Today at the Orange County Fair
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Hours are noon to midnight.
Farm Bureau Day--One free admission with a Farm Bureau card.
10 Rides for $10--Purchase a special wristband containing 10 rides for $10. Valid any Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, opening until close, for rides in the major and kiddie midways. Good for all ages. Does not include gate admission.
All-day events
* Leather tooling by California Leather Guild
* Weaving and spinning by South Coast Weaver’s Guild
* Woodturning by the Woodshed by O.C. Woodturner’s Assn.
* AgriScience display (until 11 p.m.)
* Beef, calves, goats, sheep and swine on display (until 11 p.m.)
8 a.m.
* Market goat judging (until 9 a.m.)
9 a.m.
* FFA market sheep judging (until 11 a.m.)
10 a.m.
* Turkeys and broilers judging (until noon)
11 a.m.
* 4-H market sheep judging (until 1 p.m.)
Noon
* Tropical bash contest
* Rose pin in leather by Roz Kaohn
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
* China painting (until 6 p.m.)
12:30 p.m.
* Tropical bash
1 p.m.
* Newport Beach Showtime
* Pearl-diving contest
* A Seafarer’s Macrame by Charles Buckland
* Hula contest
* Watercolor demonstration (until 3 p.m.)
1:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
2 p.m.
* Dance Etc. Creative Dance Center
* Laguna Niguel Performing Arts Center
* The Big Kahuna Bubble Contest
* Tropical, Hot, & Spicy (Fish Cookery) by Alan Greeley, Golden Truffle Restaurant
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
* FFA market swine judging (until 6 p.m.)
* The Garden Chef
2:30 p.m.
* Goldfish eating
3 p.m.
* Shenanigans’ Youth Theatre Group
* Newport Beach Showtime
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* Chuwa Bolivia
* Tropical Splash contest
* Lei making by Ku’uipo Lage
3:30 p.m.
* Cotton From Seed to Blouse by Mary Francis Eves
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
4 p.m.
* Dance Etc. Creative Dance Group
* Ritmo Latino
* Duchicela
* Elk Whistle
* Goldfish eating contest
* Hand-spun knits by Gudy Klawer
4:30 p.m.
* Tropical, Hot, & Spicy (Fish Cookery) by Alan Greeley, Golden Truffle Restaurant
* Lei making demonstration
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
* Blow Fish
5 p.m.
* Shenanigans’ Youth Theatre Group
* Rockettes of California
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* Chuwa Bolivia
* King Kukulele
* Hawaiian limbo contest
5:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
6 p.m.
* Daria Bearden Dance Center
* Ritmo Latino
* Duchicela
* Elk Whistle
* Baskets galore by Laurie Ennen
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
* 4-H market swine judging (until 10 p.m.)
6:30 p.m.
* Joe Stoddard
7 p.m.
* Cosmo’s Factory
* Rockettes of California
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* Chuwa Bolivia
* King Kukulele
* Dr. Toot
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
7:30 p.m.
* Billy Erikson
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
8 p.m.
* Duchicela
* Elk Whistle
* Knudsen Brothers
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
8:30 p.m.
* Joe Stoddard
9 p.m.
* Cosmo’s Factory
* Dr. Toot
9:30 p.m.
* Billy Erikson
10 p.m.
* Knudsen Brothers
THURSDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
10 a.m. All American Boys Chorus
4:30 and 7 p.m. Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
5 p.m. Nifty After Fifty
7 and 9 p.m. Ben Vereen concert
Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center