July 16 marks the final day of the Santa Barbara County Fair for 2023. Admission for the fair started at 14 dollars whilst all-day carnival passes were 45 dollars.
Just hours after the Santa Barbara County Fair officially closed Sunday night, the Santa Maria Fairpark looked dramatically different on Monday morning, with Fairpark staff, commercial vendors, exhibitors, carnival employees, and livestock students all busy hard at work, breaking down, cleaning up and clearing out.