{"id":7144,"date":"2015-09-07T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2015-09-07T19:58:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T01:58:00","slug":"labor-day-weekend-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2015\/09\/07\/labor-day-weekend-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day Weekend Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Labor Day, everyone! Whether you are at the beach, in Vegas or at the greatest Fair in the world (yes, we are referring to the <a href=\"http:\/\/lacf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA County Fair<\/a>!), we hope you are having a blast! It\u2019s not every day that we get a three day weekend, so let\u2019s continue to make the best of this special holiday!<br \/>\nIf coming to the Fair is a family tradition, then we\u2019re sure you would agree that we couldn\u2019t have asked for better weather or entertainment on this Labor Day Weekend.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7155\" title=\"Welcome to LACF\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9.5sat-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/><br \/>\nDuring the last three days, we have had sea lions kiss us, eaten over 10 different burgers and have seen some of our best Fair performances.<br \/>\nHere are some Labor Day Weekend highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even after seeing Luminasia last year and three days in a row this holiday weekend, we were still in complete awe! Judge for yourself&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7169\" title=\"Luminasia\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11999690_10153461734395861_6280391505656875887_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0Laker Girls\u00a0came out to the\u00a0Toyota tent on Saturday for signing of autographs and photos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7171\" title=\"Laker Girls\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11950456_10153461738275861_7883465874538019260_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>We saw how kids hung out and played with all of our loving Farm animals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7175\" title=\"Kids &amp; Farm Animals\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11947809_10153461738400861_6289037934954191280_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>On Friday, we kicked off our End of Summer Concert Series with Patti LaBelle and Chaka Khan. These two lovely ladies blew it out of the park with soulful performances. We hope Chaka Khan enjoyed her break from Dancing with the Stars!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7151\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7151\" title=\"Patti LaBelle &amp; Chaka Khan\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11942088_10152973687536751_3066188792040707099_o1-885x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"675\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patti LaBelle &amp; Chaka Khan at LA County Fair. Photo Cred - Chaka Khan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>We totally geeked out over the life-size Batmobile\u00a0and the Tron motorcycle at our newest exhibit, Popnology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7177\" title=\"Tron Motorcycle &amp; Batmobile at Popnology\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11921895_10153457414540861_2923509665436870761_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>We stopped and ate at pretty much every food stand there was. And, of course, we had to start with dessert!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7172\" title=\"Funnel Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11947969_10153461738735861_535650095727645201_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>We took your advice and stopped by The Millard Sheet Art Center where The Art Classic exhibit is featuring 10 local artists and their mind-bending artwork!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7178\" title=\"The Art Classic at The Millard Sheets Art Center\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11934518_10153461738010861_2969557415697466383_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie Wilson joined us on Saturday evening for a one-of-a-kind performance! It was great seeing hundreds of people singing and dancing to Wilson\u2019s music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7183\" style=\"width: 878px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7183\" title=\"Charlie Wilson\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9898.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"735\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: @maineemoo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>We stopped by Mojo&#8217;s Wild &amp; Crazy Lagoon where we saw dozens of exotic animals, like this one!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7180\" title=\"Mojo's Wild &amp; Crazy Lagoon\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11227403_10153461739755861_8728271784719976734_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Our LACF guests had a taste of rock on Sunday when Alejandra Guzman hit the stage. She moved, sang and spoke like a true Rock Star&#8230;it was <strong>A W E S O M E<\/strong>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7152\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7152\" title=\"Alejandra Guzman at LACF\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaa-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"424\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alejandra Guzman at LACF<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We took a field trip to New Orleans at our Mardi Gras themed Flower &amp; Garden Pavilion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7181\" title=\"Flower &amp; Garden Pavilion\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/99999-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Right before closing on Sunday, we hit up the carnival and rode the bull, played a few games and got on a few rides. Let me tell you&#8230;the cool breeze in our faces felt great!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7168\" title=\"Carnival\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10272580_10153461734560861_4484850107219644759_o-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t think for one second this is all we have for you! Skillet &amp; for King &amp; Country are performing tonight &#8211; and we could not be any more ready to rock out on a Monday evening! Hope you&#8217;re joining us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Remember, this is just the beginning! We can\u2019t wait to see what else comes our way this Fair season!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Were you at the LA County Fair this Labor Day Weekend?<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Share your pictures with us on social media by using #LACFNaturalHigh!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Labor Day, everyone! Whether you are at the beach, in Vegas or at the greatest Fair in the world (yes, we are referring to the LA County Fair!), we hope you are having a blast! It\u2019s not every day that we get a three day weekend, so let\u2019s continue to make the best of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,11,14],"tags":[57,177,181,222,329,335,356,614,708,757,912],"class_list":["post-7144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-summer-concert-series","category-entertainment","category-fairnews","category-funatthefair","tag-alejandra-guzman","tag-chaka-khan","tag-charlie-wilson","tag-concerts","tag-end-of-summer-concert-series","tag-eoscs","tag-fair-concerts","tag-la-county-fair","tag-lacf","tag-los-angeles-county-fair","tag-patti-labelle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}