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Orange County Fair schedule of events

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Fair hours: 10 a.m. to midnight

Fair location: Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa

Parking: $5. Buses park free.

Tickets: $7 for ages 13 to 54, $6 seniors 55 and older and $3 for

children 6 to 12. Children 5 and younger get in free.

Information: (714) 708-1928 or https://www.ocfair.com

All Day

* Newborn animals -- Livestock Area/Maternity Barn

* Oxen, breeding beef and pygmy goats -- Livestock Area

* Small animals -- Livestock Area/Small Animal Tent

* Crops and animals -- Centennial Farm

* Orange crate label display -- Collections Building

* Dale Earnhardt tribute -- Collections Building

* Chinese lion dancers -- Youth Building

* Weavers and spinners, fiber arts guild and polymer clay guild --

Home and Hobbies Stage

* Woodworkers demonstrations -- Visual Arts Building

* China painters demonstrations -- Visual Arts Building

9:30 a.m.

* Market rabbit pens judging -- Livestock Area/Small Animal Tent

10 a.m.

* Junior rabbits judging -- Livestock/Small Animal Tent

* Junior pygmy goats judging -- Livestock Arena

* Lime Light Dance Party -- Kids Park Stage

* Clown Patrol (until 8 p.m.) -- Main Gate

10:30 a.m.

* Billy Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage

11 a.m.

* Melinda Lee of KFI-AM (640) (until 3 p.m.) -- Home & Hobbies Stage

* Sign Language Choir -- Heritage Stage

* Betty’s Performing Arts Studio -- Meadows Stage

* Chinese Lion Dancers -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)

* Brad French, juggler -- Sun Stage

* Picasso’s Place Art Center (until 7 p.m.) -- Kids Park

* Great American Petting Zoo and Education Show -- Green Gate Petting

Zoo

11:30 a.m.

* Billy Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage

* Orange County Fair Circus Fun Revue -- Kids Park

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena

Noon

* Orange Blossom Cloggers -- Heritage Stage

* CA Elite All-Star Cheerleading -- Meadows Stage

* Fred Gunderman talks about mycorrhizae -- Grass Roots Stage (Floral

Pavilion)

* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds

* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds

12:30 p.m.

* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village

* Bill Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage

1 p.m.

* Folklorico Xcaret -- Heritage Stage

* Royal T Square Dancers -- Meadows Stage

* Chinese Lion Dancers -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)

* Open pygmy goat judging -- Livestock Arena

* Don Knipp talks about how to make your grass make more oxygen --

Grass Roots Stage (Floral Pavilion)

* Twist ‘N’ Bend Limbo -- Kids Park Stage

* Brad French, juggler -- Sun Stage

* Great American Petting Zoo and Education Show -- Green Gate Petting

Zoo

* Maureen W. Puppet (until 6 p.m.) -- Grounds

1:30 p.m.

* Ceramics demonstration -- Crafters Village

* Billy Erickson, country music -- Sun Stage

* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds

* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds

* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre

2 p.m.

* Southland Ballet -- Heritage Stage

* King’s Kung Fu Assn. -- Meadows Stage

* Sign Language Choir -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)

* Stuart Span of Roger’s Gardens talks about roses -- Grass Roots

Stage (Floral Pavilion)

* Squeeze Please contest -- Kids Park Stage

* Wine demonstration -- Wine Courtyard

* All-American Boys Chorus -- Sun Stage

* Traveling Game Show (until 7 p.m.) -- Grounds

* Brad French, juggler -- Grounds

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena

2:30 p.m.

* Russell Brothers Circus -- Green Gate

* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds

* Doggies of the Wild West -- Newport Arena

3 p.m.

* Folklorico “De Colores” -- Heritage Stage

* Rustlers Square Dancers -- Meadows Stage

* Something Special -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)

* Milking demonstrations -- Millennium Barn

* Juggler -- Kids Park Stage

* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage

* Brad French, juggler -- Kids Park

* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds

3:30 p.m.

* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village

* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage

* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds

* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre

4 p.m.

* Just For Tonight, barbershop music -- Heritage Stage

* Apadana’s Dance Company -- Meadows Stage

* Grandma’s Cookie Jar Contest -- Home & Hobbies Stage

* Betty’s Performing Arts (keyboards) -- Celebration Stage (Youth

Building)

* Sweet ‘N’ Sour Lemonade Drinking -- Kids Park Stage

* Wine demonstration -- Wine Courtyard

* Walter Colvin, pianist (until 9 p.m.) -- Courtyard Stage

* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage

* Great American Petting Zoo and Education Show -- Green Gate Petting

Zoo

* Main Street Dixieland Jazz Band -- Grounds

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena

4:30 p.m.

* Ceramics demonstration -- Crafters Village

* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage

* Russell Brothers Circus -- Green Gate

* Frank Thurston, magician -- Grounds

* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds

* Doggies of the Wild West -- Newport Arena

5 p.m.

* Lokelani’s Rhythm of the Islands -- Heritage Stage

* Eclectic String Band -- Meadows Stage

* Jessica Salinaz, vocalist -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)

* Milking demonstration -- Millennium Barn

* Jonathan Wild, country music -- Sun Stage

* Vanguard Pacemakers (until 8 p.m.) -- Blues and Brews

5:30 p.m.

* Steve Lord, singer/guitarist -- Sun Stage

* Orange County Circus Fun Revue -- Kids Park

* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs -- Newport Arena

6 p.m.

* Something Special -- Celebration Stage (Youth Building)

* Gems and minerals identification by Santiago Canyon College (until 9

p.m.) -- Collections Building

* Doggies of the Wild West -- Newport Arena

* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre

* Lab anti-mall concert series -- Sun Stage

6:30 p.m.

* Twister nightly contest -- Heritage Stage

* Charlie Keeling, glassblower -- Crafters Village

* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds

7 p.m.

* Milking demonstration -- Millennium Barn

* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist -- Meadows Stage

* Russell Brothers Circus -- Green Gate

7:30 p.m.

* Ceramics demonstration -- Crafters Village

* Dave McKelvy Trio -- Heritage Stage

* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre

8 p.m.

* Yesterday -- Arlington Theater

* Oxen team presentation -- Livestock Arena

* Groove Therapy -- Meadows Stage

* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds

* Speedway Fair Derby -- Grandstand Arena

* Sunchild -- Sun Stage

* The Terry Hanck Band (until 11 p.m.) -- Blues and Brews

8:30 p.m.

* Billy’s Brass Band -- Heritage Stage

9 p.m.

* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist -- Meadows Stage

* Port City Washboard Wizards -- Grounds

* Mad Science -- Mad Science Theatre

9:30 p.m.

* Dave McKelvy Trio -- Heritage Stage

* Sunchild -- Sun Stage

10 p.m.

* Groove Therapy -- Meadows Stage

10:30 p.m.

* Billy’s Brass Band -- Heritage Stage

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