In addition to the headlining concerts, carnival rides, food, and exhibits, the California Mid-State Fair offers nightly live entertainment on two stages, which is free with paid fair admission.<\/p>\n
On opening night of the fair, head to the Frontier Stage at 6 p.m. for the Miss California Mid-State Fair Scholarship Pageant, where the 2026 queen will be crowned.<\/p>\n
For the remainder of the fair, the Frontier Stage will host a variety of live music, from classic rock to pop to tribute acts and more, with performances beginning each night at 8 p.m.:<\/p>\n
July 16 \u2013 High VoltageJuly 17 \u2013 Micky DolenzJuly 18 \u2013 Sacha CarlsonJuly 19 \u2013 Noel TorresJuly 20 \u2013 John Hollier & The ReverieJuly 21 \u2013 Stephen StylesJuly 22 \u2013 ShenandoahJuly 23 \u2013 Something Out WestJuly 24 \u2013 LOCASHJuly 25 \u2013 Queensr\u00ffcheJuly 26 \u2013 Coronel \u201cEl Jerry\u201d Gerardo<\/p>\n
On the Mission Square Stage, bands perform from 7-10 p.m.:<\/p>\n
July 15 \u2013 The JD ProjectJuly 16 \u2013 Monte Mills & The Lucky Horseshoe Band\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0July 17 \u2013 Katie ChappellJuly 18 \u2013 Casey AnglinJuly 19 \u2013 IMVAJuly 20 \u2013 Riff TideJuly 21 \u2013 Unfinished BusinessJuly 22 \u2013 DustflowerJuly 23 \u2013 The Electric Lavender TrainJuly 24 \u2013 False PuppetJuly 25 \u2013 The Vibe SettersJuly 26 \u2013 The Prairie Outlaws<\/p>\n
New this year, the Improv Crooner will take the stage following the concerts at Mission Square. Scott Palmason is a comedian who takes suggestions and stories from the audience and turns them into fully improvised songs. The Improv Crooner will perform on the Mission Square Stage from July 16-19 and July 23-25.<\/p>\n
The California Mid-State Fair takes place from July 15-26 at the Paso Robles Event Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition to the headlining concerts, carnival rides, food, and exhibits, the California Mid-State Fair offers nightly live…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-397372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}