Welcome to Sonoma County's Biggest &
Most Popular Event!
July 28 - August 9, 2009
Santa Rosa, CA

Click here to enter
your items in the fair.

HOURS

Gates open daily 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Carnival open daily 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Exhibit buildings open 11 a.m. -10 p.m.

TICKETS

General admission $9 ages 13 & up
Children 12 & under $3
Seniors 60 & up free on Tuesdays

Click here for ticket and group discount information.
All tickets go on sale June 1.

Important information regarding ticket shipping: No tickets will be mailed after July 21 to ensure timely arrival. All tickets sold after July 21 will be held at Will Call:
   • Will Call June 1 – July 24
   Fairgrounds Office open 8 – 5 weekdays
   • Will Call Sat. July 25 & Sun. July 26
    Grace Pavilion Box Office open 9 – 6
   • Will Call Mon. July 27
   Grace Pavilion Box Office open 8 - 8
   • Will Call during Sonoma County Fair (July 28 – Aug. 9
    Grace Pavilion Box Office open 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. daily

ATMs

ATM machines are located:
   -- near the Brookwood Gate
   -- in the Wine Country Racing Grandstand
   -- in Mexican Village
and around the carnival lot

DIRECTIONS

Click here for directions & area map.

PARKING

Pavilion Lot - $8 Median Lot - $8
Veterans Lot - $6 Brookwood Lot - $5

Click here for a map of the fairgrounds

LODGING

Take advantage of our affordable and convenient RV Park!

Click here for a list of area hotels and motels.

PLEASE NOTE:
The following items are not allowed on the fairgrounds
   -- Pets, with the exception of service dogs
   -- Glass bottles or metal cans/containers
   -- Knives with blade longer than 1.5 inches
   -- Guns, mace, clubs or any item determined to be a weapon
       by Fair security
   -- Alcoholic beverages (none allowed through gate;
       beverages are available for purchase on the grounds)
   -- Drugs
   -- Squirt guns
   -- Bicycles, skateboards, scooters

VISITOR SERVICES

Strollers and wheelchairs are available for rent inside the Brookwood Gate
   -- Strollers $7
   -- Wagons $14
   -- Wheelchairs* $10 ($5 on
       Seniors' Days Tuesdays)
   -- Electric Scooters* $40

* limited number available

All buildings on the grounds are wheelchair-accessible; an elevator with operator is on the north end of the racing grandstand to access upper level.

Parents Rest Station offers a clean quiet place to nurse or change your baby
Open 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. in the Kids Area, just inside the Brookwood Gate

Information Booths are located:
   -- inside Grace Pavilion
   -- inside the Brookwood Gate
   -- main entrance to Wine Country Racing Grandstand

Click here for a map of the 2008 Sonoma County Fair. (Map of the 2009 Fair will be available soon.)