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Get A Taste of (The End of) Summer Now

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sHail! Hail! Rock and Roll! (and Country and R&B). If you – my fellow fans, fanatics, groupies and hangers-on – are serious about this thing called Music, you need to be hooked up to the L.A. County Fair’s End of Summer Concert Series Club. For $15, you will receive advance notice of the Fair’s End of Summer Concert Series lineup, access to pre-sale tickets and an exclusive EOSCS T-shirt. You can join now.

The lineup is still a heavily guarded secret, but keep checking back here for hints on the great acts that will be performing at the Fair. If you’ve been to one of our concerts before, you know what a unique setting it is, with the Fair as a backdrop. We’ve had some legendary acts raise the roof (well, actually, concerts are outdoors but you know what I mean! Rock the grounds, touch the stars, make a pig squeal!). I’vwillie-nelsone seen guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton (sans hair these days) – totally awesome; Hall & Oates, with an amazing head of hair on Daryl Hall; a fun, fun, fun show with the B-52s; and last year Terri Nunn and Berlin rocked. Rihanna has performed here, as has Toby Keith, Al Green and Smokey Robinson. Sugarland, Jessica Simpson and Gavin Rossdale were here last year (yes, Gavin, deep sigh, Rossdale).

So, what are you waiting for?! Sign up now!

See you in the front row. I hope you like to dance.

Hot September Nights

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“Ba de ya – say do you remember, ba de ya – dancing in September, ba de ya – never was a cloudy day!” Ah, “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire could almost be our theme song here at the LA County Fair. And both times the legendary R&B band rocked the Fair’s End of Summer Concert Series, the stands were bursting. The series is one of the most anticipated events of the Fair, where you can see some of the finest names in entertainment just for the price of a Fair ticket (reserved, box and stage-side seating are available, too, for an additional cost). The lineup for 2008 will be announced soon, but fans of the End of Summer Concert Series can join the EOSCS Club now. For $15, you’ll get a T-shirt, updates on who is playing and a pre-sale ticket code, allowing you to purchase tickets before the general public.

If you’ve been to one of the concerts, you know they’re fantastic. If you haven’t, go! Our lineup always has something for every musical taste and even some exciting non-musical options like monster trucks and motocross.

All shows are staged in the infield of Fairplex Park, with seating in the box seats and the grandstand. And the sound is really great. Last year the B-52’s totally rocked, playing hits like “Rock Lobster” and “Love Shack.” Here’s a fan’s video of “Strobe Light.”

 

Previous acts include Heart, Rihanna, Pat Benatar, Al Green, Toby Keith, Mariachi USA Fiesta. Hall & Oates were here a couple years ago – totally awesome. And guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton majorly rocked the Fair.

 

So, for now, join the club, get your cool T-shirt and updates on our concerts. The lineup will be announced soon. See you in the rockin’ grandstands!