San Joaquin County Fairgrounds

7 of use went to see the monster truck show on 10/2/21 and we had a blast we got to ride in a monster truck and the show was pretty cool the kids loved it

I went here for the Asparagus Festival. It was decent size with spots for games and rides. There was a whole row of food and beverages of your choice. They also have exhibit areas in different buildings. The parking is gravel based and very dusty. Don't wash your car ahead of time.

Worst fair ever. Looked on line and read they opened at 10:00 am upon arrival we saw a group stood at the front gate where we all waited for 20 min and each person on their phone saw a different time depending on the web site.Finally a worker drove by and said they did not open until 3 pm. No signs no help! Allot of frustrated people.Won't be back! I can spend my money outside the area where things start at an appropriate time with clear operation times.

San Joaquin is a huge fairground that host tons of summer events and festivals.I recently came in April to experience the Asparagus Festival. EVENT: ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL!DATE: April 18th, 2015Admission was fairly reasonable and consist of: $10 for adults and $5 for children. The lines to get into the festival was INSANE! It was such a discouragement to even stand in the lines and many people turned back around.The Asparagus festival recently moved to the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds this year and I have to say that this event had TONS of people that came. The fairgrounds was a perfect location for this event as it had tons of space and buildings.There was a section for children to play on one side, they had many different food venders:~Asparagus Lumpia~Free Race Tickets~Car Show~Margarita and Beer stand~Pies~Fruit cup (yummy)~Tacos and NachosThey also had a BIG HOT room for where they were selling Fried Lumpia. The line itself was long as hell and was up to a 2 hour wait for it. Although the line was moving quickly. I really hope to see better improvements in the following years to come. I understand that it was there first time doing this event in the location and they probably weren't expecting so many people to show.I will be back to give it another try next year!

Quite impressed! They have done such a great job moving to this location. First all the space, all the parking no hassles of downtown. Much easier to get in and out of. They have added more asparagus based foods this year. Plus there id an air conditioned building to sit and eat your fried asparagus! Lots of security and police roaming the grounds so no worries about safety as some might not like the locale. Plenty of space between vendors so you don't feel crushed. They still have room to expand if they want which is great.

My friends and I came here this past weekend for the Asparagus Festival. We arrived when the festival opened, and I'm glad we did because there was a crazy amount of people as the day went on.We were slightly disappointed at the lack of food booths that had asparagus. The Jamaican and Filipino food booths were the only ones we saw that incorporated asparagus into their food. I tried the tri tip sandwich with asaparagus and the asparagus lumpia. The lumpia was very good. It was crisp and went well with whatever sauce they served it with. I was not a huge fan of the tri tip sandwich, because it was served cold. All of us had the fried asparagus and asparagus ice cream. We enjoyed both items and we were happy that we tried it early in the day, because in the afternoon the lines for the fried asparagus was crazy!The festival had a decent selection of vendor booths, carnival rides, and entertainment options.

For an agriculture-rich county, its a smallish fairground site. A little bigger than Marin or Solano but not much. During the asparagus festival most (but not all) of the concessions were open, and unless you wanted asparagus lumpia at the stand next to the carnival midway, the main hall was where you stood in line for the fried asparagus and the ice cream. If you ever want to challenge the garlic festival, etc., add a few more options for the event you are promoting. But this was the first time at the new site, so lessons learned for next year. Classic car show was cool though.Parking sucks. The hyper teenage attendants try to wave you through one of only two entrances, and try to get you to move even though you are stuck in traffic. Hey Skippy, I get the idea, I have to turn right but there are cars in front of me. Take it easy.

Attended a livestock event at the fairgrounds in mid-September. It was about 85F and we were in one of the livestock penning/showing areas. Good access to water and decent access to electricity. Open sides provided nice ventilation, though the day was still hot enough to make me sweat. Location was pretty easy to find and parking was ample for the event. It was also nice that there were plenty of small amenities nearby like grocery stores, discount shops and motels.

I hate to give my hometown Stockton fairgrounds such a low rating...When thinking about venues I often try to compare the venue or space to other like venues. By this measure I would have to compare the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds to other county fairgrounds I have been to. Ventura, Calavaras, Sonoma, all of them would rank higher than San Joaquin.They do what they can but the fairgrounds are located in a horrible area of Stockton to begin with. At the corner of Airport Way and MLK Boulevard (Charter Way) it is the kind of area you REALLY worry about your car while being at the fair or any of the other events there. As for the actual San Joaquin County Fair, it bumps this one star review up to a 2 star. The fair is not completely horrible...it is pretty much like your standard county fair. Corn dogs, people selling stuff, overpriced rides, random exhibits, they even have some awesome free concerts late at night.I have some good memories at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. Would that be enough to make me go there today? Eh.:0)

Regarding the recent San Joaquin county fair: The area inside of the metal building I thought would've been an excellent place to showcase the arts and crafts of local residents but instead it was dimly lit and filled with mattresses and pots and pans for sale. Real, real let down. It was basically a money grab-cave. Tents for army enlistment and police academy applicants. There were a lot of police on site and a handful were on horseback which was a nice touch.The food vendors were a bit of a disappointment. The one in the middle had the BEST corndogs I have ever had. Dog flavor A+, and the breading was like homemade cornbread. The funnel cake, delish. Prices reasonable. The other two vendors I visited had lousy customer service, made mistakes ringing me up and their lemonade was watered down and tasted like plastic.. for all the good food trucks in stockton, I thought some of them would of showed up at the county fair???Most of the rides were quite good. A few missed the mark. The old fashioned Ferris wheel ride was positively lovely. They had a balloon man and a unicycle riding juggler stroll through. Ok.The petting zoo, phhbbtt. It wasn't that late in the day and they just were not interested in food. But the attendants had been selling, I kid you not--one cup of feed per $5 to each person before us. Those animals didn't want to look at food or smell it. In all fairness they should of stopped selling the food at that point.Bottom line, yes, you could easily spend a couple hours here just for the rides, but it's Russian roulette in regards to the food. They should've upped their game, honestly.. We'll see what it's like next year.