The OC Fair & Event Center’s annual two-day festival of learning and creativity continues on Sunday, April 13.
Imaginology has filled the fairgrounds with STEAM — science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics — activities, demonstrations and entertainment this weekend.
The free family event has dozens of community and education groups participating as exhibitors offering a wide variety of activities and learning opportunities, from a virtual flight simulator to a blacksmith, from mini art projects to a live interactive butterfly exhibit.
There is also a full schedule of cultural performances as well as a magic show and bubble performer.
Everleigh Page, 6, learns the ropes with Ruby Karen, right, after the Orange County Aerial Arts group performed at Imaginology — a two-day event at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Two-year-old Natalie Harman of Downey gets some help from her mother, Tami, while butterflies land on her during at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, April 12, 2025. They were visiting the SkyRiver butterfly exhibit during the Imaginology event.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Imaginology SkyRiver butterfly exhibit at OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa features pollinating Painted Lady butterflies that visitors can interact with on Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ballerinas with Gillespie School from left: Katrina Carney, 14, Sophia Silva, 15, and Emerson Barnes, 16, take part in Imaginology, a two-day event that encourages creativity and learning, at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kayla Rogers competes on the obstacle course with Pink, a 2-year-old llama, during Imaginology, a two-day event that encourages creativity and learning, at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, April 12, 2025.
(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kayla Rogers gives Pink a peck during Imaginology, a two-day event that encourages creativity and learning — at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, April 12, 2025 where she was competing with her 2-year-old llama. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Visitors to Imaginology at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa, wave to llamas as they zip around in a train on
Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Children with the OCMA choir perform during Imaginology at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Alex Lough gives a neck rub to his goat while his girlfriend, Sarah Martin, gives a goat-milking demonstration during Imaginology at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Orange County Aerial Arts performers put on a show during
Imaginology — a two-day festival of learning and creativity — at the OC Fair and Event Center on Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bubbles create chaotic fun for visitors to Imaginology — a two-day festival of learning and creativity — at the OC Fair and Event Center on Saturday, April 12, 2025. They were watching the Megan the Bubbleologist show. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bubbles create chaotic fun for visitors to Imaginology — a two-day festival of learning and creativity — at the OC Fair and Event Center on Saturday, April 12, 2025. They were watching the Megan the Bubbleologist show. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Everleigh Page, 6, learns the ropes with Ruby Karen, right, after the Orange County Aerial Arts group performed at Imaginology — a two-day event at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
