OC Fair & Event Center Reviews

I would give this place 5 stars. But because the prices on the rides are ridiculous, i give it 4. Overall my family had fun. Amount spent 200 dollars. 3 kids 2 adults.

Visited the Verizon booth and worked with Julio Ruiz. Very knowledgeable and made the experience painless.

OC Fair is a rip off. $75 for 4 corn dogs and drinks. $100 for 4 rides for 4 kids. How and why people keep going to these places is beyond me. The parking lot was full so you have to wait for someone to leave before we could park. Restroom lines were insane. And back to the rides 6-16 tickets per person per ride that is $3-8 per person per ride. If you buy $20 or $200 in tickets you do not get a break on the price or the amount they give you.

I had a good experience we had a very good time with family and friends

I suggest buying the wrist band if you are planning on staying most of the day. It's very nice and everyone can have fun, there is different types of activities for everyone.

I go here for the fair and occasionally the swap meet. It's well kept and has all the accommodations you'd expect.

It is the biggest fair that takes place in that city and it is once a year a lot of fun and food.
it's great

Always good events going on plus the swap meet every weekend

This place is awesome. Having a cold beer as you shop is great!

Very nice place to vist. Get there early if they have what events going on the parking will be very difficult.

A good area space for fairs and lots of access for vendors. We went to the Scottish festival and enjoyed the sheep herding exhibit, and many competitive challenges for the athletes. There was also lots of Scottish bagpipe music to enjoy, and Highland fling dance competition too! Lots to enjoy!

Great animal shoes fun rides for the kids and great exhibits and food from every country

Always an awesome day celebrating my sons birthday down at the OC Fair

Too many food booths and many of the same kind. Not enough Fair items and way too many people.

We came for a stem event... So awesome great use of the space. Loved the hands on booths. My kids loved the build your own rocket and launch it.

Trying to inter the parking lot took over a hour. Very frustrating.

Love coming to the OC fair every year!! Gets a but pricy cuz we have 5 kids and now 6 because my oldests girlfreind. So rides and games can make the cost of a day skyrocket. But without that, the kids just dont get the full experience. With the new app for games and rides its easy to pay and buy tickets. But be sure not to buy more than you can use because if you dont plan to return the tickets are not refundable. Another cool thing with the app is you can share it with the family and monitor how much is being used and reload as necessary. Really made the experience just a bit better not having to wait in lines for tickets or have to give the kids cash that they can loose.

The OC Fair is always fun, but its expensive. So make sure you plan it out...really good food and beer. I got 4 margaritas for $50!! but you get what you pay for and i love the atmosphere!!

This place is a rip off , they have unlimited ride wristbands for Thursday, friday and Sunday but not Saturday ... That's the dumbest thing a fair would do

Always a good time! We loved seeing the baby pigs! Not much for toddlers to do but now that my older daughter is big enough for the rides she loves going! And you can't beat fair food! We also love going on Wednesdays when you can donate something to get in for free!

A funss & exciting place 2visit best in Late.. Afternoon from 5pm R after.. 2avoids the OC-Heatss R the Crowdss..
OC fair have the Best Fried foodss & Fried Desserts so Yummy..Delicious.. Heavenly Unbelievable.. if U never eat it b4 in your entire lives..::)) very beautiful & more funss wen the dark come.. all beautiful lights & those exciting ridess R so crazzz Wildss..:)

Always nice, all kinds of food, and entertainment, as well as exhibits. And shopping if that is your thing, petting zoo, pig races, etc.

Extreme Rodeo at the OC fair os a must see. I had a great time and i laughed until i cryed. I highly recommend.

Great fun but need to add more variety of food services and indoor eating. Was freezing outside

Lots and lots to do and see. Highly recommended. Bring comfy shoes! Great place for the entire family. Kid friendly. Be prewpared to spend some money lol.

Great place for families but be ready to spend money

Although the food wasn t that great, the fun and entertainment made up for it. Great times of the family under the O.C. sun.

The OC fair never disappoints, we make it an annual tradition and always have a great time!

We are lucky to have this event property close by. There seems to be an event almost every weekend.. Plus there is always the Swap Meet. Open air venues to get some sun and walk around with the kids are always a plus.

Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa hosted an Easter Sunrise Service. Since we had the venue for weekend, there was a Rock Concert, too. Sponsored by KWVE 107.9.

I enjoy going to the gun show almost every time they have it. I am pretty disappointed in a recent trend. First, less vendors. Second, and most disappointing to me, is that some vendors leave early. There should be a provision in the "vendor contract" that IF they decide to sell products at the gun show...then they need to stay the ENTIRE programmed time. Frankly, I feel a little cheated that so many vendors were closing down early...and early means 3pm (Saturday, October 6, 2018). Not cool.
And, as an aside...this goes for the vendors in general...GET OFF YOUR F'ING CELL PHONES!
If you're bored, go do something else. Its like dealing with little retarded teenagers. Selling your products at a gun show is NOT the time to be screwing around w phones. There was a HIGH percentage of vendors that were doing this. The energy at the shows has dwindled considerably. I think management needs to get the ball rolling with a little innovation.

Enjoyed the fairgrounds, parking was easy, and the farm beside the farmers market was a delight

I went to a midweek event. It was easy to find parking which was free for this event. The venue is well maintained.

Went to Big Adventure here. Really nice layout, I like the hangar.

Great place to attend different activities. We attend OC night market . We love the food here parking is far but that's ok. They have improved it a lot. New bathrooms. And it's getting better every year.

Food and rides are so overpriced it's ridiculous, if you love rides or have kids who love rides plan on buying wrist bands it might save you lots of money. The fair food is interesting but at those prices it's more of an investment so plan on spending a few hundred. I ended up with food poisoning so choose your food wisely, I wish you luck. A day at any theme park would've actually cost less and saved me a horrible night I won't soon forget. Lesson learned.

Same tired vendors. This market use to larger, not any more. Only half the size.

great fun, activities with food and lots of adult beverages

I think OC Fair is the place you most go!!!
You can very enjoy in there!!

Urban Legends Haunt was fun. Signage could be better getting to the entrance. FYI you want to use Gate 2 off of Fair Dr. Once inside they do a very good job of directing you. The cast/crew were fun to watch. Also FYI, if you're in a car you want to be somewhere in lanes 1-3 to be able to see the finale performance. Otherwise just hope there are no trucks next to you. The experience takes about 45 minutes.

We have an annual fair with rides and great BAD 4 u Snacks. Plus all kinds of different types of shows , arts,crafts indoor and outdoor Jaquzzis,Gun and ammo. Last but not least Live Music by well known Artists.

Fun but the kid zone takes quite a few tickets for everything.

Awesome food, a little pricey though. But too crowded! Lines are hella long!

The oc fair is super fun, but still it's a little expensive.

I thought my life was complete and then I saw full contact jousting here and realized I had not been truly living.

Great place for families to come and just walk around!!!

Smaller than the LA County Fair but still very nice. It is much nicer because of it. Not as overwhelming.

My first time coming out here and i loved it!! I will definitely make it an annual thing. The micheladas were so good too...the price not su much lol but i guess.

Directions on where to enter parking lot are not clear and parking can be a long walk to event Pavillion.

I enjoy going to the Orange County Fair. I go almost every year.

It was good, there was good food and some fun rides. Not too crowded.

Went to the market place had not been in a couple of years... What a disappointment...