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An easy guide to all of the basic Fair Facts!
Date Posted: 7/7/2012

Ventura County Fair



  • Theme: “Rides, Ribbons & Rodeos”

  • Dates: Wednesday, August 1 – Sunday, August 12

  • Hours: Gates open 11am Weekdays, 10 am Weekends (10AM Senior Day, Tues., Aug 7)

  • Location: Ventura County Fairgrounds, on the beach in Ventura

  • Contact: 805-648-3376 and www.venturacountyfair.org

  • Find us on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter


Special Admission Days
  • Youth Day- Friday, August 3- Kids 12 and under get in free all day

  • Dollar Day- Wednesday, August 1- $1 entry until 3pm

  • Seniors & Persons with Disabilities Day- Open at 10am, Tuesday, August 7- Seniors (62+) & Persons with Disabilities get in free

  • Military Day- Thursday, August 9- Military with a current, valid ID get in free all day

  • Carnival Wristband Days- Thursday, August 6, Monday, August 6, Tuesday, August 7, Thursday, August 9- Wristbands are sold from 11am until 6pm for $25. Good for unlimited Carnival Rides until 7pm

  • “Fair Cares” Food Drive- Thursday, August 2- Purchase your adult admission ticket and donate 5 cans of food for Food Share before 3pm and get a FREE return fair ticket. Return ticket valid Mon-Thurs, Aug 6-9


Grandstand Entertainment

  • Motorsports; Wednesday and Thursday, August 1 & 2, 6pm
    ($5 Adults, 12 and under free with paid adult)

  • Bret Michaels Get Your Rock On 2012; Friday, August 3, 7:30 PM

  • Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; Saturday, August 4, 7:30 PM

  • Groupo Pesado, Lupillo Rivera, and Banda Machos; Sunday, August 5, 3:00 PM

  • Creed; Monday, August 6, 7:30 PM

  • Frankie Avalon; Tuesday, August 7,1pm

  • Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Tuesday, August 7, 7:30 PM

  • Cobra Starship; Wednesday, August 8, 7:30

  • Martina McBride; Thursday, August 9, 7:30 PM

  • Boyz II Men and En Vogue; Friday, August 10, 7:30 PM

  • PRCA Rodeo; Saturday and Sunday, August 11 & 12, 2pm and 7pm

All schedules and artists are subject to change without notice
Grandstand Arena Presented by MillerCoors


Transportation
Save Gas- park at one of our convenient shuttles for an easy ride to our front gate! Shuttle stops at Ventura County Government Center, VUSD Lot on W. Stanley Ave at Hwy 33, Pacific View Mall, Harbor Blvd at Schooner Drive, and Oxnard Performing Arts Center on Hobson Way.

 

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