The OC Fair has announced that "Happy Together" will be the theme of the 2023 event that will run July14-Aug. 13, highlighting community inclusion. Here’s what to know: When: July 14-Aug. 13, open Wednesday through Sunday. New hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday; and 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. Ticket info: Advance ticket purchase will again be required with limited capacity. Admission tickets will go on sale online in early 2023 and will be restricted to 45,000 admissions available per day. OC Fair will again absorb the online admission ticket transaction fees. Admission tickets will not be available for sale at OC Fair entry gates. Ticket prices: There will be a slight increase in general admission ticket prices for the first time since 2014 to $13 general admission on weekdays (Wednesday, Thursday) and $15 on weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Tickets for seniors 60+ and kids 6-13 are $9 all days. Parking: Parking will be $12, a $2 increase year-round. Season pass: A new offering, the OC Fair Every Day Passport, will also be on sale in early 2023 and will allow guests to visit the Fair any day of its 23-day run without advance tickets required. The price will be $60 and sales will be limited to 10,000 passports. Competitions: Community fine art and photography entries, home arts, woodworking, agriculture competitions and more will return. Fair favorites returning: Magician Frank Thurston, Brew Hee Haw craft beer festival, monster trucks, demolition derbies, All-Alaskan pig races and, of course, zany fair food. The Junior Livestock Auction will be back in person on July 22 and the traditional OC Fair competitions will begin accepting entries in February. Be a part of the Fair: Community entertainment applications will be accepted beginning Jan. 9 at ocfair.com/community (unpaid). Applications for vendors and concessionaires are now open at ocfair.com/vendors.