{"id":423616,"date":"2026-08-04T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423616\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:04:09","slug":"whats-going-on-this-week-aug-5-9-at-the-oc-fair-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423616\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s going on this week, Aug. 5-9, at the OC Fair \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Headed to the OC Fair<\/a> this week? Here are some things to know.<\/p>\n

General information<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and 11 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n

\u2022 General admission is $13 on Wednesdays and Thursdays and $18 on Fridays and weekends; tickets are $9 every day for children 6-12 and $10 for seniors 65 and older.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tickets must be purchased ahead online at ocfair.com. Daily attendance is capped at about 55,000 people and the fair tends to sell out on popular days.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Parking is $15<\/p>\n

\u2022 OC Fair Express runs weekends, with direct bus service from the ARTIC station in Anaheim, Fullerton Park-and-Ride, Goldenwest Transportation Center in Huntington Beach,\u00a0 Irvine Train Station, Laguna Hills Transportation Center and the Santa Ana train station. Get information on times and locations at ocfair.com, cost is $2 each way.<\/p>\n

Things to do<\/p>\n

\u2022 The fair will celebrate Chicano culture and heritage with an El Pachuco Zoot Suit Fashion Show and Lowrider Exhibit at Plaza Pacifica Stage from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Wimberley Bluegrass Band will perform nightly<\/a> this week at 8:15 p.m. on the Promenade Stage.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The fair\u2019s annual 5K is Sunday, Aug. 9, with participants running or walking a route that takes them past the midway, the Centennial Farm and other favorite spots before the crowds show up for the day. Find out about registration at ocfair.com, under the special events tab.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Taste test fair food with the daily $5 deals offered by vendors before 5 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 There is a nightly eating contest if you think you have the chops. It takes place at 7 p.m. on the OC Promenade Stage.<\/p>\n

Entertainment<\/p>\n

In the Action Sports Arena (requires a ticket purchased in advance, but includes fair admission):<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 5: Motorhome Madness Demolition Derby at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 6: Mini Car Demolition Derby at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 7: Team Mini Car Demolition Derby at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 8: Damsels of Destruction Demolition Derby at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 9: Orange Crush Demolition Derby at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Playing at the Hangar (requires a ticket purchased in advance, but includes fair admission):<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 5: Queen Nation, A Tribute to the Music of Queen at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 6: Queen Nation, A Tribute to the Music of Queen at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 7: Wallen & Wilson, A Tribute to Morgan Wallen & Lainey Wilson at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 8: Start Making Sense, The Talking Heads Tribute at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 9: Jimmy\u2019s Buffet, A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett at 2:30 p.m. and Catch A Wave, The Beach Boys Show at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Playing at the Pacific Amphitheatre (requires a ticket purchased in advance, but includes fair admission):<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 5: John Fogerty with Hearty Har at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 6: Patti LaBelle with The O\u2019Jays at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 7: Rebelution with Skip Marley and Niko Rubio at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 8: Rebelution with Skip Marley and Niko Rubio at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 9: Rebelution with Skip Marley and Niko Rubio at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Headed to the OC Fair this week? Here are some things to know. General information \u2022 Hours are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,3372,100,17455,611],"class_list":["post-423616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-costa-mesa","tag-news","tag-oc-fair","tag-orange-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423616","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=423616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}