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This is the largest county Fair in all of North America, drawing a million and a half visitors each year, and a good spot to see some of your favorite performers in concert. You'll find a lot of oldie
acts out at Fairplex. Featured musical performers in the past have included Huey Lewis & the News
("The Heart of Rock & Roll"), Johnny Rivers
("Poor Side of Town"), The Association
("Windy"), Three Dog Night
("Joy to the World"), Jan & Dean
("Dead Man's Curve"), The Commodores
("Three Times a Lady"), Most of these concerts are free with admission
to the Fair. This year (2018) the concerts will include The Beach Boys, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick, KC & the Sunshine Band, Kool & the Gang, Blue Oyster Cult, Bad Company, Grand Funk Railroad, The Commodores, The Stylistics, & The Ohio Players. (For a full list of Fair concerts, click here.) 2016 concerts included Blondie, The Isley Brothers, Billy Currington and LeAnn Rimes. he 2015 concerts included ZZ Top, Chicago & Boz Skaggs, Train, Kool & the Gang, Jake Owen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Justin Moore & Kellie Pickler, Patti Labelle & Chaka Khan, War, the Beach Boys, and comics Cheech & Chong. In 2014, concerts included Boyz II Men with Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Cheap Trick & Kansas, Martina McBride, Jamie Lynn Spears, Neon Trees, War, Charlie Wilson, L.L. Cool J, Jennifer Nettles & Brandy Clark, Heart, Pentatonix, George Benson & Chaka Khan, Earth, Wind & Fire, Styx, and Roberto Tapia & Irene Davi. 2012 artists included Carly Rae Jepsen (with the ubiquitious "Call Me Maybe"), The Wanted, Bridgit Mendler & Cher Lloyd, George Benson & Chaka Khan, the B-52s & Berlin, Styx, Tower of Power & the Average White Band, Karmin & Cobra Starship, Earth, Wind & Fire,
and Grand Funk Railroad. In 2011, performers included The Beach Boys, The Doobie Bros, LeAnn Rimes,
REO Speedwagon & Styx, Miranda Cosgrove,
Gn, Michael McDonald & BozScaggs, Earth Wind & Fire, War, Gloria Trevi, OneRepublic, Tower of Power
& the Average White Band, and others. In 2010, performers included Selena Gomez, Lifehouse, Hall & Oates, Rick Springfield, Boyz II Men & En Vogue, Gretchen Wilson, 3OH!3, Teena Marie, War, Bad Company, Tower of Power & the Average White Band. In 2009, performers at the fair included The Beach Boys, Leann Rimes, Peter Framton, Al Green, The Spinners, the Average White Band, Donna Summer, Kansas, Good Charlotte, War, Blake Shelton and Ciara. In 2008, the performers included Smokey Robinson, The Doobie Brothers, War, Sugarland, KC & the Sunshine Band, and the Bangles. In 2007, the acts included Tower of Power, The B-52’s, Earth, Wind & Fire and Lifehouse. (Click here to read the 2008 schedule.) In 2006, the performers included: Heart, Pat Benatar, LeAnn Rimes, Donna Summer, Montgomery Gentry and The Doobie Brothers. In 2005, the acts included Crosby, Stills & Nash, ZZ Top, Hall & Oates, Sugar Ray, Hoobastank, War, Tower of Power, Lifehouse, The Village People, KC and the Sunshine Band and José Feliciano. 2004 saw performers such as Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Lonestar, and The Doors of the 21st Century. In 2003, concert acts included Willie Nelson, War, the B-52's, Earth, Wind & Fire, Styx, Brad Paisley, KC and The Sunshine Band, Tower of Power and REO Speedwagon. Most shows were scheduled for 8 p.m.
Pomona is so far northeast of central Los Angeles that many people tend to think of Pomona as part of Orange County or San Bernardino County. But in fact, Pomona is actually on the northeastern edge Los Angeles County.
Hours: The Fair begins in September and usually runs for approximately three weeks. In 2014, though, the Fair runs from August 29 through September 28, 2014. Gates are open: Wednesdays noon to 10 p.m.; Thursdays noon to 11 p.m.; - Friday noon to 12 midnight; Saturdays 10 a.m.-12 midnight; Sunday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Closed on Mondays & Tuesdays. (Buildings open one hour after the gates open.) Phone for exact dates and hours of this year's Fair. But they will have different hours for the first four days, the Labor Day Weekend, when the gates will open at 10 AM. and close at midnight on Saturday & Sunday (and 10 PM on Monday). Click
here for a map of the Fairgrounds.
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