Antelope Valley Fair Schedule : A Tribute to the Military and Edwards Air Force Base
Grandparents Day--Children 12 and under admitted free when accompanied by a grandparent
“Cowboy Boots and Country Roots” is the theme of this year’s Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, 155 E. Ave. I, Lancaster. Hours are noon to midnight today and noon to 10 p.m. Monday, which is closing day. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and and free for children under 6. Parking is $2 per vehicle. Information: (805) 948-6060.
TIME: TODAY’S EVENTS
8 a.m.: Open registered sheep show (wool breeds)
noon: John Timothy (bicycling piano player), team roping
12:30 p.m.: BC characters at fairgrounds
1 p.m.: Stu Mulligan, Karter the Ventriloquist, silversmithing, pig races
1:30 p.m.: Catch It Quick
2 p.m.: Bubblegum blowing contest, Del Mar thoroughbred racing, Resurrection Ministries
2:30 p.m.: Scarecrow, Balloonacy
3 p.m.: 3 o’clock Fun, Karter the Ventriloquist, gem and wire wrap, children’s choir, racing special: $250,000 Del Mar handicap
3:30 p.m.: Catch It Quick, pig races
4 p.m.: Monster truck show (tickets $10 and $8), Stu Mulligan, Satin & Spurs, Universal Truth Choir, Mechanical Man, Los Alamitos quarter horse racing
4:30 p.m.: Big wheels contest
5 p.m.: Karter the Ventriloquist, gold panning, Balloonacy, Rhapsody in Praise
5:30 p.m.: Catch It Quick, pig races
6 p.m.: Mezner the Hypnotist, Stu Mulligan, Christian Life Sax Trio
6:30 p.m.: Bakers Square pie eating contest
7 p.m.: Freddy Fender, country and square dance free rounds, cabochon making demonstration, Who So Ever Will, Mechanical Man, Balloonacy
7:30 p.m.: The Reputations, Stu Mulligan
8 p.m.: Catch It Quick, First Missionary Baptist, pig races, rodeo (tickets $10 and $8)
8:30 p.m.: Mezner the Hypnotist, John Timothy (bicycling piano player)
9 p.m.: Scarecrow, Freddy Fender, Dove Song, Balloonacy
9:30 p.m.: Pig races, The Reputations
10 p.m.: Mezner the Hypnotist, Valley Unified Voices
11 p.m.: Fair closes