Craving some zeppole? How about a jolt on the Scrambler, or a turn on the Ferris wheel? Maybe you'd like to grab a turkey leg and take in the comedy stylings of a few Renaissance fair wenches.

Whatever your preference, there are plenty of fairs this summer in all regions of New Jersey, from Sussex to Cape May.

Here's a rundown of fairs on the horizon. Some are all about farm animals and the best in 4-H club exhibition, while others are more concerned with fried food and stomach-churning amusements.

In the comments, tell us other fairs you enjoy, your most poignant fair memories, and which events you may attend this summer.

A nighttime view of State Fair Meadowlands. (Courtesy State Fair Meadowlands)

JUNE

6 - The Roseland Junior Woman's Club hosts the Roseland Country Fair, which runs from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., rain or shine, at the Harrison Fairgrounds at Roseland and Harrison avenues. There will be vendors, a craft show, rides and food. Free admission; roselandnj.org

6-7 - Like a little trip back in time? Way, way, back in time? The New Jersey Renaissance Faire is in Bordentown for its final weekend this season. Munch a huge turkey leg if you are so inclined, or visit the seafaring set in the "magical village of Crossford" on what is the fair's "pirates weekend" (see here for the events schedule). The fair is at Liberty Lake Camp, 1195 Florence Columbus Road in Bordentown. Daily admission $12 to $20; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine, call (888) 864-8222 or visit njrenfaire.com

6-7 - Bayonne's Hometown Fair is back after more than a decade. There will be food vendors, a stage with live entertainment, 55-foot Ferris wheel, children's rides, a "kiddie town" and a dunk tank where you can dunk the mayor. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday from 22nd to 24th streets on Broadway and on Del Monte Drive.

11-14 - The Tri-County Fair, hosted by Rockaway's Christ Church, has games of chance, a Ferris wheel, kiddie rides, a vintage car show, and fair foods including zeppole, lemonade and Belgian waffles. There will be a fireworks show at about 9 p.m. on June 12. Free admission (rides cost money). The fair runs from 6 to 11 p.m. June 11 and 12; 3 to 11 p.m. June 13 and 1 to 6 p.m. June 14 at 140 Green Pond Road in Rockaway; tricountyfair.org

11-14 - Englewood's Jabari Society, a chapter of the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters, hosts a Juneteenth (the occasion commemorates the end of slavery) fair and carnival with rides from 5 to 10 p.m. June 11; 5 to 11 p.m. June 12; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 13, and noon to 9 p.m. June 14 at Depot Square, Demarest Avenue and Dean Street in Englewood; jabarisociety.com

19-July 5 - State Fair Meadowlands returns to East Rutherford, with many of the usual suspects -- Rosaire's racing pigs, the Batcopter, Cousin Brucie and his Palisades Park Reunion show (7 p.m. June 27), hypnotist Steve Bayner and live music nearly every night -- but also new attractions like the Lipizzaner Stallions.

Cousin Brucie will be at State Fair Meadowlands on June 27 for his third Palisades Park Reunion show. (Star-Ledger file photo)

Food vendor Chester's Gators and Taters will have alligator mac 'n cheese on hand, for all your gator-munching needs. Fireworks shows are July 3 and 4, and the New Jersey Hall of Fame Mobile Museum will be visiting for the duration of the fair. The fair, generally open from 6 p.m. to midnight on weekdays (except for opening night, which starts at 5 p.m.), 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday; 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to midnight Sunday; is at 50 Route 120 in East Rutherford. Fair admission $9 to $11, ride tickets cost more; parking is free Monday through Wednesday, $2 on opening night and $5 Thursday through Sunday; njfair.com

28 - Prefer more animals in your fair? Competitors 21 and younger will show off their best sheep, dairy goats and poultry as well as hamsters, lizards and rabbits at the Stars and Stripes Livestock's Agricultural Fair. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Burlington County Community Agricultral Center, 500 Centerton Road in Moorestown; starsandstripeslivestock.com

JULY

7-11 - Organizers of Millville's Cumberland County Fair trumpet that it is New Jersey's oldest fair. A precursor to the event started up in Greenwich way back in 1695. There are 4-H shows, pig races, a demolition derby, monster truck rides, and both watermelon and pie-eating contests, also has a women's skillet-tossing contest and a men's toilet seat-tossing contest. The fair is open from 3 to 11 p.m. Tuesday; 1 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, 4 to 11 p.m. Thursday; 4 to midnight Friday and 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds on Fairstand Road in Millville. Admission $5; $3 for children ages 4 to 9; cumberlandcofair.com

8-12 - The Freedom Fest State Fair in Allentown has live music, racing pigs, a magician and a shark show as well as a petting farm. The fair is at the Horse Park of New Jersey, 626 Route 524 in Allentown. Admission $15; for other details check updates at freedomfeststatefair.com and the fair's Facebook page.

Lincoln Van Ek, 7, deals with a stubborn calf at the 2013 New Jersey State Fair and Sussex County Farm & Horse Show at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta. The 2015 fair is July 31 through August 9. (Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger)

8-12 - The Ocean County Fair has a 4-H show, horse show, pig racing and live entertainment. The fair is open 5 to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Robert J. Miller Air Park, Route 530 in Berkeley Township. For GPS directions, use the intersection of Pinewald-Keswick Road/Route 530 and Mule Road in Bayville. Admission $7; children under 10 free; oceancountyfair.com

14-19 - The Burlington County Farm Fair has a 4-H show with goats, horses, rabbits, chickens and more as well as a cow show featuring dairy farmers. There's also a tractor pull and antique farm equipment and steam engines. The fair runs from 4:30 to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at 1990 Jacksonville-Jobstown Road in Springfield Township. Parking and admission cost a single donation of $10 per car, rides cost more; burlingtoncountyfarmfair.com

15-19 - The Morris County 4-H Fair will have dogs, goats and lizards on display as well as pony rides, hay rides, a petting zoo, root beer floats and live music. The fair is open 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday; 4 to 10 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Chubb Park in Chester. Admission free; parking is a $5 donation; morris.njaes.rutgers.edu/4h/Fair.html

16-18 - Say hello to even more animals at Cape May County's 4-H Fair. The fair runs from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Cape May County Fairgrounds, 355 Court House-South Dennis Road, Cape May Court House CMCH; cmc4h.com/#!4-h-fair/c1ipo

Terri Stanton, center, from Hunterdon County 4-H, judges pet goats at the 2014 Morris County 4-H Fair at Chubb Park in Chester. The 2015 fair begins July 15. (Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger)

22-26 - In addition to rides, the Monmouth County Fair has home and garden competition with a cake-decorating competition, pie-eating contest, and categories for best in needlework, canning, art, flowers, vegetables baked goods and photography. There will be a fireworks show at 9:15 p.m. on opening night, weather permitting. The fair runs from 5 to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 pm. Sunday at the East Freehold Showgrounds, 1500 Kozloski Road in Freehold. Admission $8; children 12 and under free; seniors and active military free; monmouthcountyfair.com

23-26 - The Gloucester County 4-H Fair has animals, but it also has the New Jersey Peach Festival. The festivities include a Peach Queen contest, peach bake-off, pony rides, a draft horse pull, car show and barbecue. The fair runs from 9 a.m to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at 275 Bridgeton Pike/Route 77 in Mullica Hill; gc4hfair.com

25-August 1 - The Warren County Farmers' Fair and Hot Air Balloon Festival has a carnival, 4-H exhibits, pony rides and a horse show in addition to airborne attractions. Visitors can watch a mass balloon launch every night at 6:30 p.m. or take a tethered balloon ride. There is also an arts expo with displays of handmade quilts and lace. The fair runs noon to 10 p.m. Saturday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the closing Saturday at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Belvidere; GPS address 1350 Stryker Road, Phillipsburg. Admission $7 for adults (cash only) and $4 for children ages 5 to 12 (children 4 and under free); warrencountyfarmersfair.org

31-August 9 - Get ready even more animals and rides -- 10 days of them -- at the New Jersey State Fair and Sussex County Farm & Horse Show. The fair is celebrating it 75th anniversary, and more than 2,000 entrants are registered for the horse show, which has been a part of the fair from the very beginning: the event started out as the Sussex County Horse Show in 1936 before changing its name in 1940. The fair is known for its demolition derby (August 2-3), livestock barns and shows, a cow-milking parlor and large carnival. There's also racing pigs, pony rides, and contests for best blueberries, chili, cheesecake, gingerbread and more. The fair runs 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 31 through August 8 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. August 9 at the Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road in Augusta. Admission $13; children $6; children under 6 free; seniors $9; njstatefair.org

AUGUST

1-Sept. 27 - It may not be in New Jersey, but the New York Renaissance Faire draws a fair (geddit??) number of visitors from across the border. Perhaps it's for the pork chop on a stick, or maybe the dulcet tones of the hammered dulcimer. Shop for pirate clothing, frolic with the "fairy folk," listen to some tales from a wench or take in the ballads of a singing gravedigger. The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day at 600 Route 17A in Tuxedo Park, N.Y.; renfair.com/ny

1-2 - Mercer County's 4-H Fair is set at the Howell Living History Farm. There will be a small-animal show, cow milking, goat and sheep shows along with hayrides and demonstrations. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at 70 Woodens Lane in Lambertville; howellfarm.org

3-9 - The Middlesex County Fair has 4-H displays, rides, racing pigs, an acrobat show and the Barnyard Express farm animal show. The fair runs 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday at 655 Cranbury Road in East Brunswick. Admission $7; $4 for seniors and $1 for children ages 3 to 12 (ride tickets are extra); middlesexcountyfair.com

4-7 - The Salem County Fair is another fair with a skillet-throwing contest, in addition to a horse show, tractor pulls, 4-H miniature horse and poultry shows. The fair is at the Salem County Fairgrounds, 735 Harding Highway/Route 40 in Woodstown. Admission is a single $5 parking fee; check updates at salemcountyfair.com for times.

6-8 - Atlantic County's 4-H Fair has farm animals and rides as well as smaller pets, tractor exhibits, a model railroad and robotics display. at the David C. Wood 4-H Fairgrounds, 3210 Route 50, Egg Harbor City; rutgers-atlantic.org/4-H/fair.asp

8-10 - Navesink Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 hosts its 127th Fireman's Fair -- the group calls the event the oldest of its kind in the state. There will be rides, a cannonball train, raffle, auction and seafood. Monmouth Avenue in Navesink. The kitchen opens at 6 p.m. each night; navesinkfire.org

Rob Flory walks two oxen at the 2014 Mercer County 4-H Fair at Howell Living History Farm. The fair returns August 1 and 2. (Mary Iuvone/For The Times of Trenton)

12-14 - Somerset County 4-H Fair has livestock, horse and dog shows as well as alpacas, an animal petting area, line-dancing, model trains and airplanes and Somerset County 4-H Fair - 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at North Branch Park, 355 Milltown Road in Bridgewater. Admission free; 4histops.org

19-23 - Hunterdon County's 4-H and Agricultural Fair has exhibits ranging from canning to creative writing, a horseless horse show for kids and a fireworks display at 9 p.m. on August 21. The fair runs 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. from Wednesday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at South County Park off Route 179 in Ringoes (physical address: 1207 Route 179 in Lambertville). Free admission, ride wristbands cost more; $10 parking; co.hunterdon.nj.us/4hagfair.htm

28 to Sept. 5 - At the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair, kids can take a ride on a fire truck. There are also rides like the Zipper and Wipeout and a merry-go-round; 6 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday (closed Sunday) at 645 River Road in Fair Haven; fhfd.org/firemansfair.html

SEPTEMBER

5-6 - The Indo-American Fair returns to Mercer County Park with Indian food, dance and children's rides. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 1638 Old Trenton Road in West Windsor. Rain date Sept. 7; indoamericanfair.com

Depti Desai, a henna artist from Edison, applies a design at the 2014 Indo-American Fair at Mercer County Park. The 2015 fair is on Sept. 5 and 6. (Mary Iuvone/For The Times of Trenton)

19-20 - The Lakewood Renaissance Faire keeps the spirit of ye old culture (turkey legs and funnel cake) going at Pine Park, 500 Country Club Drive in Lakewood; Admission $10; children $2; lakewoodrenfair.com

19-20 - The Camden County Fair has carnival rides, pony rides and 4-H animal exhibitsnd animal exhibits. The fair runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at Camden County College, 200 College Drive in Blackwood. Admission free; camdencounty.com/calendar/2015-09

19-20 - The Bergen County 4-H and Master Gardener Fair also rounds out the summer with animal exhibits, garden demonstrations, rides and food. Overpeck County Park, 40 Fort Lee Road in Leonia. Free admission.

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