Archive: Attendance and Themes
Here’s an archive of the OC Fair’s attendance and themes every year, dating back to 2000.
| YEAR | THEME | ATTENDANCE |
| 2025 | “Find Your Happy” | |
| 2024 | “Always a Good Time” | 1,137,555 |
| 2023 | “Happy Together” | 1,048,181 |
| 2022 | “Feel the Sunshine” | 1,055,173 |
| 2021 | “Time for Fun” | 1,055,770 |
| 2020 | Canceled – Virtual OC Fair was held on ocfair.com | |
| 2019 | “Acres of Fun” | 1,393,482 |
| 2018 | “Free Your Inner Farmer” | 1,470,636 |
| 2017 | “Farm Fresh Fun” | 1,334,753 |
| 2016 | “Get Your Fair Face On!” | 1,344,996 |
| 2015 | “One Big Party” | 1,301,445 |
| 2014 | “Summer Starts Here” | 1,337,167 |
| 2013 | “Come & Get It” | 1,374,579 |
| 2012 | “Home Sweet Home” | 1,357,335 |
| 2011 | “Let’s Eat!” | 1,400,280 |
| 2010 | “The Beat Goes On” | 1,154,969 |
| 2009 | “Think. Big.” | 1,072,018 |
| 2008 | “Say Cheese” | 1,062,673 |
| 2007 | “Cowabunga! – Year of Herefords, Surfers & Sand” | 1,090,653 |
| 2006 | “Flower Power – Year of the Garden” | 924,315 |
| 2005 | “It’s Callin’ You Out to Play – Year of the Avocado” | 1,058,192 |
| 2004 | “Jammin’ at the Fair – Year of the Grape” | 963,984 |
| 2003 | “Red, Ripe and Rockin’ – Year of the Tomato” | 881,596 |
| 2002 | “Leap Into the Fair – We’re Making a Big Splash” | 898,197 |
| 2001 | “Twist & Shout” | 843,347 |
| 2000 | “Hot! Hot! Hot! We’re Spicin’ It Up!” | 808,810 |