Del Mar Fairgrounds

12/11/2025

✨ ONLY 3 MORE DAYS TO GO! ✨

We can’t wait until 🎄OPENING DAY!🎄 of Coastal Christmas Holiday Light Spectacular at the Del Mar Fairgrounds — THIS FRIDAY, Dec. 12! Don't miss the Holiday Drone Show by Creative Skies at 8 PM!👀

Get your tickets now!

LIMITED TIME OFFER: Save 15% on General Admission tickets with a Family Pack (2 Adult GA & 2 Child GA)

🎟 TICKETS: www.CoastalChristmasDelMar.com

Don’t miss the magic:

✨ Holiday Light Trail
⛸ Glice Skating
⛄ Frosty's Fun Zone
🎅 Santa & Friends
❄ Private Igloos

For adults:
🍸 Holiday Bars
🍷 Holiday Wine Walk (Perfect date night!)
🎤 Live Music

12/02/2025

This week our industry is gathered in Denver for the International Association of Fairs & Expositions conference. Our team at the Del Mar Fairgrounds is taking home 26 awards—the most our organization has ever received! 🏆

IAFE-The Network awards honor outstanding achievements across multiple divisions, including Communications, Agriculture, Competitive Exhibits, Commercial Exhibits & Concessions, Sponsorship, and Non-Fair Facility Usage. 🥇

This year's awards include eight first-place awards highlighting our continued commitment to creativity, innovation, and community engagement—both during our annual San Diego County Fair and throughout year-round Fairgrounds operations.

We are honored and motivated to raise the bar even higher! 🙌

https://mailchi.mp/sdfair/news-2025-iafe-awards

11/28/2025

Looking for an affordable gift that fits everyone, is easy to wrap, keeps you out of the mall, and best of all guarantees a smile-filled summer? 🎁

💥 FLASH SALE! Buy One, Get One FREE Season Pass to the 2026 San Diego County Fair—two Season Passes for only $65! Offer disappears at 11:59pm, Monday, December 1, 2025.

https://www.sdfair.com/p/plan-your-visit/tickets-deals/season-pass

11/25/2025

Thanks to our staff food drive, we collected 170 pounds of food—enough for the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank North County facility to provide 142 meals for neighbors in need.

The Food Bank serves 400,000 children and families, active-duty military, and fixed-income seniors every month, and we’re honored to play a small part in that huge impact.

Grateful for our incredible staff and our partners at Jacobs & Cushman Food Bank for helping us give back to those who need it most. 🧡

11/22/2025

Purdy Tree Farms is in the house! Looking for the perfect pine to take from this 🌲 to this 🎄? Yep, they've got it!

Stop by for trees, wreaths, and the best service. You'll find them just inside our main parking lot entrance.

Purdy Tree Farms in Del Mar is ready for opening weekend! See you Saturday at 9:00 am🌲❤️

10/23/2025

The Breeders' Cup World Championships are coming! 💜💛

We are thrilled that this event, known as “horse racing’s Super Bowl,” is back for a second-straight year at the Fairgrounds. The two days of races — Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1 — will help kick off the Del Mar Racing's fall race meet.

We have watched with excitement in recent weeks as the Breeders’ Cup set up shop to welcome the tens of thousands of guests who will take part in the purple-clad festivities again this year at the Fairgrounds. We're off to the races! 🐎

https://breederscup.com/

10/19/2025

We’re proud to celebrate our Supervising Environmental Planner, Dustin Fuller, for being recognized with a Merit Award by the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)! 🏆

This award honors Dustin’s outstanding leadership and dedication in supporting Least Tern nesting site protection and habitat enhancement—a testament to our team’s commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable project planning. 🌊🐦🌿

10/15/2025

Congratulations to Sam Nejabat on his first meeting as the new Board chair of the 22nd DAA, the organization that owns and operates the Fairgrounds and produces the San Diego County Fair!

Nejabat was elected chair at the September Board meeting.

“Sam Nejabat has seen our organization grow and change for the better during his time on our Board,” said CEO Carlene Moore. “We look forward to his leadership as chair as we work toward developing a new master site plan and produce what we know will be an amazing and community-focused 2026 San Diego County Fair.”

10/09/2025

We are seeking public input on our master site planning process. Come by one of our remaining four Open House events to participate in shaping the Fairgrounds of the future!

The Fairgrounds is holding a series of open houses throughout the county through mid-November to get feedback on the site’s master plan.

10/02/2025

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09/29/2025

This Wednesday, October 1, we're kicking off the first of our "Fairgrounds 2050" Open House public input sessions. If you live or work near the City of Poway, come join us at 6pm.

We want to hear your thoughts on what you'd like to see included in the future master site plan for the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Register to join us this Wednesday, or at any one of the other five open houses we're hosting around San Diego County. Pick the one that's most convenient for you!

We'd like to hear your hopes, dreams, aspirations, ideas and advice as we work to shape the future of this iconic community gathering place!

https://www.delmarfairgrounds.com/openhouse

09/17/2025

We're coming to a community near you, and you're invited!

As you may have heard, we are working to develop a new master site plan to shape the future of our Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar Horsepark, and Surf & Turf Recreation Center campuses. These places have hosted the San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racing, concerts, festivals, sports tournaments, equestrian shows, live performances, shopping experiences, and more since 1936. Now, it's time to start thinking about the Fairgrounds of the future.

As part of this process, which we call “Fairgrounds 2050,” we are seeking input of people across San Diego County at a series of six open house events. Register now to tell us about all the hopes, dreams, aspirations, and advice you have for us as we work to shape the future of this iconic community gathering place! [[Link in the comments!]]

08/19/2025

Summer School is cool at the the Del Mar Fairgrounds! 😎

Our team is spending the week collaborating, learning and planning for the future of the Fairgrounds and San Diego's largest and longest-running community event, the San Diego County Fair! 🎡

Sharpen your pencils class, we've got a lot to accomplish!
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08/02/2025

The Fairgrounds Where Joy Meets Generosity

07/23/2025

What if you could help shape the start of San Diego’s summer? What genres of music, dance, or shows would make the San Diego County Fair the best yet? What traditions do want to continue—or see evolve?

Your response to our short survey will help shape the Fair’s programming, customer service, and operations next year. This is your moment to share your favorite music and entertainment, what you’d love to see more (or less) of, and your biggest Fair wishes.

As a thank you, we’re giving free admission tickets to next year’s Fair to 100 respondents to be selected at random on August 15.

The San Diego County Fair has been around since 1880, and to continue serving as the place where summer starts in San Diego, we’d love to hear more from you to help us grow and improve.

Please click the link to complete this form.