Hi Fair friends! We are launching a contest this week for two free tickets to the Fair. Simply send us your face (or your family or friends’ faces) in one of our many face-in-hole photo opp stations throughout the park. You can be a shark, pirate, corn–whatever you like! Just send us your ONE photo…
Senior citizens cut the rug today at the Senior Ballroom Dance competition. One of my favorite events at the Fair, the competition is open to couples ages 55 and older. Some of the contestants were well into their 80s – they showed those young’ens how things are done. Check out the video on our Facebook…
If only this blog included smells! The BBQ competition happening over in FairView Farms right now is a delight for the senses. Grill masters from all over Southern California are putting their BBQ “chops” to the test. We caught up with a couple of them… all of whom have been entering their saucy and savory…
Let’s play a little guessing game today.The Fair is a little more than a month away, so everyone has been hard at work fixing up the campus for all of our visitors. The first person to guess which buildings on the Fairgrounds we took the pictures below wins a little bit of Fair swag! Email…
We’ve had an exciting couple of days here at the Village on Broadway, folks. “Take-in” is that special time of year when we receive hundreds of quilts, handmade dolls, handmade pots and more for our annual Tapestry competitions. This year, there are over 2000 entries this year, in categories like Gourd Art, Decorative Painting, Christmas…
Nancy Bates has explored the ocean, played with dragons and lived in the jungle. And this year, she’ll be playing scientist. What kind of job allows her to travel to such fanciful heights? Well, she’s been the America’s Kids coordinator for the past four years. Combining elements of an educational exhibit space with themed and…
Happy Monday, everyone! New blogger here – you can just call me “A Fair to Remember.” I’ve only been here a few days, but I’ll be the first one to tell you that there is so much “quacking” already here on the fairgrounds, like these geese at Penelope’s Duck Pond, part of Fairview Farms. They’re…
You think you make the best chocolate chip cookies in the world? Well, belly up to the baking bar and lay your recipe on the table. The deadlines to enter the many contests and competitions at the L.A. County Fair are coming up – so no more procrastinating! You know you like to brag. We…
Hey howdy hey my L.A. County Fair peeps – been awhile, I know! The good thing about that is I now have a few new words to add to my lexicon of Fair exclamations like “winning!” and “tigerblood!”, although I may change that to “Thummerblood!” OK, maybe not. Anyway, we are getting ready for the…
Band geeks (and I mean that with love. I include myself in that group) – drumline yourselves out to the Fair tomorrow for the finals of the High School Band Competiton. This is mighty, mighty exciting as Fontana’s Kaiser High, Pomona’s Diamond Ranch High and Arcadia High School compete for $5,000, one tuba-sized trophy AND…
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