More than 17,000 students visited the Fair today as part of the FairKids Discovery Club field trip program. Each year the Fair hosts more than 100,000 students, teachers and chaperones – all for free! Where else can they see where milk comes from, how to weave a sweater from wool, learn all about bugs and…
Tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. That means we can use words like “landlubber,” “buccaneer,” “doubloons,” “grog” and “lily-livered.” So when you are here at the Fair searching for your buried treasure, make sure you visit A Pirate’s Life. We have a great aerial show with fightin’ pirates, piraty crafts…
Have you seen the Budweiser Clydesdales here at the Fair? They are absolutely beautiful! How can something so large be so graceful? Here is some info: Known for their gentle temperament, Clydesdales that make the Budweiser team are special in many ways. Each full-grown gelding is 18 hands (about 6 feet) at the shoulder and…
Lucha Libre, Mexican wrestling, brought their high-flyin’, body-slammin’, not-your-ordinary-wrestling style to the LA County Fair Sunday. Sponsored by Univision, the event was pretty darn popular with the crowds. Masked good guys battled evil masked bad guys for some fast-action wrestling. The audience booed the bad guys, shouted for the good guys and a good time was…
It was Project Runway – Poodle Style yesterday when Bark Park featured a dog fashion show. Some of the puppies we have here at the Fair were dressed in the finest outfits from bell bottoms to camo to a tutu. Vecari Perez, owner of Pet It USA, provided the clothing. She and her partner make…
This wasn’t just the year of the summer olympics – dairy products vied for gold right here at the LA County Fair! The Fair annually judges dairy products – the in yogurt, ice cream, etc. – and this year it wasn’t a local that took the gold for frozen custard. Rick and Paulette Lodde, owners…
The Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Marketplace, presented by Ralphs, offers an array of wine (and a few spirits) education classes throughout the Fair for novices and experts alike. Winemakers, wine judges and wine experts of all sorts conduct the classes. On Friday Wes Hagen, winemaker with Clos Pepe Estate held a class on White…
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When you are at the Fair, check out Side Effects – the best strolling singers around: �
I know it’s only September, and we’ve just started the Fair, but it isn’t too early to start your holiday shopping. And there isn’t a better place to do it than the LA County Fair. We have more than 2,000 vendors, so you really can find the right gift for everyone on your list. Here…
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