Sunday, July 26, 2020 (11:00 am)

Our friend Pam, the culinary arts supervisor, has another recipe for us today: garden pesto! We thought this would be a good, easy recipe for a yummy Sunday dinner.

What you need: basil, parmesan cheese, pine nuts, olive oil, sea salt, garlic 

For a delicious and easy banana dessert recipe from Pam, go to ocfair.com/oc-fair/virtual/videos-galleries/ and click on Food & Drink.

Saturday, July 25, 2020 (7:30 pm)

County fairs work hard to educate the public about agriculture, and that includes showing livestock. But the OC Fair has many other types of animals too – from birds to oxen and everything in between! Here are just a few of the types of animals found at the OC Fair over the past few years.

Rabbit at Centennial Farm

Medicinal sign, herbs growing at Centennial Farm

Sheep at Centennial Farm

Goat

Goat

Mother and piglets/

Cow

Goat

Rabbits

Pigs

Sheep

Goats

Cattle

Goats

Goats

Chickens

Chickens

Pigs

Peafowl

Goats

Goats

Goats

Cattle

Cattle

Pigs

(5:34 pm)

Sean Oliu and the Coastline Cowboys performed in Baja Blues last year during the OC Fair and were a crowd favorite! Sean shares his favorite OC Fair memory with us: performing “Queen of Hearts” on a fun Saturday night.

(11:30 am)

Our friend Barbara, who is in charge of the landscaping on the fairgrounds, is here today to teach you how to put together a cute little terrarium at home!

If you make a terrarium at home with your kids, take a pic and show them off – we’d love to see them!

What you need: clamshell, pea gravel, horticultural charcoal, potting soil, worm castings, a variety of small succulents, and decorations such as sand, reindeer moss and trinkets.

We put together an Amazon shopping list for anyone who’s starting from scratch (or just needs a couple of items): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/VCUFF0CZIZ1H?ref_=wl_share

Friday, July 24, 2020 (7:30 pm)

Here’s a video from the archives to put you right in the middle of a recent OC Fair!

The Sky Ride is the very first ride that gets built by RCS every year ahead of the annual OC Fair – yes, even before La Grande Wheel XL! It takes you on a one-way trip between Green Gate and Yellow Gate, flying high above the crowds, giving you a gorgeous view of everyone’s favorite fair.

(2:00 pm)

Our friend Dominic of “The Midway Gourmet” is here to teach you how to make fried Oreos at home.

You’ll need: Krusteaz pancake batter, Oreos, wooden skewers, oil, and powdered sugar to top them off!

Did you know? Rcsfun offers DIY kits for fried Oreos, funnel cakes and fried Snickers. Go to rcsfunstore.squarespace.com to purchase!

Dominic also cooked up a flatbread pizza, grilled peaches with prosciutto, and a caramel apple tart. See the full video: https://ocfair.com/oc-fair/virtual/videos-galleries/#foodDrink

(11:30 am)

Veekay the Clown has been at the OC Fair for 35 years! He’s got his own OC Fair set up at home and wants to share it with all of you.

Thursday, July 23, 2020 (7:30 pm)

We’re looking back at one of our favorite exhibits: My Fair Selfie! This cute little selfie museum featured different OC Fair backdrops meant for taking the perfect fun fair photo.

(5:00 pm)

Our friends at Eureka Mohair Farm have been showing their goats at the annual OC Fair for a long time. In fact, some of their goats are at Centennial Farm! Allen has a few fun facts about angora goats for you.

(2:02 pm)

Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik performs every night during the annual OC Fair, so we can’t let the Virtual Fair go by without sharing a few of his clips from the archives!

Would you be willing to get hypnotized on stage at the fair??