Orange County Fair 2023

July 14-August 13, 2023  "Happy Together"

open Wednesday-Sunday, ocfair.com

88 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa, CA
ocfair.com

Open Wed-Fri 12 p.m.-12 a.m.
Open Sat-Sun 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Closed: Mondays & Tuesdays

Fair attendance is being limited this year and tickets much be pre-purchased online at ocfair.com | Admission: $12-15, $9 ages 60+ and 6-12 years
Free ages 5 & under

$12 parking

Pacific Amphitheatre Concerts

2023 OC Fair Summer Concerts on The Stage At Pacific Amphitheatre require concert tickets sold on Ticketmaster - Special tickets required!

• Sunday, July 16, 2023 Happy Together Tour - An Outrageous Concert!
• Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Smokey Robinson
• Thursday, July 20, 2023 Dwight Yoakam + Asleep At The Wheel
• Friday, July 21, 2023 Yung Gravy + Bbno$
• Saturday, July 22, 2023 Midland + Logan Crosby
• Sunday, July 23, 2023 Gerardo Ortiz + Los Farmerz
• Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Ramon Ayala + Fidel Rueda
• Thursday, July 27, 2023 Styx
• Friday, July 28, 2023 George Thorogood and The Destroyers + The Robert Cray Band
• Saturday, July 29, 2023 Sweet & Tender Hooligans + The Cured + The Happy Haus
• Sunday, July 30, 2023 -X- + The English Beat + Save Ferris
• Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Ajr + Em Beihold
• Thursday, August 3, 2023 Ziggy Marley + Wailing Souls
• Friday, August 4, 2023 Ne-Yo + Robin Thicke + Mario
• Saturday, August 5, 2023 The Fab Four Plays The Beatles' #1 Hits
• Sunday, August 6, 2023 War + The Rascals + The Family Stone
• Special Show, Fair Admission Not Included: Monday, August 7, 2023 Cheap Trick + The Tubes
• Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Beck + Phoenix
• Thursday, August 10, 2023 Jeff Dunham
• August 11, 12, 13, 2023 Rebelution + Iration + The Expendables + Passafire
• Friday, August 18, 2023 Los Tucanes De Tijuana + La Original Banda El Limon
• Sunday, August 20, 2023 Chicago
• Sunday, August 27, 2023 Gabriel Iglesias

Hangar Concerts

Special ticket required, sold on Ticketmaster  (some of these tribute bands perform at free summer concerts throughout California but the fair is charging to see them.)

• July 16, 2023 Sweet Home Alabama A Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd
• July 19, 2023 24K Magic #1 Bruno Mars Tribute
• July 20, 2023 Ticket to the Moon Electric Light Orchestra Tribute
• July 21, 2023 Twisted Gypsy Fleetwood Mac With A Twist
• July 22, 2023 Which One's Pink? A Tribute to the Music of Pink Floyd
• July 23, 2023 The Beatles vs The Stones Sgt Pepper and Jumping Jack Flash
• July 26, 2023 Dead Man's Party The Oingo Boingo Tribute
• July 27, 2023 Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers The Tribute to ZZ Top
• July 28, 2023 Damage Inc SoCal's Tribute to Metallica
• July 29, 2023 Start Making Sense The Talking Heads Tribute
• July 30, 2023 Which One's Pink? A Tribute to the Music of Pink Floyd
• August 2, 2023 Queen Nation A Tribute to the Music of Queen
• August 3, 2023 Queen Nation A Tribute to the Music of Queen
• August 4, 2023 Red Corvette A Prince Tribute
• August 5, 2023 Yachty By Nature Captains of Smooth Yacht Rock!
• August 6, 2023 Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez
• August 9, 2023 Wild Child A Celebration of Jim Morrison
• August 10, 2023 Elton: The Early Years A Tribute to Early Elton John
• August 11, 2023 Journey Unauthorized America's #1 Tribute to Journey
• August 12, 2023 Zeppelin Live America’s #1 Tribute to Led Zeppelin
• August 13, 2023 Spencer Sutherland DOUBLECAMP

Special Events

• July 22, 2023, 10 a.m. Junior Livestock Auction
• Aug. 6, 2023, 8 a.m. OC Fair Fun Run 5K
• The Courtyard Wine Seminars. Adults can taste Gold, Silver & Bronze wines. $30 each Seminar  does not include OC Fair admission. Dates:  July 22, 23, 29, 30, 2023 + August 5, 6, 12, 13, 2023

Sports

Monster Truck Nitro Tour Tuff Trucks | Motorhome Madness Demolition Derby | Orange Crush Demolition Derby | Damsels of Destruction Demolition Derby | Extreme Rodeo | Broncs & Bulls Rodeo | Fiesta del Charro | Costa Mesa Speedway X-Treme Freestyle Moto-X | Costa Mesa Speedway Speedway Fair Derby |

Livestock, Animals

All-Alaskan Racing Pigs 
Oasis Camel Dairy
Great American Petting Farm
Goats, sheep, chickens, miniature donkeys, rabbit, llamas, turkeys, ducks, rabbits, hogs, horses, cows and more
OC Beekeepers

Specialty Contests

• Visual Arts - Photography, Fine Arts, Woodworking
• Home Arts & Hobbies - Collections, Hand Crafts, Jewelry, Fiber, Table Settings, Quilt Blocks, Knitted & Crocheted Caps
  Table Settings
• Horticulture - Fruits & Vegetables, Cut Flowers, Floral Arrangements, Container Plants, Pressed Botanicals
• Livestock - Market Shows, Breeding Shows, Junior Livestock Competitions
• Culinary Arts - Cookies, Bars & Brownies, Preserved Food & Liqueur, Sugar Arts and Confections, Pies and Cheesecake, Yeast and Quick Breads, Honey
• Wine - Commercial, Home
•  Youth Competitions  - Collections, Photography, Drawing & Painting, Poster Art, Legos, Sculptures, Food

 

Costa Mesa, California -- Orange County Fair is held annually in Costa Mesa at the Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, Ca 0cfair.com

Orange County Fair is like Home Sweet Home. What a wonderful time to celebrate the comforts of home -- food, music and entertainment all focused on the domestic side of life, mixed with wild rides, crazy foods, and extreme fun.

The event has over a month's run and features lots of urban and tons of farm. Pigs, sheep, goats, huge livestock such as cattle, chicks, and many farm-bred creatures compete and are on display. Read A Fair Review from Craig MacDonald to get a real look & feel of the OC Fair!

In addition, a huge arts & crafts building features contests in all sorts of things from photography to cake decorating. Culinary adventures have become of increasing interest in recent years and the standard Mom's Apple Pie has moved over for gourmet cupcakes and other delightful confections.

The fairway includes the latest carnival rides, game booths, and live entertainment, which ranges from local kids' dance groups to more mainstream bands.

In addition the food is the real stand-out at the fair. This is like one jumbo hotdog and coke fest with the latest foods to catch attention. There's always lots of smoky grills to capture your nose and get you to buy. BBQ beef, roasted corn and the monster sausages and dogs are but a few things offered.

Funnel cakes, ice drinks, ice cream, whipped cream toppings, candy, fried, sizzled, grilled, and cooked in oil--these are some ways you'll see food and its preparations. Food accounts for the largest expenditure for most visitors to the fair. They search your backpacks and purses, and they don't allow guests to bring in their own water bottles.