San Diego County Fair opens Friday
The San Diego County Fair returns to the Del Mar Fairgrounds for 22 days beginning this Friday (June 11), and this year the annual tradition will celebrate food.
“Taste the Fun” is the theme of this year’s fair, which runs through Monday, July 5 (the fair will close on Mondays, June 14, 21 and 28).
And while all of the regular attractions will be there (the carnival rides and games, the livestock shows, the vendors selling their wares and the live music) new additions will focus on the joys of cooking and, one would assume, of eating.
The centerpiece will be the “Tour of Tastes” theme exhibit, which includes culinary competitions featuring chefs, culinary students and fairgoers duking it out for bragging rights in several competition kitchens that have been set up in the display area, located west of the main O’Brien Gate entrance.
The exhibit will also include cooking demonstrations, featuring displays that highlight molecular gastronomy, wine tasting, candy, information on farmer’s markets and local growers and a behind-the-scenes look at how fair food is made.
Speaking of fair food, it’s all here in its fried, gut-busting glory.
Among the new fair food this year, Charlie’s Chicken will have deep fried Klondike bars and Pop Tarts, as well as beef kabobs. There’s also deep fried butter; buffalo chicken fry bread; sweet potato and hash brown fry dogs (which are hot dogs dipped in batter, then in hash browns or sweet potatoes and then deep fried); funnel cake on a stick; a Dreamsicle float, ice cream s’mores, chocolate dipped pickles, a pickle corn dog, veggie kabobs and a “Four-Pound Belly Buster Burger) which is 11 inches wide and has 10 slices of cheese, eight slices of tomato, half a head of lettuce, more than 30 dill pickle slices and five ounces of burger sauce.
Other returning favorites includes Tasty Chips, Australian battered fried potatoes, deep fried frog legs, fried Oreos and chocolate-covered bacon.
On the non-edible side, the fair will also feature “Star Trek Live,” an interactive exhibit that’s based on the popular science fiction television series and franchise.
The interactive 60-minute stage show makes fairgoers part of a newly formed Starfleet Academy and allows them to master modern communication, space travel and other space technologies, and even try to defeat alien adversaries.
The attraction will run five times a day, at 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
As always, there’s the performers, with grandstand stage acts including Joan Jett, Sammy Hagar, ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and Julio Iglesias (some shows require separate admission, go to www.sdfair.com for a complete lineup).
Admission to the fair is $13 for adults, $7 for ages 62 and up and $7 for ages 6-12. Those under 5 are free.
This year the fair is also offering a ticket that gives you access to all 22 days of the fair for $22. The “Best Pass Ever” can be purchased at the box office, or online at the fair website.
Parking is $10 per vehicle in the paid lots. Free parking and shuttle service is available at the horse park, located at the intersection of Via de la Valle and El Camino Real.
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