The Orange County Fair & Exposition Center will start the new year on a musical note with the Tex*Us Guitar Show Jan. 21-22. Music and guitar enthusiasts will come together to see the latest and the best of the guitar industry. Hours are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 and ages 12 and under are free.

Locals will be pulling out their photographs, glue, double-sided tape and fancy cut scissors Feb. 17-19 for the Scrapbook Expo. Share tips, exchange ideas and pick-up the latest creative design kit for that next scrapbook project. Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $8 and ages 12 and under are free.

Opening the spring season at OCFEC, the California Country Show will offer a little bit of Americana from Mar. 11-12 with over 50 vendors selling folk art, country furniture, quilts, hooked rugs, samplers, toys, gardens, vintage paint and more. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $9 and visitors 17 years old and younger are free.