Orange County Fair schedule of events
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Fair hours: 10 a.m. to midnight
Fair location: Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
Parking: $5. Buses park free.
Tickets: $7 for ages 13 to 54, $6 seniors 55 and older and $3 for
children 6 to 12. Children 5 and younger get in free.
Information: (714) 708-1928 or https://www.ocfair.com
All Day
* Newborn animals -- Livestock Area/Maternity Barn
* Oxen, breeding beef and pygmy goats -- Livestock Area
* Small animals -- Livestock Area/Small Animal Tent
* Crops and animals -- Centennial Farm
* Orange crate label display -- Collections Building
* Dale Earnhardt tribute -- Collections Building
* Chinese lion dancers -- Youth Building
* Weavers and spinners, fiber arts guild and polymer clay guild --
Home and Hobbies Stage
* Woodworkers demonstrations -- Visual Arts Building
* China painters demonstrations -- Visual Arts Building
9:30 a.m.
* Market rabbit pens judging -- Livestock Area/Small Animal Tent
10 a.m.
* Junior rabbits judging -- Livestock/Small Animal Tent
* Junior pygmy goats judging -- Livestock Arena
* Lime Light Dance Party -- Kids Park Stage
* Clown Patrol (until 8 p.m.) -- Main Gate
10:30 a.m.
* Billy Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage
11 a.m.
* Melinda Lee of KFI-AM (640) (until 3 p.m.) -- Home & Hobbies Stage
* Sign Language Choir -- Heritage Stage
* Betty’s Performing Arts Studio -- Meadows Stage
* Chinese Lion Dancers -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Brad French, juggler -- Sun Stage
* Picasso’s Place Art Center (until 7 p.m.) -- Kids Park
* Great American Petting Zoo and Education Show -- Green Gate Petting
Zoo
11:30 a.m.
* Billy Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage
* Orange County Fair Circus Fun Revue -- Kids Park
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
Noon
* Orange Blossom Cloggers -- Heritage Stage
* CA Elite All-Star Cheerleading -- Meadows Stage
* Fred Gunderman talks about mycorrhizae -- Grass Roots Stage (Floral
Pavilion)
* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds
12:30 p.m.
* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village
* Bill Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage
1 p.m.
* Folklorico Xcaret -- Heritage Stage
* Royal T Square Dancers -- Meadows Stage
* Chinese Lion Dancers -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Open pygmy goat judging -- Livestock Arena
* Don Knipp talks about how to make your grass make more oxygen --
Grass Roots Stage (Floral Pavilion)
* Twist ‘N’ Bend Limbo -- Kids Park Stage
* Brad French, juggler -- Sun Stage
* Great American Petting Zoo and Education Show -- Green Gate Petting
Zoo
* Maureen W. Puppet (until 6 p.m.) -- Grounds
1:30 p.m.
* Ceramics demonstration -- Crafters Village
* Billy Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds
* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
2 p.m.
* Southland Ballet -- Heritage Stage
* King’s Kung Fu Assn. -- Meadows Stage
* Sign Language Choir -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Stuart Span of Roger’s Gardens talks about roses -- Grass Roots
Stage (Floral Pavilion)
* Squeeze Please contest -- Kids Park Stage
* Wine demonstration -- Wine Courtyard
* All-American Boys Chorus -- Sun Stage
* Traveling Game Show (until 7 p.m.) -- Grounds
* Brad French, juggler -- Grounds
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
2:30 p.m.
* Russell Brothers Circus -- Green Gate
* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds
* Doggies of the Wild West -- Newport Arena
3 p.m.
* Folklorico “De Colores” -- Heritage Stage
* Rustlers Square Dancers -- Meadows Stage
* Something Special -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Milking demonstrations -- Millennium Barn
* Juggler -- Kids Park Stage
* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage
* Brad French, juggler -- Kids Park
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds
3:30 p.m.
* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village
* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage
* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
4 p.m.
* Just For Tonight, barbershop music -- Heritage Stage
* Apadana’s Dance Company -- Meadows Stage
* Grandma’s Cookie Jar Contest -- Home & Hobbies Stage
* Betty’s Performing Arts (keyboards) -- Celebration Stage (Youth
Building)
* Sweet ‘N’ Sour Lemonade Drinking -- Kids Park Stage
* Wine demonstration -- Wine Courtyard
* Walter Colvin, pianist (until 9 p.m.) -- Courtyard Stage
* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage
* Great American Petting Zoo and Education Show -- Green Gate Petting
Zoo
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
4:30 p.m.
* Ceramics demonstration -- Crafters Village
* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage
* Russell Brothers Circus -- Green Gate
* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds
* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds
* Doggies of the Wild West -- Newport Arena
5 p.m.
* Lokelani’s Rhythm of the Islands -- Heritage Stage
* Eclectic String Band -- Meadows Stage
* Jessica Salinaz, vocalist -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Milking demonstration -- Millennium Barn
* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage
* Vanguard Pacemakers (until 8 p.m.) -- Blues and Brews
5:30 p.m.
* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage
* Orange County Circus Fun Revue -- Kids Park
* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
6 p.m.
* Something Special -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Gems and minerals identification by Santiago Canyon College (until 9
p.m.) -- Collections Building
* Doggies of the Wild West -- Newport Arena
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
* Lab anti-mall concert series -- Sun Stage
6:30 p.m.
* Twister nightly contest -- Heritage Stage
* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village
* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds
7 p.m.
* Milking demonstration -- Millennium Barn
* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist -- Meadows Stage
* Russell Brothers Circus -- Green Gate
7:30 p.m.
* Ceramics demonstration -- Crafters Village
* Dave McKelvy Trio -- Heritage Stage
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
8 p.m.
* Yesterday -- Arlington Theater
* Oxen team presentation -- Livestock Arena
* Groove Therapy -- Meadows Stage
* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds
* Speedway Fair Derby -- Grandstand Arena
* Sunchild -- Sun Stage
* The Terry Hanck Band (until 11 p.m.) -- Blues and Brews
8:30 p.m.
* Billy’s Brass Band -- Heritage Stage
9 p.m.
* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist -- Meadows Stage
* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
9:30 p.m.
* Dave McKelvy Trio -- Heritage Stage
* Sunchild -- Sun Stage
10 p.m.
* Groove Therapy -- Meadows Stage
10:30 p.m.
* Billy’s Brass Band -- Heritage Stage
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