Santa Cruz County Fair

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!!

05/19/2026

🎉🎉 CONGRATULATIONS are in order!

High School student, Alondra Jaramillo-Arreola, is the winner of our 2026 Fair Poster Art Contest!

Alondra won over more than 20 submissions!

Her poster is a charming, hand-drawn representation… featuring all the elements of this year’s theme, 🍎🥧⭐️ “Apple Pies and Starry Skies.” 🍎🥧⭐️

The final artwork will be revealed at a later date... but picture this: a cute cow and pink pig picnicking on apple pie beneath a constellation-filled night sky.

We are so happy to feature Alondra's artwork at the 2026 Fair— our youth and community involvement is what makes the great!!

05/04/2026

"🌱 The Santa Cruz County Fair is proud to participate in the Pitch In Santa Cruz County Cleanup Day on May 9th

Our fairgrounds have always been a place where community comes together—and this is another way we can give back to the place we call home. By joining this county-wide effort, we’re helping keep our neighborhoods, waterways, and shared spaces clean and beautiful for everyone.

At the Santa Cruz County Fair, we value our community deeply. Events like this reflect what we stand for: stewardship, connection, and taking pride in where we live.

We encourage everyone to get involved—whether you join a cleanup, organize your own, or simply do your part. Every effort makes a difference.

Let’s work together to make Santa Cruz County the cleanest in the state

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04/30/2026

We’re honored to be recognized with the Santa Cruz Sentinel Newspaper’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best Annual Event in Santa Cruz County—for the THIRD year in a row!

Thank you to our incredible community—our staff, volunteers, exhibitors, vendors, and fairgoers—who make the Santa Cruz County Fair so special year after year. This recognition belongs to all of you!

We can’t wait to welcome you back September 16–20 for this year’s theme: “Apple Pies and Starry Skies!” 🥧

04/28/2026

“The cinnamon rolls have left the building!”

Thank you everyone who came out for a cinnamon roll and some fair nostalgia the last few weeks. have packed up and left for their summer tour. They’ll be back for our county fair September 16-20!

04/24/2026

Tomorrow night. The first ever Outlaw Chase in the track’s history. Do you think the outlaw can make it 15 laps without getting busted?

04/22/2026

Last day is Sunday April 26 at the fairgrounds

Schedule for the week of april 26th. That will be our final day of the extended pop up! Thank you so much to everyone who has come out to enjoy the Country Fair Cinnamon Rolls , and hang out with us a bit in the springtime. The weather threw us some curves but we have enjoyed every minute. Get your buns over here. Santa Cruz County Fair happening now!

02/15/2026

The Santa Cruz County Fair has unveiled its theme for 2026: “Apple Pies and Starry Skies.” The winning theme, selected from nearly 100 submissions, will se

02/12/2026

🥧✨𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬!✨🍎
The 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 is now open for 2026!

This year’s theme: “𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬.”

Create original that captures the magic of the and the spirit of .

Designs may feature agriculture, farm animals, carnival rides, summer scenes, the coastline and starry skies.
As 2026 marks the nation’s 250th anniversary, touches of red, white and blue are welcome but not required.

The winning design becomes the 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 and will be featured in Fair promotions.

Open to Santa Cruz County residents only
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: March 6, 2026 (by 4:00 PM)
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨: [email protected]
Find full details at 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐳𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫.𝐜𝐨𝐦

We can’t wait to see your creativity shine!