OC Fair’s Imaginology returns April 11–12 with free STEAM enjoyable for everybody – OC Fair & Event Center

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 (10:00 am)

OC Fair’s Imaginology returns April 11–12 with free STEAM enjoyable for everybody

Have you ever puzzled how math may also help you prepare dinner, what causes a rainbow or how child chicks know when to hatch?

Set a course full STEAM forward at OC Fair’s Imaginology, returning Saturday and Sunday, April 11–12 for a weekend the place science, expertise, engineering, artwork, agriculture and math come alive by hands-on discovery.

Imaginology invitations children and households to discover a world of marvel by interactive displays, take-home crafts, dwell leisure and youth competitions designed to encourage curiosity and spark curiosity in future educational and profession paths. From preschoolers to highschool college students, there’s one thing for everybody — and all are welcome to take part.

Held at OC Fair & Event Center, Imaginology is open each days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free, with most actions included. Food choices can be accessible for buy and parking is $15.

Save the date, as a result of this yr’s pageant will characteristic a packed schedule of participating experiences, together with:

Youth competitions – open now
Orange County college students can showcase their creativity and abilities in free competitions, together with a mural mission, poster artwork, cardboard engineering and upcycled tasks. For extra data, go to ocfair.com/steam.

Centennial Farm experiences
Visitors can discover OC Fair & Event Center’s three-acre working farm, that includes wonderful animals and California crops. Activities embrace oxen displays, blacksmithing, hen schooling, radish-seed planting, terrarium making and an OC Beekeepers exhibit.

Free hands-on actions
Exhibitors from throughout the area will supply demonstrations, make-and-take tasks and interactive experiences that mix studying with enjoyable.

Family-friendly leisure
The Imaginology stage will highlight native performers, from singing teams to bounce troupes — excellent for a enjoyable break between actions.

Livestock competitions
Local 4-H and FFA youth can be judged on livestock tasks, animal and veterinary science information and a spread of academic displays, all happening throughout Imaginology. Competitions showcasing llamas and rabbits can even be a part of the agriculture expertise!

Now in its thirty seventh yr, Imaginology debuted in 1989 as Youth Expo and was renamed in 2014 to replicate its expanded give attention to STEAM and agricultural schooling. Today, it stands as OC Fair & Event Center’s largest group give-back occasion, welcoming hundreds of households annually to be taught by doing.

Imaginology is the place curious children and households go to find, create and picture collectively — exploring STEAM ideas in methods which can be enjoyable, accessible and provoking.

For occasion particulars, competitors data and updates, go to ocfair.com/steam.