Today is the last day of the annual 48th District Schools’ Agriculture & Nutrition Fair at Fairplex, and we could not be happier to have seen hundreds of students have a great time with their families and friends while on our grounds. This very special agricultural educational fair features thousands of individual and classroom entries…
2015 Los Angeles International Wine Competition
The Los Angeles International Wine Competition officially began this morning at our Sheraton Fairplex Hotel and Conference Center. Since its inception, the competition has maintained the highest standards of integrity and professionalism, earning USA Today’s recognition as one of the Top 5 wine competitions in the United States. Due to the competition’s popularity, this year over 3,000…
Upland Lemon Festival Recap
Upland Lemon Festival 2015: The 19th annual Upland Lemon Festival was held in the city’s downtown this past weekend. Residents of the area and lemon lovers from surrounding cities came out to enjoy all of the ‘lemony’ foods, carnival rides, games and diverse contests ranging from pie eating to dancing! Despite the power outages, rains and…
L.A. Weekender: Fairplex Happenings
Happy Friday, everyone! We hope you all had a very productive week and that y’all are ready to get the weekend started. If you are like me and don’t have anything planned for this weekend, then please continue reading this blog because this weekend is packed with events perfect for all age groups. Public Auction (April…
2015 Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition
Judges from around the world have come together at the Sheraton Fairplex for the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) competition. Due to the high number of entries and the time needed for judging, the competition is divided into two: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Official judges and guest judges go…
L.A. Weekender: Beer, Easter Sunday & Dodgers
It’s been a little over a month since our last L.A. Weekender blog post, so I am very excited about the events happening this weekend. Regardless of what you end up doing, I just know you will have fun with family and friends! LA Fall Beer Festival: Beer lovers have to come out to LA…
Good News for Instagram, Facebook and Uber Users!
Facebook, Instagram and Uber users get ready for some pretty cool changes in these three mega companies! Instagram: If you love Instagram as much as we do at Fairplex, then you will be happy to know that Instagram will now allow you to merge multiple images into a single image! Hurray for Layout, the free…
First Food Truck Thursday of 2015 on the Horizon
We heard your stomach growling, so we immediately knew what to do! Food Truck Thursdays are returning to Fairplex starting on April 2. Think about what this means…each Thursday we will have some of Los Angeles’ most popular food trucks set up shop at Fairplex for your enjoyment. We understand that after a long day…
St. Patrick’s Day is Here!
“May the luck of the Irish be with you.” St. Patrick’s Day is finally here! Hurray for wearing green, shamrocks, happy hours throughout the city and for the awesome food prepared on this global holiday. In case ye have no plans for tonight, please allow me to suggest things you could do to have a…
Fairplex Weekend Recap: Cars, Paint, Wine and Trains
WOW, what a great weekend! The rubber smell is still in the air, and we absolutely love it! On Saturday and Sunday, we celebrated horsepower and torque at the 2nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Street Machine & Muscle Car Nationals. Our grounds were filled with high-performance muscle cars, pro-touring cars and street machines from across…
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