The Southern California Fair is an annual fair held at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds in

Perris Perris is an old railway city in Riverside County, California, United States, located east-southeast of Los Angeles and north of San Diego. It is known for Lake Perris, skydiving, the Southern California Railway Museum, and its sunny dry cli ...

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, United States. The event features amusement rides, food concessions, competitive exhibits, carnival games, motorized events, live performances and more. The fair started in 1913 as the

Riverside County Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Unit ...

Fair and has been held at its current location since 1987. The

Perris Auto Speedway Perris Auto Speedway, also known as the PAS, is a 1/2 mile clay oval track located at 18700 Lake Perris Drive on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds in Perris, California. The track features a raised backstretch offering fans a better view over the infi ...

is a racetrack that opened in 1996.Perris Auto Speedway opens 20th anniversary season
- David Zink, The Press-Enterprise, 27 February 2015 The fair was not held in 1917, 1942–44, or in 2020.

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"Sweetheart Contest" contestants at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1929

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