Today at the Orange County Fair
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight.
KIDS’ DAY--Children age 12 and younger are admitted free all day.
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 the California Leather Guild
* Weaving and spinning by the South Coast Weaver’s Guild
* Woodturning by the Shed by the Orange County Woodturner’s Assn.
* Beef, calves, goats, sheep and swine on display (until 11 p.m.)
* AgriScience display (until 11 p.m.)
10 a.m.
* Tropical bash contest
* Favorite rock contest
* Pathways to Fishing
* Kids’ Day with Planet Kids and Camp Frasier (until 6 p.m.)
10:30 a.m.
* Tropical bash contest
11 a.m.
* Cathleen Forcucci Dance Studio
* Betty’s Performing Arts Studio
* King Kukulele
* Pathways to Fishing
* The Garden Chef
Noon
* West Coast Sweet 16 and Entertainers
* Wanda’s Dance Studio
* American Tiger Karate
* Coconut roll contest
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
* Pathways to Fishing
* China painting (until 6 p.m.)
12:30 p.m.
* Banana Benefits with the Banana Man
* Storytelling
1 p.m.
* Betty’s Performing Arts Studio
* Orange County Stars and Fountain Valley Twirlers
* K.C. and Company
* Pass the Pineapple contest
* Tops for Kids by Carson Davis
* Pathways to Fishing
* Watermelon seed-spitting contest sponsored by Hometown Buffet
1:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
2 p.m.
* West Coast Sweet 16 and Entertainers
* Wanda’s Dance Studio
* American Tiger Karate
* Two of a Kind--Danielle & Lori
* Diana’s Singers
* Global Harmony
* Nuttie hockey contest
* Tropical Fun Food for Kids by Jan Mongell
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
* The Garden Chef
* Creative portraiture
3 p.m.
* Defore Dancers
* Beach Cities Stars
* Orange County Stars and Fountain Valley Twirlers
* Chuwa Bolivia
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* K.C. and Company
* Safe Harbor Race contest
* Coconut fiber baskets by Rowena Tom
* Banana Benefits with the Banana Man
3:30 p.m.
* Spindles & Stuff (spinning/weaving) by Dale Braun
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
4 p.m.
* Dance City
* Sing, Sing, Sing--”Give My Regards to Broadway”
* Two of a Kind--Danielle & Lori
* Elk Whistle
* Diana’s Singers
* Global Harmony
* Peanut toss contest
4:30 p.m.
* Tropical Fun Food for Kids by Jan Mongell
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
5 p.m.
* Defore Dancers
* Beach Cities Stars
* Chuwa Bolivia
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* K.C. and Company
* King Kukulele
* Hawaiian limbo contest
5:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
6 p.m.
* Dance City
* Sing, Sing, Sing--”Give My Regards to Broadway”
* Tijuana Dogs
* Elk Whistle
* Diana’s Singers
* Free gem identification (until 9 p.m.)
* Spelling bee
* It’s a Tropi-cal Gig for Kids by Marsi Robertson, Animal Crackers
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
6:30 p.m.
* Bernie Pearl & Harmonica Fats
7 p.m.
* Emilio
* Jewels of Oasis belly dancers
* Jessica--vocalist
* Chuwa Bolivia
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* Joe Stoddard
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
7:30 p.m.
* The Jets
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
8 p.m.
* Tijuana Dogs
* Elk Whistle
* Close Harmony
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
* Global Harmony
8:30 p.m.
* Bernie Pearl & Harmonica Fats
9 p.m.
* Emilio
* Jessica--vocalist
* Joe Stoddard
9:30 p.m.
* The Jets
10 p.m.
* Close Harmony
SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
9:30 a.m. Junior livestock auction (until 5 p.m.)
1 p.m. Tutti Frutti beehive hairdo contest
4 and 6 p.m. Orange Blossom Cloggers
7 and 9 p.m. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Source: Orange County Fair and Exposition Center
