all day / Fair

Attracting more than 1 million visitors each year, the Del Mar Fair is San Diego County’s largest annual special event. This year’s festivities will take place daily through July 5. The fair offers exhibits, demonstrations, thrill rides, contests, farm animal displays and live entertainment. Wayne Newton, Wynonna (who appears tonight), Gladys Knight and Sixpence None the Richer are among the musical artists scheduled to perform during the course of this nearly three-week event.

* Del Mar Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Daily through July 5, 10 a.m. to midnight. (Exhibits close at 10 p.m.) Adults, $8; seniors 62 and older, $5; ages 6-12, $3; under 5, free. (619) 755-1161.

7:30pm / Theater

Mickey Rooney stars in the title role and Jo Anne Worley is the Wicked Witch of the West in the Southern California premiere of Radio City Entertainment’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” adapted from the 1939 MGM classic.

* “The Wizard of Oz,” Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd.: Tuesdays through Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, noon, 4 and 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m., except 2 p.m. only on July 4. Ends July 4. $27 to $59.50. Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa: July 7 through 9, July 13 through 15, 7:30 p.m.; July 10, July 17, noon, 4 and 7:30 p.m.; July 11, 1, 4 and 7 p.m.; July 16, 4 and 7:30 p.m.; July 18, 1 and 4 p.m. Ends July 18. $29.50 to $49.50. (213) 365-3500, (714) 740-7878.

7:30pm / Workshop

If the wrinkles in your father-son relationship would fill a “Jerry Springer Show,” maybe you can iron things out at the Fathers and Sons Just for Us Workshop at the Skirball Cultural Center. Just for Us leaders Carole Isenberg and Madeline Sharples use storytelling, humor and discussions to nurture communication and strengthen family ties. This is the second such workshop; the Skirball offered one before Mother’s Day as well.

* Fathers and Sons Just for Us Workshop, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. $10; $8, Skirball members; $6, students. (310) 440-4500.

Freebie: Blues singer Zola Moon performs at the City Hall Courtyard, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City, 6 to 7 p.m. (310) 253-6643.