Orange County Fair 2023

 July 18-August 17, 2025

open Wednesday-Sunday, ocfair.com

Orange County Fair
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

• July 18, 2025 Concert with 24K Magic! Bruno Mars Tribute Show $22.50-30. 8:15 p.m. | OC Brew Hee Haw A Craft Beer Round Up VIP: $49.50-60.50, 7:30 p.m.
• July 19, 2025 Tributes concert with Bee Gees Gold + ABBA L.A. $22.50-32.50, 7:30 p.m. | OC Brew Hee Haw  Craft Beer Round Up  $55-66. 1:30 & 7:30 p.m.
• August 9, 2025 Concert with Melissa Etheridge + Indigo Girls $55-95
• August 16, 2025 Tribute concert with Taylor (Swift) Nation + Bad Guy Billie (Eilish) Tributes $22.50-32.50,  7:30 p.m.

Pacific Amphitheatre Concerts

2025 OC Fair Summer Concerts on The Stage At Pacific Amphitheatre require concert tickets sold on Ticketmaster - Special tickets required!

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.)

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Special Events

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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.