The LA County Fair is back for only a buck more than last year’s Groupon!  Pay $20 for two single-day general-admission tickets (up to $38 value) or $37 for four single-day general-admission tickets (up to a $76 value).  Fair runs August 29 Through September 28, so plenty of time to plan!

Children ages 5 and under get in free; tickets for children up to age 12 and seniors over age 60 regularly range from $6 to $12.The 2014 Los Angeles County Fair celebrates the best of Southern California—and many other parts of the world. Luminasia lights up the fair with Asian-inspired, whimsical lanterns that are handcrafted from China. Blossoms sway in the Flower & Garden Pavilion and Atrium, devoted to Chinese-style gardens and exhibits of the flora and fauna of China’s tropical rainforests. The Beneath the Sea exhibit brings fairgoers face to fin with sharks, stingrays, and sea lions. Capuchin monkey Mojo rules over the Wild and Crazy Lagoon and its other creatures. Drawn from closer to home, hundreds of Californian crops surround a barn where visitors can milk a goat or maybe even witness a calf hatching from its egg.