What to Know
- OC Fair 2025
- Costa Mesa
- July 18-Aug. 17 (Wednesday through Sunday)
- Advance admission tickets are required; food purchases are additional
- The long-running county fair is known for its imaginative and offbeat foods, with new and nummy eats debuting each year; look for Bacon Cotton Candy, Dubai Chocolate Brownies, and Pizza Spuds at the 2025 fair
The 2025 OC Fair theme is “Find Your Happy,” but once you’re at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, you’ll also be able to “Find Your Snacky,” too.
Because snackies of the most outlandish and surreal varieties have long held the spotlight at the summertime spectacular, with creative concessionaires serving all sorts of strange and wondrous nibbles to tempt and satisfy us.
The fair doesn’t open for a few more weeks, but the first foodie reveals are arriving, giving devotees of deep-fried tidbits and turkey leg enthusiasts much to ponder…