Today at the Orange County Fair

88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight.

KIDS’ DAY--Children age 12 and younger are admitted free all day.

10 RIDES FOR $10--Purchase a special wristband containing 10 rides for $10. Valid any Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, opening until close, for rides in the major and kiddie midways. Good for all ages. Does not include gate admission.

All-day events

* Leather tooling by the California Leather Guild

* Weaving and spinning by the South Coast Weaver’s Guild

* Woodturning by the Shed by the Orange County Woodturner’s Assn.

* Beef, calves, goats, sheep and swine on display (until 11 p.m.)

* AgriScience display (until 11 p.m.)

10 a.m.

* Tropical bash contest

* Favorite rock contest

* Pathways to Fishing

* Kids’ Day with Planet Kids and Camp Frasier (until 6 p.m.)

10:30 a.m.

* Tropical bash contest

11 a.m.

* Cathleen Forcucci Dance Studio

* Betty’s Performing Arts Studio

* King Kukulele

* Pathways to Fishing

* The Garden Chef

Noon

* West Coast Sweet 16 and Entertainers

* Wanda’s Dance Studio

* American Tiger Karate

* Coconut roll contest

* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs

* Pathways to Fishing

* China painting (until 6 p.m.)

12:30 p.m.

* Banana Benefits with the Banana Man

* Storytelling

1 p.m.

* Betty’s Performing Arts Studio

* Orange County Stars and Fountain Valley Twirlers

* K.C. and Company

* Pass the Pineapple contest

* Tops for Kids by Carson Davis

* Pathways to Fishing

* Watermelon seed-spitting contest sponsored by Hometown Buffet

1:30 p.m.

* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs

2 p.m.

* West Coast Sweet 16 and Entertainers

* Wanda’s Dance Studio

* American Tiger Karate

* Two of a Kind--Danielle & Lori

* Diana’s Singers

* Global Harmony

* Nuttie hockey contest

* Tropical Fun Food for Kids by Jan Mongell

* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show

* The Garden Chef

* Creative portraiture

3 p.m.

* Defore Dancers

* Beach Cities Stars

* Orange County Stars and Fountain Valley Twirlers

* Chuwa Bolivia

* Paul Cavin--vocalist

* K.C. and Company

* Safe Harbor Race contest

* Coconut fiber baskets by Rowena Tom

* Banana Benefits with the Banana Man

3:30 p.m.

* Spindles & Stuff (spinning/weaving) by Dale Braun

* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs

4 p.m.

* Dance City

* Sing, Sing, Sing--”Give My Regards to Broadway”

* Two of a Kind--Danielle & Lori

* Elk Whistle

* Diana’s Singers

* Global Harmony

* Peanut toss contest

4:30 p.m.

* Tropical Fun Food for Kids by Jan Mongell

* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show

5 p.m.

* Defore Dancers

* Beach Cities Stars

* Chuwa Bolivia

* Paul Cavin--vocalist

* K.C. and Company

* King Kukulele

* Hawaiian limbo contest

5:30 p.m.

* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs

6 p.m.

* Dance City

* Sing, Sing, Sing--”Give My Regards to Broadway”

* Tijuana Dogs

* Elk Whistle

* Diana’s Singers

* Free gem identification (until 9 p.m.)

* Spelling bee

* It’s a Tropi-cal Gig for Kids by Marsi Robertson, Animal Crackers

* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik

6:30 p.m.

* Bernie Pearl & Harmonica Fats

7 p.m.

* Emilio

* Jewels of Oasis belly dancers

* Jessica--vocalist

* Chuwa Bolivia

* Paul Cavin--vocalist

* Joe Stoddard

* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show

7:30 p.m.

* The Jets

* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs

8 p.m.

* Tijuana Dogs

* Elk Whistle

* Close Harmony

* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik

* Global Harmony

8:30 p.m.

* Bernie Pearl & Harmonica Fats

9 p.m.

* Emilio

* Jessica--vocalist

* Joe Stoddard

9:30 p.m.

* The Jets

10 p.m.

* Close Harmony

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

9:30 a.m. Junior livestock auction (until 5 p.m.)

1 p.m. Tutti Frutti beehive hairdo contest

4 and 6 p.m. Orange Blossom Cloggers

7 and 9 p.m. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band

Source: Orange County Fair and Exposition Center