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Overview:
The Lane County Fair starts this week. (Here’s a tip: Your last chance for unlimited rides ends tomorrow.)
Get ready for a deep-fried carnival ride extravaganza: The 2025 Lane County Fair starts this week. Here’s what to know about this year’s fair, from ticket prices to metal detectors.
When is it open?
The fair opens this Wednesday, July 23, and runs until Sunday, July 27.
From Wednesday to Saturday, the fair is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. On Sunday, the fair opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m. The admission gate is open until an hour before closing on each day.
How many people will attend?
Kelly Mason, the media liaison for the Lane County Fair, said in an email that they expect more than 100,000 people to enter the fair this year. That’s in line with attendance in previous years, including last year’s turnout of 107,000 people.
How can I get a ticket?
Tickets are available online and in-person at the fair, until an hour before closing each day.
Daily admission costs $10 for people 13 to 64. People older than 65, first responders and military personnel can get their tickets for $7, and $2 on Thursday. Tickets for children between 6 and 12 years old are $6, and children younger than 5 attend for free.
Three-day passes are on sale for $20, and five-day passes are available for $24. Passes are for sale online, and in person on the fair’s opening day at the Lane County Fair Business Office and the ticket booth.
How do I get there?
The Lane County Fair is at the Lane Events Center in Eugene’s Jefferson Westside neighborhood.
Parking passes cost $10 per car, with the parking entrance located at 13th Avenue and Jefferson Street. For people who want to take the bus, LTD Eugene Station’s bus routes 33, 36, 41 and 43 directly serve the fairgrounds. Rideshare drop-off is at the Orange D gate on the fair grounds, accessible through the entrance at 13th Avenue and Jefferson Street.
How can I ride the rides?
Tickets for rides are available on-site. Each ride costs around five to seven tickets, and single tickets are available for purchase for $1.25. Tickets also come in bundles of 40 and 80 tickets, priced at $50 and $100 respectively.
Unlimited ride bracelets are also for sale, but only through midnight on July 22. One bracelet, priced at $54.95, is valid for a single day at the fair and grants access to rides until an hour before closing each day. The bracelet also includes three carnival games, but it does not cover admission.
A full list of rides is available on the fair website.
What’s the height requirement for the rides?
For kids’ rides, the minimum height requirement ranges between 32-42 inches, or between 2 feet and 8 inches tall and 3 feet and 6 inches tall.
On the other rides, minimum height requirements range between 3 feet tall and 4 feet and 8 inches tall.
Who’s performing?
This year’s concert lineup includes country acts, 2000s hip-hop acts and a beloved band known for the “Shrek” soundtrack.
The country singer Craig Morgan (Wednesday), the rapper Chingy (Thursday), the rapper and record producer Lupe Fiasco (Friday), country singer Chase Rice (Saturday) and pop-rock band Smash Mouth (Sunday) will perform on the fair’s main stage.
Concerts start at 7:30, with the exception of Smash Mouth as the family day concert starting at 5:30 p.m.
Concert tickets are for sale for $30 for standard admission and $40 for a premium ticket. Standing room only seats are for sale for $70 for the first four days, while the Smash Mouth pit tickets are $60.
What can I eat?
Fair food vendors will be selling a range of foods, from fair favorites like Dippin’ Dots, deep-fried pastries, burgers, barbeque, pizza, bratwurst and more.
Attendees can scan a QR code at their favorite food booth to vote for the People’s Choice Award in vendors. Last year’s award-winners were Matt and Mitty’s, who will be selling their blackberry grilled cheese and blackberry pulled pork at this year’s fair as well.
What does security look like?
Metal detectors will be at the entry gates, Mason said, for security. Fairgoers can also sign up for text alerts in the case of an emergency by texting LANEFAIR to 888777.
What about the animals?
Lane County 4-H and FFA exhibitors will be showing the animals they’ve raised, including small animals, poultry, sheep, goats, swine and cattle, at the fair’s animal barns.
Specific shows for animals will take place throughout the fair. The 2025 Youth Auction, where buyers can bid on the livestock animals for meat, is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Horse shows in the fair’s livestock building will take place each day of the fair.
What about other exhibits?
Creative exhibits at the fair will feature textiles, preserved foods in jars, baking and candy, art work, photography, cut flowers and floral arrangements, agricultural products and more, to be judged on-site in pursuit of a blue ribbon.
Other attractions include freestyle motocross shows, pig races, a kid tractor pull, clown college, princess character actors, comedian-juggler-scientist Professor Smart, a mini water park, comedian and stuntman Matt Baker, a senior social event and more.
What should I bring?
A clear bag: Per the fair’s bag policy, only clear bags and small clutch bags will be allowed into the fair. Clear bags will be for sale for $5 at the admission gates.
A water bottle: The fair advises that attendees can bring a water bottle — as long as it’s empty — to the grounds to be filled at multiple bottle filling stations present on the grounds.
What’s new?
Concert seating this year has a Party Pit, standing room only spots for people who want to be closer to the performing musicians. Also new for this fair is a free thrill show called iFlip, a trampoline wall performance.
