The Big Fresno Fair

Livestock Exhibitors! Participate in our Exhibitor Features to Showcase Your Animal Projects!

Calling all Fresno County 4-H and FFA Exhibitors! If you plan on being part of the 2024 Jr. Livestock Auction, then we want to feature YOU! Leading up to the auction, we will be featuring different 4-H & FFA Exhibitors, as well as Independent Exhibitors, from participating clubs and chapters to highlight their animal project and all their hard work, while also giving buyers and our community a glimpse of animals they can bid on! Fill out the form online and be sure to provide 3-4 videos or photos of you and your animal project.

To be featured, fill out the online form on our website. Just click here!

The 2024 Big Fresno Fair Livestock Auction begins Saturday, October 5 at 10 a.m. and Dairy Replacement Heifer Sale at 6:30 p.m. with Phase II of the auction happening on Saturday, October 12 at 9 a.m. The Livestock Auction will feature over 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County. Visit our Jr. Livestock Auction page for more details here!

Final Concerts Announced for our Table Mountain Concert Series Line-up!

The final two concerts are here! We’re thrilled to announce that we are now complete with our concert line-up for the 2024 Big Fresno Fair! Get ready to be serenaded by Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea on Saturday, October 5 and then enjoy an evening with Alt-Rock & Power Pop titans, The All-American Rejects on Thursday, October 10 as part of the Table Mountain Concert Series presented by Modelo Especial and Toyota.

Tickets will go on sale first to Big Fair Fan (BFF) Club members, the Fair’s free email newsletter, as part of an online-only pre-sale starting on Monday, September 2 at 10 a.m. and goes until Thursday, September 5 at 11:59 p.m. During this time, any BFF Club member who purchases a Fair concert ticket can also purchase a Fair admission ticket for 50% off; discounted admission and concert tickets must be purchased in the same transaction. Tickets will then go on-sale to the general public beginning Friday, September 6 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Fair’s Box Office, online, or by phone. Check our website for Box Office hours.

A special password was sent today to BFF Club Members only. Know someone who isn’t part of the BFF

Club but would like to purchase their concert tickets AND receive 50% off Fair admission ahead of time?

Tell them to sign up for FREE here!

Special “Pint for a Pass” Blood Drive Launch Event | Tuesday, August 27!

Pint for a Pass Blood Drive Launch Event August 27

The “Pint for a Pass” Blood Drive Special Launch Event is on Tuesday, August 27 from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fresno Fairgrounds in the Commerce Building! Come out and help save a life and be entered-to-win concert and horse racing tickets, plus donors get free corns dogs and kettle corn (yum!).

Sign-up online here to secure your appointment! Walk-ins will also be welcome.

The Big Fresno Fair and Central California Blood Center’s 14th Annual “Pint for a Pass” Blood Drive will run from Tuesday, August 27 until Monday, October 14! Donate during this timeframe at one of the donor center locations and get a BOGO Fair admission ticket voucher, plus be entered to win concert and horse racing tickets!

For more details, click here!

Commercial Truck Show Comes to The Fresno Fairgrounds! l August 31

Join A&L Truck Supply for the 2024 Central Valley Commercial Truck Show on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1 at the Fresno Fairgrounds in the Carnival Lot. There will be over $10k in raffle prizes available to those who enter their trucks into the show! Hours are 12 p.m. – 7 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Sunday.

For more details, click here.

Watch and Wager With Us This Weekend! | August 23 – 25

Another big weekend of stakes races happens August 23 – 25 and we have a nice and cool spot for you to watch and wager at! Join us at our Satellite Wagering facility, The Starting Gate to wager on these big stakes races:

August 22 | Ballston Spa | $300,000
August 23 | Personal Ensign Stakes | $500,000
August 24 | Canadian Derby| $200,000
August 24 | Pat O’Brien Stakes| $250,000
August 24 | Ballerina Handicap | $500,000
August 24 | Travers Stakes | $1,250,000
August 24 | Forego Stakes | $500,000
August 24 | H. Allen Jerkens Memorial | $500,000
August 24 | Sword Dancer Stakes | $750,000
August 24 | Seaway Stakes | $135,000
August 25 | Rancho Bernardo Handicap | $100,000

The Starting Gate is located on the second floor of the Brian I. Tatarian Grandstand at the Fresno Fairgrounds. Hours are Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Friday – Sunday from 10 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Admission into The Starting Gate is $6 and parking is FREE in front of the Grandstand! For horse racing inquiries, please contact please contact Ronnie Mobley at (559) 994-3105. More details here.

It’s National Seniors’ Day!

It’s National Seniors’ Day, and if you have a senior in your life that’s 62 and better, then be sure to remind them to mark their calendars for Monday, October 7 and October 14 for Seniors’ Day at the 2024 Big Fresno Fair! Seniors 62 and BETTER can get into the Fair for FREE until 1 p.m. and for $4 after 1 p.m. Don’t forget to checkout our Seniors’ Day and Lifestyle Expo, which happens on October 7 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

For more details, visit our website here.

Back $2 School Flash Sale Happening TODAY ONLY! | From 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Back $2 School Sale BOGO for $2 admission aug 21 from 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. only

Back 2 School = Back 2 Savings! 🍎🎒 TODAY ONLY from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. is a special online-only Back $2 School Flash Sale where BFF Club Members have the exclusive access to buy one Fair admission ticket, and get another for just $2!

A special password was sent today to BFF Club Members only. Not a BFF Club Member? Sign up here to start saving today!

For more savings opportunities, visit our website here.

Special “Pint for a Pass” Blood Drive Launch Event | Tuesday, August 27!

Sign-up online here to secure your appointment! Walk-ins will also be welcome.

For more details, click here!

Life is Brew-tiful at the Annual Beer & Wine Fest! | October 5

Saturday October 5 from 2p - 6p 20+ Breweries & Wineries horse betting stations music lawn games food trucks + more! buy tickets now beer & wine fest The Big Fresno Fair

One of the biggest parties happens during live horse racing at the Annual Beer & Wine Fest happening Saturday, October 5 from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. at the 2024 Big Fresno Fair! Sip on beer and wine from more than 20 breweries and wineries from the San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast, enjoy music, play lawn games and of course, wager on horse races! Some of the Valley’s BEST food trucks will be on deck serving up some of their delicious eats, plus enjoy a variety of vendors from decadent chocolates, cigars and more.

Tickets are $25 for event only (no Fair admission included) and $7 for Designated Driver ticket. Must be 21 and over to attend.

Tickets are on-sale NOW! For more details, click here!

Watch and Wager With Us This Weekend! | August 16 – 18

Another weekend at The Starting Gate awaits! Join us at our Satellite Wagering facility to watch and wager with us and win money on some BIG stakes races this weekend, August 16 – 18! Here’s a few big stakes races you can wager on:

• August 17 | Del Mar Oaks | $300,000

• August 17 | Philip H. Iselin Stakes | $250,000

• August 17 | Alabama Stakes | $600,000

• August 17 | Lake Placid Stakes | $200,000

• August 17 | Bold Venture Stakes | $150,000

• August 17 | King Edward Stakes | $200,000

NOTE: The Starting Gate is BACK on the second floor of the Brian I. Tatarian Grandstand! Hours are Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Friday – Sunday from 10 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Admission into The Starting Gate is $6 and parking is FREE in front of the Grandstand! For horse racing inquiries, please contact please contact Ronnie Mobley at (559) 994-3105. More details here.