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Los Angeles County Fair / Fairplex

The Los Angeles Fair is a typical county fair, except larger, the largest in the country, attendance usually exceeds one million. The first Los Angles County Fair operated from October 17 to October 21 in 1922 featuring airplane wing walking and harness and chariot races. Currently the fair operates Labor Day weekend through the first weekend in October. Live stock and pig races fill one corner, outdoor living and gardens fill another. Several large buildings are filled with venders of everything from salsa makers to patio covers, body car to auto care, housewares to toys, and a lot more. Between all this are rides and attractions. Food venders sell everything from fried anything to soft drinks. After the horses stop running around the track, popular musical talents run around the stage at the grand stand performing free concerts. Although changing from year to year, large areas are set aside for themes like Wilderness Ridge, Jojo' Jungle, Gypsy Camp, and Pirate Life in 2010. Gone is the bumble bee monorail of the 1960s to 80s. Although not an actual part of the fair, a railroad museum connects to one corner.

Fairplex is also open throughout the year for various shows and also to view several on-going events such as the Railroad Exhibit, Garden Railroad, and Motorsport Museum. The entire site is operated as Fairplex by the Los Angeles County Fair Association and hosts numerous events the other eleven months of the year. Fairplex also includes hotels, an RV park, Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, the Child Development Center at Fairplex, Barretts Equine Ltd., and the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum.

Fairplex
1101 W. McKinley Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768

909-623-3111
909-865-4298


Yellow Gate, near the southwest corner of the fairgrounds.

Building 5.

Exhibit buildings.

Fine Arts Building during the Fair.

Fine Arts Building between Fairs.

The Shopping Place.

Plaza de las Americas.

Garden Pavilion.


In 2010, the Garden Pavilion contained an exhibit on Mexico.

Fountain near Yellow Gate.


Fountain near exhibits buildings.


Midway, games, rides fill the open area before the grandstands.

Midway.

Open area before the grandstands after the fair.


Skyway. Even the towers for this ride are packed up at the end of the fair.

Skyway.

Pigs are so cute.

Riverside Farmhouse.

Mission exhibit.

The Grandstand is filled with exhibits and spectators, but quiet between fairs.


Railroad Exhibit, AKA Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society

Garden Moidel Railroad

The Garden Model Railroad is viewable all year, contact them for schedule.


Americas Great Outdoors is an area near the Yellow Gate and centers on National Forests and the great outdoors.

Americas Great Outdoors.

Enchanted Forest.

Enchanted Forest.


Jojo's Jungle (2010) is a large area about jungles and animals.

Jojo's Jungle

Shipwreck Reef

Dinosaur exhibit for the 2010 Fair.

A Garden Model Railroad show is typical of a between-fairs event.

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This page last updated: Saturday, 15-Jan-2011 10:07:55 EST

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