The Hardwick Community Fair, billed as "The Oldest Agricultural Fair in the United States," is held each year on the Hardwick Town Common and celebrates its 264th year in 2026. Admission and parking are both free. The two-day program pairs juried agricultural and creative exhibits — cattle, eggs, field crops, flowers, fruits and vegetables, home baking and canning, fabric arts, photography, art, crafts, a homebrew contest, a Lego contest and a scarecrow contest — with heritage demonstrations in blacksmithing, pottery, timber framing and stone cutting. Signature events include a lumberjack contest, an antique tractor and implement parade, tractor pulls, a children's parade and games, frog-jumping and horseshoe contests, a road race and mountain bike ride, hay rides, a Kids' Adventure Trail and the closing auction of exhibits. Food trucks, a Tri-Parish Church baked potato bar, the Farmers Guild Burger Bash and a Fieldcrest Brewing beer garden feed the crowd, with live music from The Otters and an evening contra dance in the Town House.