Santa Cruz County Fair

06/20/2026

06/17/2026

🎡 Sponsor the fun! Support the community! Increase your visibility! 🎡

The offers exciting sponsorship opportunities to help your business stand out. Don’t wait—spots are filing quickly!

Contact Claudette:
💻[email protected]
📱831-461-1796

Or visit santacruzcountyfair.com/sponsorship-opportunities

06/16/2026

⏰ DON'T DELAY, ENTER TODAY ⏰
Entries are open for the 2026 !
Bring us your best... from 📸photography and poetry to giant 🎃pumpkins and collections!
There's a department for everyone-- check out the Entry Guide at santacruzcountyfair.com!!

06/15/2026

🎤🎸🎹 YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS! 🎤🎸🎹

Our 2026 live concert lineup is not only awesome, it’s local!

Friday September 18th:
Direct from Las Vegas, lead singer, Andy Vargas -- who was born and raised in Watsonville!

Saturday September 19th:
alum and Santa Cruz native, James Durbin and The Lost Boys!

Also this year, are back! We have an all-new promoter—bringing us the bigger and better Monster X Tour, Wednesday (9/16) and Thursday (9/17)! *additional ticket required

More details at santacruzcountyfair.com

06/13/2026

🎨🎨 CHECK IT OUT! Our 2026 Poster Art! 🎨🎨

The poster was chosen from more than 20 submissions in our Fair Poster Art Contest. The winning artist is 17-year-old High School student, Alondra Jaramillo-Arreola!

Alondra’s poster is a charming representation of all the elements of this year’s theme, 🍎⭐🥧 “Apple Pies and Starry Skies.” 🍎⭐🥧

Congratulations to Alondra! We are so happy to feature her artwork at the 2026 Fair-- our youth and community involvement is what makes the great!

See you at the !

06/13/2026

🥇🥇ENTRIES ARE OPEN!🥇🥇
🌺Flowers
🧸Collections
🍓Fruits and Veggies
📸Photography
✏Poetry
🧵Home Arts
🏰LEGOs
🐖Livestock
If you create, grow, raise, bake or make any of the above (and that's the short list!)... it's time to enter the !
Go to santacruzcountyfair.com to see all the departments... and to ENTER!!

06/07/2026

‼️ AWESOME OPPORTUNITY ALERT ‼️

Make your name shine in the sky!
Sponsorship opportunities are still available for our spectacular Light Show on Friday (9/18), Saturday (9/19-SOLD) and Sunday (9/20) nights!
This one-of-a-kind opportunity is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Claudette today!

[email protected]
or 831-461-1796
or visit santacruzcountyfair.com/sponsorship-opportunities!

06/01/2026

🗑️ LET'S TALK SOME TRASH! 🗑️

The is so proud to partner with Pitch In and !

Here are the results of the 2026 Third Annual All County Cleanup:
-730 People
-325 Bags of trash
-Approximately 7,247.5 lbs of trash (not counting tires, furniture & appliances)

WOW!!

Extra props to of for volunteering their time to cleanup the fairgrounds!!

💚 A HUGE thank you to everyone who's helping keep our fairgrounds and clean! 💚

05/31/2026

🏠Community.
🎡Tradition.
🎉Celebration.
Align your business with the through sponsorship opportunities-- designed to maximize exposure and community engagement.
Contact Claudette at:
[email protected]
or 831-461-1796
or visit santacruzcountyfair.com/sponsorship-opportunities!

05/27/2026

Attention class of 2026!!
25 special graduates will get to ride on the Watsonville Speedway bus!!
Get your bus ticket when you get to the races!!