PHOTOS: Saturday at the 2017 Solano County Fair

The Solano County Fair wrapped up its five-day extravaganza in Vallejo on Sunday, providing multiple days of exhibits, rides, food, music and adorable animals. The Benicia Herald’s reporters were invited on Saturday, and they took several photographs of the festivities. Below are just a handful.

: Inflatable Sriracha bottles and plush pickles with mustaches were among the prizes to be won at the Fair. (Photo by George Johnston)

: The famed Ferris wheel returns as a Solano County Fair staple. (Photo by George Johnston)

: A cow and a calf in the livestock building. (Photo by George Johnston)

: Juarez, Mexico band Metalachi performed exactly what their name implies: mariachi covers of classic metal and hard rock songs. On Saturday afternoon, patrons got to enjoy amusing banter by the group as well as corrido renditions of “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne, “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns ‘N Roses, “Run to the Hills” by Iron Maiden, “Living on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi, “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath, “Holy Diver” by Dio, “Rock You LIke a Hurricane” by The Scorpions and a whole lot more. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Rabbits, owned by the Giron family in Benicia, on display at the Solano County Fair in the livestock building. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Despite the presence of lemurs, this painting by Benicia’s Robert Johnson is titled “Three Mir Cats.” (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: A repurposed 1948 Firestone by Benicia artist Tracey Cullen. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Vacaville’s very own Contraband performs some of the biggest hits of the ’50s and ’60s, including songs by The Beatles, Elvis presley, van Morrison, Chuck Berry, and more. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Sadie the Balloon Lady (Right) creates balloon animals for enthusiastic young fair attendees. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Seattle hypnotist Steve Bayner (standing) puts his participants into a trance as they slump over. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Scarlett, a Shetland sheep, eats in the livestock building. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: The common pizza vegetables can be grown in your own backyard, as demonstrated in this exhibit. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Bubbles were a big hit at the fair, as attendees would climb into airtight spheres and wade across shallow pools of water. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Max Burgess-Shannon of Benicia’s “In-Flight Bath,” which took First Place in the photo story category for ages 11 to 13. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: “The Book of Ballet,” an informational book created by Benicia’s Taylor Costello, took first prize for a short story by an entrant between the ages of 5 and 8. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: A science exhibit on how to create a slime recipe by Benicia second-grader Maggie Liu. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Wynter D. Prater’s photograph of a jade plant won first prize in the category of “Nature Color PHoto” for ages 11 to 13. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)

: Tommy Liu of Benicia’s digital drawing of Samus from Nintendo’s long-running”Metroid” video game series won first prize in the digital art category for ages 9 and 10. (Photo by Nick Sestanovich)