays and demonstrations, monitor during the fair.
Entertainment
- Wendy: 860-538-1221 – [email protected]
Exhibit Management
To help with computer entry of exhibits, etc. before and during the fair.
- Kathy DeBrum: 860-807-5516 – [email protected]
Fruits Exhibits
Help set up, take in exhibits, judge, and monitor displays.
- Maryann: 203-915-2648 [email protected]
Gates Cashiers, Gates Scanners, Gates Hand Stampers
- [email protected]
- Gates cell: 860-772-4179
Gates Managers
Oversee the gate cashiers.
- [email protected]
- Gates cell: 860-772-4179
- or Melissa: 860-704-0300 – [email protected]
Information Booths
You should be familiar with the fair.
- Kim: 860-519-2634 – [email protected]
International Food & Stage
- Annjeannette: 860-508-2521 – [email protected]
Livestock Exhibits
- Kathy: 203-379-8434 – [email protected]
Maintenance
Buildings, grounds, equipment, fencing, building exhibit areas, picnic tables, etc. ALL YEAR, before, during, and after the fair
- Hans: 860-916-2457 – [email protected]
- Amanda: [email protected]
Needlework Exhibits
Help set up, take in exhibits, judge, and monitor displays.
- Debbie: 860-349-8248 – [email protected]
- Sue: 860-306-9024 – [email protected]
On-Grounds Courtesy Shuttle Carts Drivers
Before, during, and at the end of the fair (must be 18 years old).
- Ralph: 203-376-3824 – [email protected]
Outdoor Commercial
Help set up and monitor all outdoor vendors
- Ashley McLaughlin: [email protected]
Photography Committee
Help take in entries and help during and at the end of the fair
- Matt: 860-834-0365 – [email protected]
Public Safety
Parking, security, busing, lighting, road signs, etc.
- Mike: 860-221-5195 – [email protected]
Signs
To help make signs, banners, etc. before and/or during the fair.
- Bill: 860-343-3414 – [email protected]
Souvenirs
Vegetables Exhibits
Help set up, take in exhibits, judge, and monitor displays.
- Kyle: 860-662-1978 – [email protected]
Youth Exhibits
Before, during, and at the end of the fair.
- Kathy: 860-663-2663 – [email protected]
- Patty: 860-663-2663 – [email protected]
Volunteering for the Fair
Hear about volunteering, exhibit preparation, responsibilities and working together from Diane Coe, former Superintendent of Exhibit Management.
Below is a list of all departments and positions.
Administrative Services
- IT Services
- Office Services/Purchasing
- Printing/Buyer
- Ribbons & Trophies
- Signs
Education
- Exhibits/Discovery Center
- Farm Museum
- Historian
- Motorized Events
Entertainment
- Center Stage
- Green Stage
- Hospitality
- Kid's Place
- Sound Systems
- Staging
- Talent Show
Livestock Exhibits
- Animal Education
- Battle of the Barns
- Beef
- Dairy
- Fiber
- Goats
- Livestock Exhibit Judges
- Llamas
- Poultry
- Pull Animals
- Rabbits
- Sheep
- Swine
Maintenance
- Buildings
- Caretaker
- Equipment
- Grounds
- Grounds Beautification
- Grounds Improvement
- Inventory Control
- Property Management
- Recycling
Marketing
- Advertising
- Community Relations
- Exhibit Management
- Information Booth
- Schedule/Map
- Content Coordination
- Website
- Sponsors
Personal Skills Exhibits
- Art
- Baking
- Ballot Competitions
- Canning
- Crafts & Collections
- Exhibit Judge
- Needlework
- Photography
- Youth
Plant Science Exhibits
- Christmas Trees & Wreaths
- Exhibit Judge
- Flowers
- Fruits
- Garden of the Giants
- Vegetables
Public Safety
- Communications
- Lighting & Parking
- Security
- Shuttle Bus Transportation
- Traffic Control
Revenue
- Craft Show Rentals
- Gates
- Inside Commercial Rentals
- Midway
- Off-Season Facility Rentals
- Off-Season Storage Rentals
- Outdoor Commercial Rentals
- Soda Sales
- Souvenir Sales
Volunteer for the Fair
If you are interested in volunteering for one of these areas please reach out to the contact provided.
If you’d like to volunteer for another role, contact the Secretary at 860-349-9495 then dial 2 and leave a voice mail for the appropriate Executive Board Member: