Highlights at the O.C. Fair
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Opening-Day Hours: 10 a.m. to midnight
Opening Ceremonies at the Blue Gate: 10 a.m.
Join Chubby Checker for opening festivities. The first 109 adult visitors will be admitted free and are eligible to win prizes.
Kids Day: Children 12 and younger are admitted free.
Weekday Wristband: Buy a $10 wristband; it’s good for 10 rides. Wristbands
are sold until 8 p.m.; ride until midnight. Includes rides in the major and
kiddie midways. Bands are not transferable and do not include gate admission.
Additional information at https://www.ocfair.com
All-Day events
* Newborn Animals
* Oxen, Breeding Beef and Pygmy Goats on Display
* Small Animals on Display
* Variety of Crops and Animals on Display
* Orange Crate Label Display
* Dale Earnhardt Tribute
* Featured Exhibitor (Youth Building)
* Weavers and Spinners, Fiber Arts Guild and Polymer Clay Guild
* Woodworker and China Painters Demonstrations
10 a.m.
* Opening Ceremonies
* Rabbit Showmanship Judging
* Lime-Light Dance Party
* Clown Patrol (until 8 p.m.)
10:30 a.m.
* Billy Erickson--Country Music
11 a.m.
* Cabaret Performers
* Body and Soul Aerobics
* Brad French--That Juggling Guy
* Picasso’s Place Art Center (until 7 p.m.)
* Great American Petting Zoo/Education Show
11:30 a.m.
* Billy Erickson--Country Music
* Orange County Fair Circus Fun Revue
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
Noon
* Dance Center
* Pacific Performing Arts
* Weavers and Spinners Demonstrations
* Oxen Team Presentation
* Brad French--That Juggling Guy
* Magic of Frank Thurston
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band
12:30 p.m.
* Charlie Keeling Glassblowing Demonstration
* Billy Erickson--Country Music
1 p.m.
* Cabaret Performers
* Jackie Sorenson Aerobic Dance
* Something Special
* Open Breeding Beef Judging
* The Great Lemon Walk
* Fiber Arts Guild
* Brad French--That Juggling Guy
* Great American Petting Zoo/Education Show
* Maureen W. Puppet (until 6 p.m.)
1:30 p.m.
* Ceramics Demonstration
* Billy Erickson--Country Music
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band
* Magic of Frank Thurston
* Mad Science
2 p.m.
* The Colony of Performing Arts
* Pacific Performing Arts
* Something Special
* Cooking With Jan Mongell
* Jonathan Wild--A Little Bit Country
* Brad French--That Juggling Guy
* Traveling Game Show (until 7 p.m.)
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
2:30 p.m.
* Steve Lord--Singer/Guitarist
* Russell Brothers Circus
* Magic of Frank Thurston
* Doggies of the Wild West
3 p.m.
* Az One (a cappella)
* Beach Cities Stars
* Something Special
* Milking Demonstration
* The Fun Run
* Polymer Clay Guild Demo
* Jonathan Wild--A Little Bit Country
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band
3:30 p.m.
* Charlie Keeling Glassblowing Demonstration
* Steve Lord--Singer/Guitarist
* Magic of Frank Thurston
* Mad Science
4 p.m.
* The Colony of Performing Arts
* Ballet Folklorico “Sol de Mexico”
* Something Special
* Twistin’ Hula Hoops
* Craft Demonstration
* Walter Colvin--Pianist (until 9 p.m.)
* Jonathan Wild--A Little Bit Country
* Great American Petting Zoo/Education Show
* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
4:30 p.m.
* Steve Lord--Singer/Guitarist
* Russell Brothers Circus
* Magic of Frank Thurston
* Port City Washboard Wizards
* Doggies of the Wild West
* Ceramics Demonstration
5 p.m.
* Academy of Dance and American Pacific Ballet
* Rhythmo Mariachi Kids
* Something Special
* Milking Demonstration
* Jonathan Wild--A Little Bit Country
* Vanguard Pacemakers (until 8 p.m.)
5:30 p.m.
* Steve Lord--Singer/Guitarist
* Orange County Fair Circus Fun Revue
* Port City Washboard Wizards
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
6 p.m.
* Something Special
* Gems & Minerals Identification (until 9 p.m.)
* Oxen Team Presentation
* Doggies of the Wild West
* Mad Science
* LAB Anti-Mall Concert Series
6:30 p.m.
* Twister Nightly Contest
* Charlie Keeling Glassblower Demonstration
* Port City Washboard Wizards
7 p.m.
* Milking Demonstration
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
* Russell Brothers Circus
7:30 p.m.
* Ceramics Demonstration
* All-American Boys Chorus
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
* Mad Science
8 p.m.
* Chubby Checker
* Oxen Team Presentation
* Groove Therapy
* Port City Washboard Wizards
* Big Air Circus Races
* Sunchild
* The Terry Hanck Band (until 11 p.m.)
8:30 p.m.
* Billy’s Brass Band
9 p.m.
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
* Port City Washboard Wizards
* Mad Science
9:30 p.m.
* All-American Boys Chorus
* Sunchild
10 p.m.
* Groove Therapy
10:30 p.m.
* Billy’s Brass Band
SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
* 11 a.m.: Melinda Lee Cooking Show/KFI-AM--Live (until 3 p.m.)
* 2 p.m.: Southland Ballet
* 5 p.m.: Lokelani’s Rhythm of the Islands
* 8 p.m.: Yesterday in Concert
Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center
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