Santa Cruz County Fair & Horse Show

Country Nights & Carnival Lights

By Noel Smith
September 16 – 20, County Fair Grounds Highway 152, Watsonville Ca.

The Santa Cruz County Fair has something for everybody. It provides the opportunity for our hobbies to be displayed for all the world to see. Here is just a sample of the variety of skills, crafts, arts and demonstrations in which people invest their time and talents and where and when to see them at the Fair.

In the JJ Crosetti Building, you will find a fantastic display of hobbies and collectables, Lego constructions, Photography and celebrating the creativity of our youth, their 4H and FFA projects. In addition, during the Fair you will find Technology & Making Demos, Tech & Making Workshops for Kids and Robotics, Machines & Flight Demos.

Next door in the Harvest Building are the Agricultural, Horticultural and Home Arts exhibits. Not to be left out are the Homebrew enthusiasts. Demonstrations there include Food, Woodcarving, Rug Braiding, Knitting/Crochet, Quilting, Stitching, Cookie & Cake Decorating, Leatherworking, and Live Brewing. Then there are contests – The Candy Jar Contest, Decorated Terra Cotta Pot Contest, Giant Cookie Contest (my favorite), the Ugly Cake Contest, the Berry Pie Contest, the Tamale & Salsa Contests and Craft Beer Tasting — which we hope won’t turn into a contest.

The Fine Arts Building features Watercolor, Woodcarving, Pottery, Oil Painting, Glass Making, Pastel Painting, Fabric Art, Taxidermy, Demonstrations, and even Poetry Reading.

For the Model Train kid in us all, there are the SCCRHS RHS -N, HO & G-Scale layouts in the Model Railroad Exhibit.

We haven’t even touched the dozens of activities and events in the Floriculture Building, the Livestock Main Arena, the Main Horseshow Arena, at Yesterdays Farm, the Rose Garden, the Bug Barn, the Poultry Building, and the Small Animal Barn (Hint, think lots of bunnies).

And when you just want to concentrate on having a good time with food, entertainment, carnival rides and games, all of those are there at the Santa Cruz County Fair. There is definitely
something for every age, mood, taste, and interest.

The Fair is all about giving the community the opportunity at least once per year to show off its residents’ amazing variety of hobbies, skills, talents, goods and services and the achievements of its agricultural community, its seniors and its youth The County Fair is also about getting out and having a good time. Whether it’s the livestock, the entertainment, the rides, the newest potato slicer or the variety of foods (Tri tip, Funnel Cakes and Cinnamon Buns top my list) the fair every year has it all.

Be sure to get the Fair Guide and visit the Fair’s website to see the enormous range of experiences and fun that will be waiting for you this year at the Santa Cruz County Fair!

Visit our Fair Guide for the complete schedule and information: http://wp.me/p3bkpk-5Wa