Yes, going to the Fair can be pricey, but you can also focus on free entertainment, which is going on constantly.

Since 2017, the Red Light Brass Band has been roving around the OC Fair daily, creating a bit of a street party whenever they ...

Here is what you need to know to park, pay and get inside: The 23-day OC Fair kicks off July 18 and continues through Aug. 17; it is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Notably, in July, the twins' father, Diddy, was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution ...

Riders on the Sky Ride pass over the kids carnival rides at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa on Sunday, July 17, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

Mike MacKenzie of the OC Wine Society chooses a wine for a customer at OC Fair’s wine pavilion in Costa Mesa on Saturday, July 26, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) ...

Equally excited was 5th District Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley, who lives nearby and who treated her contingent of hard-working staffers and interns to lunch and a day at the fair.

Linda Harrop, of Laguna Hills, has been attending the OC Fair every year for nearly 40 years, and one thing at the fair she said never gets old is the All-Alaskan Racing Pigs. “It’s always ...