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The California State Fair returns for another fun-filled 17-day stretch of thrill rides, funnel cake, concerts and cannabis starting Friday. This summer marks the 170th year of the State Fair ...
Adult fairgoers will be able to legally smoke weed at Cal Expo for the first time.
In 1948, the state purchased approximately 900 acres of undeveloped land along the American River north of downtown Sacramento. Funds were not allocated to begin construction on this land until 1963, and the State Fair continued at the Stockton Boulevard grounds until 1967. [9] The California Exposition was dedicated on Monday, May 22, 1967.
A Sacramento Bee reporter plays a carnival game at the California State Fair in 2023. The fair kicks off at Cal Expo in Sacramento on Friday, July 12, 2024. What are carnival ride prices?
According to an editorial published in the Daily Alta California on November 5, 1850, fairs were common on the east coast of the United States.They believed the newborn state had potential to hold a great "exhibition that would astonish the world", comparing its accomplishments to "the poet's imagined Minerva, when she burst full armed from the brain of Jove, through the cleft made by Vulcan's ...
You can buy tickets to the state fair online. Early bird tickets cost $14, or $10 for seniors 62 years and older and $8 for kids 5 to 12 years old. Children 4 and under are free.
Started in 1935 (current site in 1940), [1] it is the largest free admission fair in the state of California. Since there was no fair in 2020 caused by COVID-19 pandemic, the 82nd was deferred to 2021, which went virtual. World War II was the cause of the fair's cancellation between 1942 and 1945.
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