What can be done in 68 days? Well, according to Livestrong.com, you can lose 13 pounds. Or you can wait with bated breath for the birth of an alligator or squirrel (60 days gestation period each) – pink and blue cigars in hand – or should that be raw chicken and nuts? You can learn…
Sharks Coming to the Fair (Cue Foreboding Music…)
No, I don’t mean as part of our group ticket sales offer – I mean sharks are really coming to the L.A. County Fair (although it would be funny to see a group of sharks walking through Yellow Gate for a day of fun at the Fair – wearing their Dodgers caps, sunglasses, betting $2 on…
Fair Concert Club Offers Sneak Peek at Lineup
If you are a fan of the L.A. County Fair’s End of Summer Concert Series, then you better sign up now for the EOSCS Club. Members get advance notification of the lineup and first crack at tickets. Membership is only $15 (and you get an EOSCS T-shirt). New this year, the Club will be announcing…
End of Summer Concert Series ends this weekend!
Think there were enough “ends” in that headline? But really, it all ends this weekend to close an amazing 19 nights of music during the End of Summer Concert Series. A limited number of free general admission concert tickets is available the day of each concert, so don’t miss out on these chart-toppers. Tomorrow night, Hall…
Band Atten-HUT!
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…
Don't Miss Fair’s Stages Full of Entertainment Sept. 22-26
Take time out of exploring all that the 2010 L.A. County Fair offers by checking out some of the superb entertainment next week, Sept. 22-26. Skip Banks the Balloon Man: Skip Banks refers to himself as “a new vaudevillian.” His performances are a mix of classic songs, sound effects, and colorful props combined with visual…
Say Hallelujah! Harvest of Praise Gospel Festival at the Fair Sept. 25
The praises will go up and the blessings will come down at the Harvest of Praise Gospel Festival Saturday, Sept. 25 on the Coca-Cola Stage at the Fair. The House of Blues sponsors this more than 8-hour music extravaganza beginning at 4 p.m. National and regional Gospel recording artists who have performed at the House…
Ready for 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' this Sunday?
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is Sunday, Sept. 19 and what better way to learn about all things pirate than at our own A Pirate’s Life – An Island Adventure. Eight years ago, columnist Dave Barry mentioned this “holiday” created by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon, September…
Cupcake War (and cheesecake, too!)
The waiting is the worst. Pacing back and forth, back and forth. Wide eyes darting to and fro. Deep sighs heard every few minutes. For crying out loud, waiting for the birth of a child isn’t this nerve wracking! So goes the judging at the cooking competitions at the L.A. County Fair. Every year domestic…
Jurassic Planet: Research facility gone prehistoric!
Today, guest kid blogger Raptor J blogs about the Jurassic Planet attraction. The L.A. County Fair was “chosen” by the government to hold a stash of dinos found in a Lost World. Problem is, some have escaped! Here is what Raptor J had to say: Featuring baryonyx, deinonychus, giganotosaurus, allosaurus, dilophosaurus, compsagnathus, carnotaurus and more,…
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