Where can you snack on a fried Oreo, then climb into a seat and be shaken and spun around for a good five to 10 minutes before feeding a goat? The fair, that's where.

In New Jersey, fairs are beginning to gear up for the summer season. Whether you appreciate the animals and agriculture at a traditional 4-H fair, like to gnaw away at a turkey leg while taking in a jousting show or prefer carnival rides and games of chance, the state is home to fairs large and small. Here's a rundown of the fair and carnival schedule for summer 2016 -- just click through the counties below.

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ATLANTIC COUNTY | BERGEN COUNTY | BURLINGTON COUNTY | CAMDEN COUNTY | CAPE MAY COUNTY | CUMBERLAND COUNTY | ESSEX COUNTY | GLOUCESTER COUNTY | HUDSON COUNTY | HUNTERDON COUNTY | MERCER COUNTY | MIDDLESEX COUNTY | MONMOUTH COUNTY | MORRIS COUNTY | OCEAN COUNTY | PASSAIC COUNTY | SALEM COUNTY | SOMERSET COUNTY | SUSSEX COUNTY | UNION COUNTY | WARREN COUNTY

ATLANTIC COUNTY

The 2016 Atlantic County 4-H Fair runs from August 11 to 13 at the David C. Wood 4-H Fairgrounds. Exhibits include animals, vegetables, fruits, flowers, woodworking, baked goods and arts and crafts;

BERGEN COUNTY

State Fair Meadowlands celebrates its 30th anniversary from June 23 to July 10 at 1 Metlife Stadium Drive in East Rutherford. In addition to rides, pig races, a petting zoo and hypnotist performances, there will be live music performances each night starting with Paramus glam metal band Trixter and continuing with Paterson R&B group Riff and Wyckoff's "American Idol" contestant Constantine Maroulis. Fireworks come to the fair on July 3 and 4;

Guardian Angel Roman Catholic Church in Allendale hosts its annual parish carnival from June 1 to 4;

BURLINGTON COUNTY

Burlington County Farm Fair is July 19 through 24 in Springfield Township. There will be a dog club exhibition, "hot dog," pig and goat races, a milking competition, children's scavenger hunt, scarecrow display, bubble ball games, tractor pull, egg-to-chick hatching, garden tractor parade and a clown;

The New Jersey Renaissance Faire will bring ye olde villlage of Crossford to life with witches, knights and lords at Liberty Lake Camp in Bordentown on May 28 and 29 as well as June 4, 5, 11 and 12;

The Stars & Stripes Livestock Show, also called the Livestock Agricultural Fair, will be at Burlington County Community Agricultural Center in Moorestown on June 26. Watch animal competition, agricultural exhibits and youth livestock shows for beef and dairy cattle, dairy goats, sheep, poultry and waterfowl;

St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Cinnaminson will host a carnival from June 13 to 18 with food including kielbasa and pierogi, cheesesteaks and hoagies, raffles and entertainment;

CAMDEN COUNTY

The Camden County Fair is Sept. 17 and 18 at Camden County College in Blackwood with 4-H animal shows, music, vendors and pony rides;

The Church of St. Andrew the Apostle in Gibbsboro will have a carnival from June 8 to 11;

CAPE MAY COUNTY

The 2016 Cape May County 4-H Fair runs from July 21 to 23 at the fairgrounds in Cape May Court House, with club member exhibits, games and a nightly chicken barbecue;

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

The Cumberland County Fair is billed as New Jersey's oldest fair. Its roots stretch back to the 1600s. The fair returns from July 5 through 9 in Millville with 4-H animal shows, rides, vendors and a gameshow;

ESSEX COUNTY

The West Orange Street Fair on June 4, while not a carnival, will have a bounce house, vendors, beer and sangria garden, food trucks and crafters along with a classic car show and live music on Main Street;

GLOUCESTER COUNTY

The 2016 Gloucester County 4-H Fair is from July 28 to 31 at the 4-H fairgrounds in Mullica Hill, with a petting zoo, animal shows, pony rides and live music. See the New Jersey Peach Queen crowned and eat some peach ice cream at the New Jersey Peach Festival. There will also be nightly barbecues;

HUDSON COUNTY

Jersey City's All About Downtown Street Fair on Sept. 17 may not have rides, but there will be vendors and food trucks on Newark Avenue between Grove Street and Jersey Avenue;

The Jersey City Freedom and Fireworks Festival on July 4 at Liberty State Park will have carnival rides, live music and food;

HUNTERDON COUNTY

The Califon Fire Company Carnival, which runs from July 4 to 9, will have rides and fireworks;

The 2016 Hunterdon County 4-H and Agricultural Fair will run from August 24 to 28 at South County Park in Lambertville with an alpaca agility demonstration, sheep show, bake-off and horticultural, frozen food and confection-decorating exhibits;

MERCER COUNTY

St. Gregory the Great Parish in Hamilton Square hosts its Family Carnival from June 20 to 25 with rides, fireworks, food and 50/50 drawing;

The Indo-American Fair comes to Mercer County Park in West Windsor on Sept. 3 and 4 with live music, vendors and plenty of South Asian culture;

The 98th Mercer County 4-H Fair will be at Howell Living History Farm in Lambertville on July 30 and 31. There will be 4-H animal shows, milking demonstrations, hay and pony rides, homemade ice cream and garden and wildlife displays;

MIDDLESEX COUNTY

The Middlesex County Fair runs August 1 to 7 at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick with a "king and queen" contest for children, live music, 4-H animal displays, clogging and home arts competitions for crocheting, art, flowers, baked goods, vegetables and woodworking;

St. Ambrose Parish Carnival in Old Bridge, which runs July 19 to 23, will have food, entertainment and rides;

St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Sayreville hosts a carnival from June 22 to 25 with a beer garden, rides, rib pit, games of chance, live music and 50/50 raffle;

MONMOUTH COUNTY

The Fair Haven Fireman's Fair is August 26 to Sept. 3 at the firehouse grounds on River Road; check

The Freedom Fest State Fair comes to the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown from July 13 to 17 with carnival rides, food, racing pigs, a magic show, live music, a hypnotist and petting farm;

The L.E.A.D. Carnival comes to Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township from May 19 to 30 with rides, food and games;

The Manasquan Fireman's Fair runs from July 26 to 30 on Potter Avenue with rides, food, beer and music;

The Monmouth County Fair enters its 42nd year from July 27 to 31 with vendors, rides, pig races, animal shows and live music at East Freehold Showgrounds in Freehold;

The Oceanport Lions' Club hosts its Strawberry Fair at Monmouth Park in Oceanport from June 1 to 5 with rides, animals, games and food;

St. Rose of Lima Church in Freehold hosts a parish carnival from June 14 to 18 with games, rides, food, live entertainment and 50/50 raffle;

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

MORRIS COUNTY

The Boonton Labor Day Weekend Carnival, which has live music, a parade and rides, starts just before Labor Day Weekend in September; visit the

The 2016 Morris County 4-H Fair is at Chubb Park in Chester from July 20 to 24, with animal shows, live music, rides, petting zoos and watermelon-eating, cake-decorating contests;

Holy Spirit School in Pequannock hosts a carnival from June 7 to 11;

Jefferson Township Schools hosts a carnival from May 18 through 22;

Montville Township's 4th of July Carnival is from June 30 to July 2, with rides, parade, music, food and fireworks;

The Mount Olive Carnival runs from July 6 to 10 at Turkey Brook Park in Budd Lake, with rides, food, fireworks, vendors and live music;

The Tri-County Fair at Christ Church in Rockaway runs from June 16 to 19 with rides, a classic and custom car show, Friday fireworks, stunt show and live music;

OCEAN COUNTY

The 2016 Ocean County Fair will be at Robert J. Miller Air Park in Berkeley Township from July 13 to 17, with 4-H animal displays, bull riding, horse shows, rides, vendors, "Ocean County's Got Talent" and live entertainment;

The Lakewood Lions Renaissance Faire comes to Pine Park in Lakewood on Sept. 17 and 18 with a royal procession, king and queen competition, hand-to-hand combat, fencing, magic, dance and jousting;

St. Mary's Parish hosts a carnival in Manahawkin from July 12 to 17 with food, rides, raffles, live music and a clown;

The Knights of Noble Cause get ready for battle to see who will win the title of the greatest knight of all the realm at the New Jersey Renaissance Faire in Bordentown. (William Perlman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

PASSAIC COUNTY

Passaic County Fair, which runs from August 18 to 21 at Garret Mountain Reservation in Woodland Park, will have music, dance, vendors and rides;

SALEM COUNTY

The 2016 Salem County Fair, a long-running local event that started in 1959, comes to Salem County Fairgrounds from August 9 to 12 with a horse show, pig races, poultry show and pony rides;

SOMERSET COUNTY

The Somerset County 4-H Fair runs from August 10 to 12 at North Branch Park in Bridgewater. This is a traditional 4-H fair, sans carnival rides, with horse, livestock and dog shows as well as animal petting areas, science and arts tents, model trains, rocks, go-karts and twirling;

SUSSEX COUNTY

The Franklin Borough Carnival at Franklin Pond Recreation Area runs from July 7 to 10 with food, rides, vendors and fireworks; see

The New Jersey State Fair, also called the Sussex County Farm & Horse Show, will be at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta from August 5 to 14. See the horse show or visit the agriculture area to watch cow-milking and take in livestock shows. There will also be a Queen of the Fair pageant, Polish night, Sussex County's Got Talent, demolition derby, racing pigs and a carnival with rides;

Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Sparta hosts a carnival from June 22 to 25;

UNION COUNTY

Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church in New Providence hosts its Country Fair from May 18 to 21 with rides, games and 50/50;

WARREN COUNTY

The Warren County Farmers' Fair runs from July 30 to August 6 in Phillipsburg alongside the Hot Air Balloon Festival, which will offer balloon rides, tethered rides and launches. There will also be a demolition derby, diesel truck pull, hay bale-rolling contest and ATV mud bogging;

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