Meadowlands State Fair

The State Fair Meadowlands (formerly the Meadowlands Fair) is a carnival held every summer at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The fair is held in the parking lot that surrounds the MetLife Stadium and runs for two weeks in late June and early July. It attracts over 300,000 visitors per year,[1] peaking at around 400,000 people in 2022.[2]

Meadowlands State Fair
State Fair Meadowlands, June 2007
Status	Active
Genre	State Fair
Begins	June
Ends	July
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Meadowlands Sports Complex in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Years active	102
Inaugurated	1921 (1921)
Attendance	300,000 visitors per year
Website	State Fair Meadowlands

Despite its name, it is not the official state fair of New Jersey, but instead, that honor belongs to the New Jersey State Fair, which earned the state fair moniker in 1999. Instead, the name for the Meadowlands event is a title sponsorship; State Fair Superstore, a large seasonal merchandise seller in Belleville, New Jersey, operates the carnival.

There were cancellations in 1942–45 for World War II and 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic.