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The OC Fair & Event Center (OCFEC) is a 150-acre (0.61 km 2) event venue in Costa Mesa, California. The site hosts over 150 events attracting 4.3 million visitors annually, and is home to the Orange County Fair , Centennial Farm, Costa Mesa Speedway , and Pacific Amphitheatre .
There were two separate events staged in the late 1960s that are commonly referred to as the "Newport Pop Festival." The first was called the Newport Pop Festival — no relation to the folk or jazz festivals in Rhode Island — and was held at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California, on the weekend of August 3–4, 1968.
The Pacific Amphitheatre is an amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California.The amphitheatre is located on the grounds of the OC Fair & Event Center.It opened in July 1983 with Barry Manilow as the first performer. [2]
Cuckoo's Nest (1976–1981) was a nightclub that was located at 1714 Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa, California.The club was founded in 1976 by Jerry Roach, [1] a former bar owner who had turned to selling real estate, after receiving the property from a client as a commission payment.
Two minors were injured although not seriously, said Costa Mesa Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Chris Coates. Details on the fire at the Orange County park, in the 1200 block of Victoria Street ...
Kona Lanes was a bowling center in Costa Mesa, California, that operated from 1958 to 2003.Known for its futuristic design, it featured 40 wood-floor bowling lanes, a game room, a lounge, and a coffee shop that eventually became a Mexican diner.
Costa Mesa (/ ˌ k oʊ s t ə ˈ m eɪ s ə /; Spanish for "coastal tableland") [7] is a city in Orange County, California, United States.Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city, one of the region's largest commercial clusters, with an economy based ...
In 1949 the fair became a five-day-long event and was relocated to the old army base, which quickly became the permanent location. [5] The city of Costa Mesa was incorporated in 1953 with the fair residing in its boundaries. The fairgrounds' 150 acres has been the home of the fair ever since 1949 and has expanded to an annual 23 day summer ...