Be A Part Of The Fair

Corndogs, funnel cakes, livestock, preserves, carnival rides… the Contra Costa County Fair is right around the corner. There are so many ways to be a part of “Old Fashion Fun” this year!

Showcase your work! Bake your best cookies, take your best picture, create the best scrapbook page ever, and nurture your prized plant - then enter it into one of the Fair’s contests and competitions. For a Complete list, check the online exhibitor handbook at www.contracostafair.com. Entry forms are due no later than May 4, 2010. Mailed entries must be postmarked by May 4th. Be green and enter online.

Enjoy the music! Hip-hop legend MC Hammer will headline the 2010 Contra Costa County Fair—bringing his masterful dance moves and trademark sound to this summer’s county fair in Antioch on June 5 at 7 pm. Platinum artists Great White will give fairgoers a taste of their signature style of rock at 8pm on Saturday, June 5, and retro band Summer of Love will add some 60s groove to the line up on Thursday, June 3 at 6pm and again at 8pm. MC Hammer tickets go on sale April 5. The cost is $20 for reserved seating and $15 for general admission. The Great White, Summer of Love and Skynnyn Lynnyrd shows are free with fair admission. MC Hammer and fair tickets can be purchased on the fair’s website at http://www.contracostafair.com/.

Celebrate the tradition at the Junior Livestock Auction on June 6 at 10 am. Buyers are welcome to come and enjoy and free breakfast and stay after for an appreciation lunch. The animals sold at the auction have been raised and shown by the youth of Contra Costa County.

Summer kicks off in June 2010 with the Contra Costa County Fair, June 3rd – 6th.