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Fairs, festivals, parades and seasonal traditions across Orange County — what is on right now, and what is coming up.

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Sawdust Art Festival (60th Anniversary) Pageant of the Masters: The Greatest of All Time Orange County Fair Festival of Arts Fine Art Show
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Sawdust Art Festival (60th Anniversary)

Jun 26 – Sep 6, 2026Sawdust Art Festival, Laguna BeachSun-Thu 11am-8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pmAdults $12.50, seniors $10.50, youth 6-12 $5.50
Sixty years of Laguna Beach artists selling handmade work along sawdust-covered canyon paths. More than 180 exhibitors, live demos and three music stages. Veterans free with military ID.
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Pageant of the Masters: The Greatest of All Time

Jul 9 – Sep 4, 2026Irvine Bowl, Laguna BeachNightly8:30pm, 90 minutesTickets from $42
The 93rd season of living pictures, with real people posed inside recreations of Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, Kahlo and Rockwell. A Pageant ticket doubles as a season pass to the Fine Art Show.
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Orange County Fair

Jul 17 – Aug 16, 2026OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa
The 23-day OC Fair returns with the theme Your Adventure Awaits. Ninth-largest fair in the country, drawing over a million visitors.

Also on the calendar

4Festival of Arts Fine Art Show
Jul 7 – Sep 3, 2026Festival of Arts, Laguna BeachMon-Fri 4pm-11:30pm, Sat-Sun 11am-11:30pmGeneral admission $5-$15
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