We found this fantastic photo of the Fairplex Garden Railroad, taken at the 1949 LA County Fair! The garden railroad is one of our longest standing Fair exhibits, dating back to the 1930s. Today it thrives under the caring and creative hands of our volunteers. Check it out this year at the LA County Fair!
Fairplex Snapshot: Cards For Kids
We partnered up with Inland Empire United Way for a Cards For Kids project! Our entire team made some colorful, fun cards to give to children staying long-term at local hospitals. We hope these cards will bring a little sunshine and fun into their lives when they get them.
Behind-the-Scenes: Fair Mode
It’s safe to say we’re in full Fair mode over here. Over the next few weeks our campus will slowly but surely transform into the Fairgrounds that 1.3 million guests trek through each year. We have just begun set-up, but you can already tell it’s going to be an epic year: The dinosaurs are taking…
Urban Farming: Meet the Animals
If you’ve been keeping up with our blog, you know we have slowly but surely brought in animals to live with us on our newly expanded Farm! Take a look at how our residents are doing: Rabbits We house a number of these furry little friends (and have witnessed them giving birth to several litters!)…
Fairplex Snapshot: BuildABeast Experience 2016
While the rest of Fairplex is fairly quiet today, the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center is alive with high energy, big talent and tons of fun. The Build A Beast Experience has taken over, complete with classes, workshops and performances all centered around one thing: DANCE. We stopped by this morning to see how things were…
Fairplex Weekend Recap: Body Art Expo
The Body Art Expo returned to Fairplex this weekend for all things tattoos, piercings, music and fun. Take a look at this weekend through the eyes of our guests!
5 Reasons Event Planners Choose Fairplex
Fairplex is best known for producing the annual LA County Fair, but we’re fully operational year-round! We host a number of diverse events with some vendors returning several times each year. This is why: 5 Reasons Event Planners Choose Fairplex Our five-acre Farm is one of our newest additions at Fairplex 1. Flexible Space: LA is…
Fairplex Weekend Recap: Glow sticks and trains
While Fair continues to be our main focus from now into September, we’re always happy to host events in the summer. Saturday night we happily welcomed back the Night Nation Run. Thousands of runners dressed in their brightest attire took over the infield and surrounding areas as they danced their way through the 5K course.…
Urban Farming: Our new pond!
Our Farm team is constantly experimenting with various urban farming methods, one of the latest being aquaponics. We started work on our above-ground fish pond a couple months ago and it is now fully functioning! The pond connects to our Agustin lettuce culture crop, which is being grown in DIY plant tubes. Eventually our fish…
Fairplex Weekend Recap: KABOOM!
For us, the 4th of July is always exciting. It’s loud. It’s bright. It’s KABOOM! Crowds gathered in the Grandstand to watch a number of extreme sports acts, including The Human Cannonball. The monster truck and FMX action started at 8 p.m. As usual, all drivers and riders did a fantastic job, much to the…
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