The Farm Games — Charlotte 2026

The Farm Games is a one-day fitness competition held on the working farm where the series started, pitting 60–80 regional athletes against farm-inspired tests of strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness. The field is drawn from CrossFit, strongman, endurance, bodybuilding and hybrid-fitness backgrounds rather than from a single discipline.

The day runs in two parts. Every competitor takes on The Round Up, a series of demanding farm-inspired challenges; the top finishers then advance to The Barn Burner, a farm-themed sprint obstacle course that decides the overall champions. Previous editions have run sandbag carries, loaded log drags and tire work on grass, turf and gravel across the property, with spectators on site through the day.

Entry is by application and selection rather than open sale. Athletes submit a form covering their training background, fitness discipline and a short video of their training, and the organizers choose the field. No entry fee is published.

Charlotte closes the 2026 Farm Games regional series, after stops at Lone Star Ranch in Austin, Copperline Ranch in Nashville and the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in Denver. The venue is Carolina Fitness Farm itself, at 2354 Vineyard Road in Fort Mill, South Carolina — roughly twenty minutes south of uptown Charlotte, over the state line.