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Stanislaus County Fair discount tickets
now available on-line
Turlock--Fair
goers who want to take advantage of pre-fair savings
on admission and carnival rides can now get those
discount tickets on-line—saving a drive to the
Turlock fair office.
For the first
time ever Stanislaus County Fair guests can buy
discounted fair admission tickets and discounted
carnival  pay-one-price
unlimited ride wristbands through the Fair’s web
site—www.stancofair.com. Beginning this week,
and available online
only through July 17, presale adult fair admission
is just $6 ($8 at the gate). Presale child admission is also available on-line for $2.
Advance sale carnival wristbands (good for
unlimited rides one weeknight [Monday-Friday] are just
$17. Carnival
wristband prices during the fair will be $20/weeknight
or $23 on Saturdays and Sundays).
On-line sales can be made with Visa or Master
Card. A $2 on-line processing fee, per complete order,
will be added at checkout.
Purchases made through the Fair’s web site
are made using a secure connection (SSL) and all
information is transmitted in an encrypted form.
“Our mission is to promote agriculture,
entertainment, education and technology,” said
Pennie Rorex, spokesperson for the Stanislaus County
Fair. “Making
our Fair’s discounts easily accessible through the
technology and the convenience of the internet is yet
another way we are working to accomplish our
mission.”
“The on-line, pre-fair purchase makes the
discounts accessible to everybody—24 hours a
day—no matter their work schedule.”
Discounted
tickets ordered online are sent U.S. mail directly to
the buyer’s home or business address.
The
Stanislaus County Fair is well-known for the
outstanding entertainment it features each year,
included with the price of fair admission, on the
Budweiser Variety Free Stage. As of today, the lineup
on the Budweiser Variety Free Stage includes:
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Special – Friday, July 30 at 8:30 p.m.
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America
– Saturday, July 31 at 8:30 p.m.
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Emerson
Drive – Sunday, Aug. 1 at 8:30 p.m.
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ZOEgirl
– Monday, Aug. 2 at 8:30 p.m.
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The
Marshall Tucker Band – Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 8:30
p.m.
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Steve
Holy – Thursday, Aug. 5 at 8:30 p.m.
In
addition to the free concerts, three celebrity
headliners will perform in the Food
Maxx
Arena. The
concert line up in
the Food Maxx Arena includes:
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Sugar
Ray and the Ben Taylor Band – Sunday, Aug. 1 at
8 p.m.
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Journey
– Monday, Aug. 2 at 8 p.m.
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Brad
Paisley and Pat Green – Tuesday, Aug. 3 at 8
p.m.
Events
in the Food Maxx Arena, unless specified, are ticketed
and prices are in addition to fair gate admission.
The
Stanislaus County Fair is now in its 93rd
year. The 2004 fair opens Friday, July 30 for a 10-day run.
The theme of this year’s fair is “Say
Cheese!”
Last
year more than 225,000 people enjoyed the fair.
In 2002 and again in 2003, Modesto Bee
readers voted the Stanislaus County Fair their
“Favorite All-Around Event” in the Bee’s
Reader’s Choice Awards.
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