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 o7 https://www.ocfair.com
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All Day
* Newborn animals -- Livestock Area/Maternity Barn
* Oxen and market animals -- 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
* Quilter’s guild, tole painter’s guild and Orange County woodworkers
-- Home & Hobbies Stage
* Woodworkers and China painters demonstrations -- Visual Arts
Building
9:30 a.m.
* Junior livestock auction (special event, enter through gate 10) --
Livestock Arena
10 a.m.
* 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.
* Groupo Atzalan -- Heritage Stage
* Southern California Tae Kwon Do Academy -- Meadows Stage
* 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.
* Orange County Fair Circus Fun Revue -- Kids Park
* All-American Boys Chorus -- Sun Stage
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
Noon
* Dance Street Dancers -- Heritage Stage
* Boys & Berries Square Dancers -- Meadows Stage
* Fred Gunderman of Plant Revolution talks about mycorrhizae -- Grass
Roots Stage (Floral Pavilion)
* Craft demonstration -- Home & Hobbies Stage
* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds
12:30 p.m.
* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village
* Billy Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage
1 p.m.
* Las Estrellas Ballet -- Heritage Stage
* Dance Network -- Meadows Stage
* John Frawley, magician -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Stuart Span from Roger’s Gardens talks about roses -- Grass Roots
Stage (Floral Pavilion)
* Twist ‘n’ Bend Limbo -- Kids Park Stage
* Orange Grove Quilt Guild demonstration -- Home & Hobbies 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
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
2 p.m.
* Sixteen Plus -- Heritage Stage
* Orange Coast Lariats -- Meadows Stage
* Malorie Bryant, vocalist -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Ron Vanderhoff of Roger’s Gardens talks about new plants -- Grass
Roots Stage (Floral Pavilion)
* Orange sherbet ice cream eating contest -- Kids Park Stage
* Tole painter’s guild demonstration -- Home & Hobbies Stage
* Wine demonstration -- Wine Courtyard
* All-American Boys Chorus -- Sun Stage
* Traveling Game Show (until 7 p.m.) -- Grounds
* Brad French, juggling -- Grounds
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
2:30 p.m.
* Russell Brothers Circus -- Green Gate
* Doggies of the Wild West -- Newport Arena
3 p.m.
* Dancers in Motion -- Heritage Stage
* Georgia’s Good Time Steppers -- Meadows Stage
* John Frawley, magic -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Milking demonstration -- Millennium Barn
* Magic show -- Kids Park Stage
* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage
* Frank Thurston, magician -- Kids Park
* Brad French, juggling -- Grounds
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds
3:30 p.m.
* Florida’s Natural Contest -- Home & Hobbies Stage
* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village
* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
4 p.m.
* Memories Swing Team -- Heritage Stage
* Diamonds of the Nile -- Meadows Stage
* Citrus-y Slimy Jell-O tossing contest -- Kids Park Stage
* Wine demonstration -- Wine Courtyard
* Walter Colvin, pianist (until 9 p.m.) -- Courtyard Stage
* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- 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
* Craft demonstration -- Home & Hobbies Stage
* Jonathan Wild, country music -- 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.
* Tupulasa Polynesian Dance Troupe -- Heritage Stage
* InnisFree Irish Band -- Meadows Stage
* Something Special -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)
* Milking Demonstration -- Millennium Barn
* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage
* Vanguard Pacemakers (until 8 p.m.) -- Blues and Brews
5:30 p.m.
* Orange County Fair Circus Fun Revue -- Kids Park
* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage
* 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
* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena
* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre
8 p.m.
* Gallagher -- Arlington Theater
* Oxen team presentation -- Livestock Arena
* Orange Crush Demolition Derby -- Grandstand Arena
* JD Hall Band -- Meadows Stage
* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds
* Sunchild -- Sun Stage
* The Terry Hanck Band (until 11 p.m.) -- Blues and Brews
8:30 p.m.
* John Peace 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.
* JD Hall Band -- Meadows Stage
10:30 p.m.
* John Peace Band -- Heritage Stage
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