Maricopa County Fair

I specifically went for the Monster Truck show and I wasn't disappointed. I had the opportunity to chat with vendors and become more knowledgeable in areas of my personal interest. I support community fairs and see them key to the tourism revenue. Thank you for the hard work put into pulling off these events yearly.

The petting zoo is awesome. The goats were so sweet and nice. Can't wait for next year !

Always a great time at the fair with different types of food, fun and the typical petting zoo. It was my first fair visit here n Arizona. A little smaller than Utah and LOS ANGELES but it was very fun.

This was my first time going to the Maricopa county fair and let me tell you I will be returning. I've only been to small town fairs and this was an exhilarating experience. We are used to paying for entry and the grandstand events and everything. So just having admission was nice. We are used to different vendors and rides we had a blast and can't wait for the state fair and next year.!!

Family had fun here, but it's always disappointing seeing idiots bringing negative/hateful politics into non-political family activities. We couldn't just go to the fair and have fun. Instead, we had to view flags reading fu@k the US president. And since they were flying these anti-America flags proudly, in the middle of worker-only areas, I assume whoever runs the fair must be ok with this. How about we keep hateful politics out of the fair. Is that asking too much?

Small but fun! Coming from Minnesota, I was eager to see what the AZ State Fair was like. I was pleasantly surprised! Don’t miss out on the Mercado under the stadium. Lots of native and Latino gifts and homemade items. The fair itself had lots of native influence which I thought was interesting! Lots of good deals on rides, and ways to get in for cheap or free if you pay attention to the ticket pricing.

Went to the fair and had a great time. We took our grandchildren. What a great day. Food was good rides were good and the games were fun

My daughter definitely had a great time here. Definitely a little pricey but I think every fair is. $100.00 goes very quickly!!

Came to the Maricopa County Fair It's been fun. Had a bean and cheese fry bread and a French Kiss Crepe. Have walked a few miles sight seeing. Love sharing with my hubby

We went our first year here and we loved how much less people there were and less vendors. It still had so much food and shops but not as many people which was so nice. They had a sea lion show and monster trucks going when we were there and the kids loved it. My only complaint would be you HAD to buy each person a wristband as opposed to individual tickets. We just wanted to do a couple rides with the kids but couldn't because they only did wristbands which is something the state fair offers on TOP of individual tickets. So it was a bummer to not be able to do those. Everything else was good and the heat during the fair is much better than the state fair. We will be coming back for next years county fair for sure and plan rides accordingly next time

This year, Godfrey the Magician is walking up a six machete ladder barefoot, Skip Banks the balloon man has new songs, Nancy is strolling with Blue Bear-y, there is a high dive show. More food, music, vendors, and family contests. I love this family environment, come on out through April 16th, 2017

If your looking to be a vendor these people are scammy I paid to park my food truck and they put me between a wall and a ride away from the other food cause I'm new but never mentioned that i wouldn't be by the other food while asking me to serve breakfast to the 4h while they were bringing in outside food costing me 6k in product I couldn't sell they are legit a bunch of con artists theives that only want money no matter who they burn ! waited 3 years to be in the fair ! Never attend it either ever again !

Came in on opening day and got in free if we showed up before 3pm. My fiancé knew to order our all day ride passes before online and saved us some money. (The tickets pre-purchased were 50 for 2 instead of 60). Barbara who works for the fair was very nice and printed our tickets for us since we don't have a printer and we got in with ease. All the rides were up and running with ZERO lines so we road each one 4-5 times. It was amazing. I had an awesome time. Yes it's not the state fair, so it's small. But we anticipated this before arrival so maybe that's why we weren't as impressed. There were quite a few shows, my favorite ones being the dance company performances, the magic show (where I got to participate as the assistant), the BMX show (super legit!) and the free petting zoo. Alpacas are now my favorite animal...even though they can be a little aggressive if you have food. I was really inpressed with the award art ranging from Kindergarden to High School students. I wish I was that talented! There weren't as many food vendors or food variety as I would of liked, but we had 4 dollar nachos which reminded me most of 7-11 nachos. Haha there were plenty of beer stands where you could order a 6 dollar beer, with the option of having a Kiltlifter which was cool for me to see that they were supporting local breweries. The vendors can be obnoxiously aggressive, but I think that that's pretty standard at any fair.

What a HUGE WASTE OF OUR TIME!!! Our kid is off from school because his classroom flooded so my hubby took the day off and we had big plans to enjoy ourselves at the County Fair. Well...the rides DON'T OPEN UNTIL 4:00 late afternoon!!!!!! Our kid was super excited about riding rides and I was toting along my camera to make awesome memories! NOT!!!! Imagine the disappointment of a 7 year old when all he gets to do is look at sheep and watch a bike show and a diving show when he planned on RIDING THE RIDES!!!!! I was on the website SEVERAL TIMES and it was NOT obvious that the rides would not be operable until 4:00!!!! We could have made much better plans for the day had we been aware!! Oh, please not that you will pay $8.00 to park and you will not find out that the rides are not operable until you enter the rideless fair!!

We really had a good time! I took my 7 year old granddaughter. The lines were much shorter until evening. The food places were really good especially Rose's. The ride attendants were very friendly and the shows were fun.

If you're going to host a state fair that brings in thousands at a time, make sure there is ample parking for all!! Waited 45+ minutes in a line of traffic just to find out all the lots are all full... waste of time!

The county fair is happening right now. It runs annually in April for 4 days (Wed,Thurs,Fri,Sat) and is free if you get in before 3 PM every day except Saturday. Just go when it opens (10 AM) when it's cooler with alot less people. I first went in 2013 just to look around on my spare time. Of course, it's like a mini state fair or big carnival (with better-looking people minus the mullets(ugh)). Just go on a weekday where it feels more family-oriented than, ummm, sketchy... They have the usual: petting zoo (just be careful with the assertive ones (commonly goats) who might nibble on your shirt), rides, fair foods, 4-H displays & some hobby demos inside the exhibit buildings, and small shows here & there on the grounds in the categories of biker show, magician, wildlife lecture (i.e. kangaroo), and other show-off-y type entertainment- likely in the evening. Overall, this is just the type of neighborhood outing to attend with your BFF or honey or your kids to have a laugh in each other's company or for photo ops. Just have fun :)

Tiny homes show is a ripoff, 8 tiny homes, 2 decent ones with 30+ minutes wait time.The other 6 are fluff up container vans. If you want to see a $10,000-$15,000 spa this is the place to go. Bring lots of water, sunblock and reading materials for the waiting in line b.s. starting at getting your $8/person ticket right after paying $8 parking fee.

The Maricopa County Fair is an unadulterated money pit. Everything costs a few bucks including parking, entrance, food, and rides. Just about all of the food is fried, and there seems to be some sort of contest among fairs as to which fair has the most unusual fried food. The rides are a few bucks a person. A few bucks times a family is a lot of bucks, just to ride the Ferris Wheel. You can get a wrist band, but that's only good for one person. The shows are free, and the kids seem to enjoy them. There was also an exhibition hall with photography and art contests winners, vendors, and scientific presentations from local schools. One poster tried to convince me that the same gun could be presented in a manner that looked more dangerous or less dangerous, which I believe was meant to convince me that guns weren't dangerous, but just reminded me that I live in Maricopa County. My favorite part was getting the shirt. For some reason, I really liked the shirt.

What a scam. They charge you $30 to get in (family of 3) then $10 a ride and then tow your car ($100). Never coming back.

The county fair is nice and relaxing, as it's smaller than the state and fewer vagrants there. The food choices are less though. But, food prices are lower. So that's good.

This is certainly not the biggest or best fair I've ever been to, but it's not the smallest or worst either. There are some things that you can stop and watch while you walk around. We saw a dancing street performer, BMX riders, and a magic show. There was also a building with a lot of bunnies, chickens and some turkeys (?) I'm not much of a ride-person unfortunately, but if I was I think I would have been excited to check some of them out. They had a rollercoaster, fun houses, rides that go really high and rides that spin around so.. there you go! I do wish the food had been a bit more exciting, though. I'm used to fairs that are known for some token food items and I didn't see anything like that here. The best stand looked like the BBQ one, where they were smoking their meats on site. It's worth a go if you want something to do, and if you go at one of the times when you can get in for free!

I am able to visit this place twice in a span of 6 months. The place is great for kids, ride, playground, Turkey legs, block of French fries, snow cones, fry bread, freshly squeezed lemonade, free events and concerts, games, ferris wheel, photos, mascots, fun, exhibit, Mexican cool stuff, cowboy cool stuff and different countries souvenir, etc. My kids enjoyed a lot. It is expensive but, worth it of i had to pay. we came on my children's fieldtrip in October and company picnic in April. Although food and some rides are free, it is more fun to have the all you can ride bracelet. we were given 2 ride all you can bracelet and they had so much fun. Petting zoo was the greatest since we live in the City where you only see dogs or cats. They had cows, rabbit, poultry, goats, piglets, lama, camel, peacock, chicks, pony rides and many more. cooking show, free taste, photo exhibit and a swap market where we were able to buy a wood cutter. Really awesome. You should check it out yourself. parking was only $8 for us but, regular is only 10-12 anyway. Only the traffic is what you need to look after. look forward to next year

Went there on Saturday from 10am to 4pm, not very crowded so the rides and Sponge Bob Square Pants lines were not long. They had some great FREE entertainment as well. Had a great time!!

Well went with my family today which is a Thursday and it sucked they stated on there booklet Monster truck show, BMX, and Dirty bike show but when we got there the BMX thing was only about 6 BMX dudes and only 2 small ramps not really an an exciting show but was somewhat ok. the there wasn't any Monster Truck show at all and the Dirt bikers were just going in circles and i rather paid tt was boring. No music was playing just loud from the rides itself and the food all over hat place was all above $6 bucks for a plate of something. Then the petting zoo was tiny an not much of cool animals and the rides was $1 a ride but most rides were $3 bucks and up and $8 bucks for parking so for an expensive state fair I would rather put my money on something well worth while. This was a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!

I'm beginning to realize how spoiled I was in California. Orange County Fair and Los Angeles Fair blows this out of the water. They do have the typical fair food but not as much selection as I would like. I think we came to late and the vendors were all closed. The rides and games were fun.. prepare to spend money though everything costs at least a buck-$5

We went on a free day, though it was still $8 for parking in the lot right up by the entrance. They let us bring in our own water in unopened bottles -- cool! We saw the high dive show, the comedian's show, and -- firsts for me -- the BMX bike rider show and the monster truck show; that last one was extremely loud. Also a lot of 4H and FFA projects: think great big cows, sheep, goats, and a lot of pigs. There was a big variety of craft projects and a lot of displays by the Phx Police, Fire Dept., power companies, etc. Also a huge variety of foods and merchandise like framed art, art done while you wait, stuffed toys, and I apologize to the other vendors for forgetting their wares!!! Not nearly as many rides as the state fair, so if your heart is set on lots of rides, the state fair is your event. Not a lot of shade, so bring your sunglasses and sunblock. If you have to go out to your car, let them stamp your hand so you can get back in without having to pay.

I came today to see the lawn tractor racing that was supposed to start at 5pm. It is now 6:45 and the race has not started yet. They keep taking about track preparation and driver viewing the track and taking breaks etc. This place is small, overpriced and just a waste of time. I will never return to this fair