Kids ages 4 and under were free.īutler Amusements' unlimited ride wristbands were available for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays priced at $37, and on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, wristbands were priced at $42.

Advance purchase subtracted $2 from this pricing. Also contributing was the fact that every one of California's 58 counties participated in the event this year.įair admission cost $16 for adults at the gate for seniors, admission was priced at $12, and for kids ages 5 and up, $10. The fair's CEO and CEO of Cal Expo, Tom Martinez, noted new investments in the musical performers and for children's programming as both contributing to the rise in guests.

In fact, the fair's 17-day late July run ended with the largest four-day attendance records since prior to the pandemic, with 65,000 guests recorded attending on Saturday alone a record. Pre-pandemic attendance seemed to peak, but last year, and again this year, enthusiasm and attendance has rebounded.Ħ50,000 attendees turned out last year after two years of pandemic closure this year attendance, which has yet to be finalized, increased again. Packed with livestock from goats to cows to sheep, carnival rides, and the alluring scent of hot dogs, funnel cakes, and so much more from the variety of food vendors, the Sacramento-based fair has seen plenty of changes over its 169-year history, from locations to date changes, and yet the tradition and family fun continues. The last two weeks in July brought the Big One to the Golden sSate of California, thankfully not an earthquake, but the California State Fair held in Sacramento.

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