(The California Mid-Winter Fair Starts March 3rd)....There is excitement in the air.

For the past three years, the Fair has been midified with cutbacks due to the pandemic. Chief executive officer Alan Phillips says the 115th annual California Mid-Winter Fair will be a full-fledged fair. The ten day run of the Fair is March 3rd through March 12th and is presented by One World Beef. The theme this year is Feel The Groove."All the traditional activities will be back, such as High School Madness, a full slate of grounds acts, concerts, the traditional junior livestock show and auction and a series of dirt track events sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, including the Heritage 500 on the final day of the fair. Pre-sale tickets are currently on-sale, online only with discount prices. On March 2nd tickets will be full price. Once the fair opens, tickets will also be available at the gates. Family Value Packs are sold at the Fair's Box Office in Imperial. The online purchase of tickets are through a link on the fair's webpage, ivfairgrounds.com.