Posted 3:44 PM 4/23/2012 by Staff

Tickets for this summer's Brad Paisley concert at the California Mid-State Fair will go on sale on Friday, May 4th at 10:00 a.m.

Paisley is set to perform on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Grandstand Arena. Ticket prices for the show are $40, $55, $65 and $90.

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Posted 9:07 AM 4/6/2012 by Courtney Meznarich

The California Mid-State Fair announced Friday that Eric Church, a Grammy-nominated country music star, will perform opening night.

Church has also been nominated for American Country Music Awards and Country Music Awards. He'll take the stage July 18 at 7:30 p.m. on the main (More) • Video (1)

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Posted 3:31 PM 8/10/2011 by Kelly Orsini, KSBY News

Organizers say the 2011 California Mid-State Fair saw a 9.3 percent increase in attendance over 2010, with a total of 434,250 guests. According to results released Wednesday, concert attendance was up about 25 percent from last year, and concessions saw a 20 percent increase, bringing in (More) • Video (1)

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Posted 6:15 PM 7/31/2011 by Courtney Meznarich

It's the final day of the California Mid-State Fair, and maintenance crews already have a game plan prepared to clean everything up.

The fairgrounds and concert arenas see tens of thousands of people during the fair. But shortly after the guests head home each night, around 140 maintenance (More) • Video (1)

Posted 10:50 PM 7/30/2011 by Danielle Lerner

Dozens of little cowboys and cowgirls compete every day at 1, 3, 5, and 7p.m. on the South Gate Lawn at the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles. Whoever holds on to their sheep the longest, wins!

Saturday, those winners were 5-year-old Braden McCoy from Visalia, 4-year-old Jaxon Armenta from Santa Ynez, 6-year-old Logan Lewis from Paso Robles, 4-year-old Yelene Armeta from Shandon.

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Posted 1:01 AM 7/30/2011 by Dave Hovde

One of music's biggest bands of all time played the Central Coast Friday night at the California Mid-State Fair and KSBY's Dave Hovde had the opportunity for an exclusive one-on-one interview with one of the original members, Robert Lamm.

Posted 11:46 PM 7/28/2011 by Courtney Meznarich

Dozens of little cowboys and cowgirls compete every day at 1, 3, 5, and 7p.m. on the South Gate Lawn at the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles. Whoever holds on to their sheep the longest, wins!

Thursday, those winners were Stetson, 4, of Redondo Beach; Wyatt, 4, of Paso Robles; Ryan, 6, of Paso Robles; Tyrell, 6, of Biddoford, Maine.

Posted 10:56 PM 7/28/2011 by Courtney Meznarich

Who do you love? Well, fairgoers loved George Thorogood Thursday night at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles.

In fact, they loved him so much, that fair officials had to distribute wristbands for both free shows so the thousands of people in line to get in would have a fair shot. Six thousand people attended.

Thorogood is known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone," as well as for covers of songs like "One bourbon, one scotch, one beer."