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
Inaugurated	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Attendance	300,000 visitors per year
Website	State Fair Meadowlands

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]

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 and equipment rental company in Little Falls, New Jersey, operates the carnival.

List of attractions

Family/Kiddie Rides

Thrill Rides

Other attractions

Other than the rides, there are free shows and events at the fair such as racing pigs, a petting zoo, a circus, a magic show, a hypnotist, concerts, etc. The fair also displays fireworks on select nights.

Incidents

At around 11:30 PM on June 22, 2017, which was the opening night for the 2017 season of the fair, gunshots were fired on the fairgrounds. Guests ran away from the area where the shots were being fired off. No one was shot or injured.^[3]