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The Festival To Bring Fun, Food and Entertainment to the I.E.
The Festival will last Thursday through Monday at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino.
It’s been 100 years since the first National Orange Show. Its latest incarnation, The Festival, will kick off Thursday with the celebration continuing through Memorial Day.
The Festival will open at 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday and noon Saturday through Monday, on the historic National Orange Show Fairgrounds. The fair will be filled with food, carnival rides, midway games, shopping, a petting zoo, pig races, animal acts, a juried art show, hypnotists and clowns. Fiesta Days will be held on Saturday and Sunday, and a Memorial Day remembrance will take place on Monday.
Smash Mouth will perform on Friday, El Coyote Su Banda Tierra Santa on Saturday, Irene Davi and Mariachi on Sunday and Eddie Money on Monday.
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The Festival is sponsored by KFROG 95.1, Kola 99.9, The Sun, KCAL 96.7, Jose 97.5, Que Buena 96.1, and 99.1 KGGI.
Admission is $5 for adults, free for children 10 and under. A carnival wristband is $15, and a season pass is $50, which includes admission and unlimited ride wristbands for all five days. Parking is $5, $10 for preferred.
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The first National Orange Show was held in 1911 in tents pitched at Fourth and D Streets in downtown San Bernardino. The citrus event was held every year except during World War II, and has attracted visitors from around the region.
The fairgrounds are at 690 Arrowhead Ave., San Bernardino.
