Fair Admission Prices:

• Discount adult fair admission: $10 (discount tickets on sale until Thursday, 7/15/10 at 7 p.m.)

• Regular-price adult admission: $12 (after 7/15/10 at 7 p.m. and/or during Fair)

• Child fair admission (ages 6–12): $3

• Children ages 5 and under: Free!

Buy Online: Admission Tickets and Unlimited Ride Wristbands
Buy at Valley First Credit Union
Buy at the Fair Office
 

Other Admission Prices:

Motorsports and More:
For information about the fair’s exhilarating events, in the FoodMaxx Arena, including ticket prices and ticket outlets, click here.

Carnival:
For detailed carnival information, including unlimited ride wristbands and individual ride prices, click here.

Events at the Fairgrounds:
In addition to the 10-day Stanislaus County Fair, the fairgrounds is home to over a hundred different events throughout the year.  Click here for information about upcoming events at the fairgrounds, including admission prices, if any.
 

Carnival Prices:
Unlimited ride wristband
Purchased in advance (through July 15, 2010, at 7 p.m.)

• $23 – good for any one day
   

Fair time (purchase at carnival ticket booths during the Fair on the day attending):

• $30 – good on day purchased
• $28 – July 20th on 7UP Night with 7UP $2 off coupon

Individual rides

Each ride requires 3 to 5 coupons:
• $1 – individual ride coupon
• $25 – 25 coupons
• $70 – 80 coupons
Important Note: Please be advised that ALL riders must either have a ride wristband or ride coupons to enjoy our rides. This includes parents/adults accompanying children who do not meet height requirements to ride alone on family rides


7UP Night carnival discount
Fair guests will receive $2 off the regular purchase price of unlimited ride wristbands purchased with appropriate 7UP coupon. Present the carnival portion of the 7UP coupon at any carnival ticket booth and the price will be $28 instead of $30. Offer is limited to one wristband per discount coupon.

7UP coupons available from late June, through fair time, on 2 liter bottles of 7UP at participating retailers.


Senior Day free ride
On Saturday, July 17 seniors 65 and over may ride the carousel free of charge from noon until midnight.


Discounts and Promotions:
(Check back regularly for additions!)
Thanks to our sponsors, there are discounts and promotions planned for you nearly every day and night during the fair’s 10-day run:

*Taco Bell Weeknight Discount Admission Coupon…save $3 off one adult admission. Coupons will be available beginning July 2010, at participating Taco Bell locations in Stanislaus County.

Fair Hours:

Fair Hours
Friday, July 16 to Sunday, July 25, 2010

Grounds and buildings open:
Monday–Friday: 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays: noon

Buildings close:
Nightly: 11 p.m. 

Grounds close*:
Monday–Thursday: midnight
Fridays and Saturdays: 1 a.m.
Sundays: 12:30 a.m.

Carnival Hours*:
Monday–Thursday: 5 p.m. – midnight
Friday: 5 p.m.–1 a.m.
Saturday: noon–1 a.m.
Sunday: noon–12:30 a.m.

*Closing hours for the grounds and the carnival subject to change by fair officials on a nightly basis.

Ticket Office(s) Hours
Fair admission and unlimited ride wristbands can be purchased at any of these three convenient locations:
• Online
• Valley First Credit Union
• Stanislaus County Fair Ticket Office

eTickets:
eTickets will be available for purchase in early Spring 2010. 

Note: A $1 processing fee will apply to each ticket. eTickets will feature a bar code that will be scanned at the gates.
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900 N. Broadway ● Turlock

Beginning the first Saturday in May (May 1, 2010, at 10 a.m.) and continuing through closing day of the fair (July 25, 2010), visit the fair’s ticket office to purchase fair admission tickets and unlimited ride wristbands. At the fair office you can also purchase tickets to the fair’s exciting motorsports and bull riding events.

2010 Ticket Office Hours:

For questions regarding ticket sales, contact tickets@stancofair.com or telephone (209) 668-1333 x311 or (209) 524-2660 x311.

Fair Parking:
Parking during the 10-day run of the fair is just $4 per vehicle, on a space-available basis.  A portion of the parking fees benefit the Ceres Lions Club and community projects they sponsor.

Parking Lots:

• West Lot: Located on Soderquist Road (between Fulkerth Road and Canal Drive), west of the County Bank entrance to the fair.
• North Lot: Located on Fulkerth Road, just west of Golden State Boulevard.  From this lot you access the fair through the Mocse Credit Union entrance.

Click here for tips on preventing auto burglary

Handicapped Parking:
Handicapped parking is provided in both the West Lot and the North Lot, on a space-available basis.  Please ask the parking lot attendant to direct you upon arrival.  See Gate Trams (below) more information.

Gate Trams:
For your convenience, complimentary tractor-pulled guest tram service is provided in the North and West parking lots between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weeknights, and the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekends.  The tram circles the parking lots and stops at the County Bank and Mocse gates approximately every 15 minutes.  Guests may board the inbound tram by simply waiting near their vehicles.

The tram that traverses the North Lot is wheelchair accessible.


Wheelchairs and Strollers:

Wheelchairs:
Complimentary wheelchairs may be checked-out on an ‘as-available’ basis during open hours of the fair.  Simply leave your photo identification with the attendant, located at the Lost Tots tent in the Sky Trek Kids Zone.  Wheelchairs must be returned by 11 p.m. Please note that the demand can sometimes exceed the supply, so you are encouraged to bring your own wheelchair, if possible.

Wheelchair loaners are made possible by Premier Medical Supply, Inc. of Ceres.

Strollers:
Complimentary strollers may be checked out on an ‘as available’ basis during open hours of the fair. Simply leave your photo identification with the attendant, located at the Lost Tots tent in the Sky Trek Kids Zone.  Strollers must be returned by 11 p.m.  Please note that the demand can sometimes exceed the supply, so you are encouraged to bring your own stroller, if possible.

Special thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Turlock for the donation of strollers.


Preferred Hotels

The Stanislaus County Fair offers three preferred hotel choices.  These hotels all feature fine accommodations, excellent locations and a discounted hotel rate to any one affiliated with the 2010 Stanislaus County Fair.  Please call any one of these fine hotels and make your reservations today.

 

1000 Powers Court Turlock, CA 95380 209-250-1501

185 N. Tully Road Turlock, CA 95380 209-667-7777

3301 Countryside Drive Turlock, CA 95380 209-668-3800

3001 Hotel Drive Turlock, CA 95380 209-664-9999

Driving Directions
The Stanislaus County Fair is located in Turlock, California, at the "heart" of California's Central Valley.

Traveling North on Hwy 99, take the West Main Street exit and turn right onto West Main. At the 2nd stop light, turn left onto Soderquist.

Traveling South on Hwy 99, take the Fulkerth Road exit and turn left onto Fulkerth. Go about 3/4 of a mile then turn right onto Soderquist.

Click here for a fair map!

900 N. Broadway
Turlock CA 95380

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