California Travel Tips
Fair Enough?
Published on: August 18, 2018
It’s time to get moo-ving. There are only 10 more weeks and 20-some county fairs to see in California. Orange County, the state’s second-largest fair by attendance behind only the San Diego County Fair, closed out its 2018 season with a record 1,470,636 guests.
OC Fair Vendors sold:
- 1,000 pounds of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
- 2,000 pounds of bacon-wrapped pork belly
- One orchard of lemons
- Cathy’s Cookies baked 300,000 chocolate chip cookies
- 400,000 pieces of bacon at Bacon-A-Fair
- 9,700 ears of corn, 3,112 cups of corn, 21,000 beef brisket sandwiches, 7,784 blooming onions, 11,000 pounds of pork ribs and 12,000 pounds of waffle fries at Chuckwagon BBQ
See California Fairs
- WOODLAND: Yolo County Fair August 15-19
- CEDARVILLE: Modoc District Fair August 16-19
- LANCASTER: Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival August 17-26
- GRIDLEY: Butte County Fair August 23-26
- FERNDALE: Humboldt County Fair August 16-26
- MONTEREY: Monterey County Fair August 30-September 3
- LAKEPORT: Lake County Fair August 30-September 2
- McARTHUR: Shasta Inter-Mountain Fair August 30-September 3
- BISHOP: Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair August 30-September 2
- MARIPOSA: Mariposa County Fair & Homecoming August 31-September 3
- POMONA: Los Angeles County Fair August 31-September 23
- AUBURN: Gold Country Fair September 6-9
- MADERA: Madera County Fair September 6-9
- TULELAKE: Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair September 6-9
- TULARE: Tulare County Fair September 12-16
- WATSONVILLE: Santa Cruz County Fair September 12-16
- LODI: Lodi Grape Fair & Harvest September 13-16
- BOONVILLE: Mendocino County Fair & Apple Show September 14-16
- BAKERSFIELD: Kern County Fair September 19-30
- GRASS VALLEY: Draft Horse Classic & Harvest Fair September 20-23
- TRES PINOS: San Benito County Fair October 4-7
- PERRIS: Southern California Fair October 6-14
- SANTA ROSA: Sonoma County Harvest Fair October 5-7
- DALY CITY: Grand National Rodeo October 11-20
- FRESNO: Big Fresno Fair October 3-14
- RIDGECREST: Desert Empire Fair October 19-21
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