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Several of California’s favorite fairs happen in July. Among them are the big California State Fair in Sacramento, the OC Fair in Costa Mesa and the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles where it has been known to get freakin’ hot some years.<\/p>\n
Other top contenders include Ventura County Fair (right next to the Pacific Ocean’s cool breeze,) Santa Barbara County Fair in beloved Santa Maria, Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock, Amador County Fair in Plymouth and Lassen County Fair in Susanville. How lucky we Californians are to enjoy so many great events in a single month!<\/p>\n
We dedicated over an hour to compare two we’ve attended in the past:<\/p>\n
California State Fair & Exposition in Sacramento<\/a><\/p>\n Animals: All you want! Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa<\/a><\/p>\n Animals: Plenty, lots of wow for city folks! Here’s a fun book review<\/a> of a special tribute to the OC Fair!<\/p>\n Several of California’s favorite fairs happen in July. Among them are the big California State Fair in Sacramento, the OC Fair in Costa Mesa and the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles where it has been known to get freakin’ hot some years. Other top contenders include Ventura County Fair (right next to the Pacific Ocean’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26105,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26104\/revisions\/26105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBeer Festival – yes
\nFood Sampling – lots of Made in California goodies
\nConcerts: Marshall Tucker Band, Martina McBride and many tributes
\nSports: Horse racing, extreme, moto, collision, rodeo, etc.<\/p>\n
\nBeer Festival – yes
\nWine tasting – yes
\nConcerts: Styx, Ziggy Marley, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo,\u00a0Melissa Etheridge, Dwight Yoakam, Kool & The Gang…
\nSports: Extreme, moto, collision, rodeo, etc.<\/p>\nJuly Fairs\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n
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