The OC Fair opens today, July 14, at 11 a.m., kicking off 23 days of feeding your adrenaline with thrill rides, hoping to beat the odds and win that giant stuffed animal and trying food combos that shouldn’t really exist, but taste good at the fair.
Tickets must be purchased ahead online at ocfair.com. Daily attendance is capped at 45,000 people and may sell out on popular days.
Headed to the fair this week? Here are some things to know:
General information:
- Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and 11 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
- General admission is $13 on Wednesdays and Thursdays and $15 on Fridays and weekends; tickets are $9 every day for children 6-12 and seniors 60 and older.
- Parking is $12
- Use Gate 1 on Fair Drive, which is the main gate, for Uber/Lyft/taxi drop-off and pickup
Things to do:
- Cheer on the All-Alaskan Racing Pigs; races start every hour and a half beginning at 2 p.m. on weekdays and 12:30 p.m. on weekends in the Plaza Pacifica. The last race is 8 p.m. everyday.
- Check out the mouth-watering cakes, cookies and other confections entered into the fair’s annual competitions.
- Tour the Art of Music Experience, a large exhibit in the Huntington Beach Building showcasing hand-painted reproductions of album covers, legendary musicians, neon signs and displays.
- Catch the Magic of Frank Thurston at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. daily on the OC Promenade Stage.
- Enjoy live, free entertainment throughout the day at the Plaza Stage, Meadows Stage and OC Promenade Stage.
In the Action Sports Arena (requires a ticket purchased in advance, but includes fair admission):
- July 14: OC Brew Hee Haw, at 7 p.m.
- July 15: OC Brew Hee Haw, at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.
- July 16: Closed
Playing at the Hangar (requires a ticket purchased in advance, but includes fair admission):
- July 14: Devotional, The Depeche Mode Tribute, at 8:15 p.m.
- July 15: Don’t Look Back, The Boston Experience, at 8:15 p.m.
- July 16: Sweet Home Alabama, A Tribute…
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