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The State Fair loves to showcase Creative Arts competitors and their creations in our Cookbook and our new recipe blog on bigtex.com. Enter...

Howdy, Folks! Who doesn’t love good homegrown tomatoes? Whether you use them to make salsa, tomato sauce, or just slice them up for a...

[caption id="attachment_21060" align="alignright" width="300"] "Celebrating Texas Agriculture" is the theme for the 2016 State Fair of...

There are few gardening pleasures that can match the experience of eating home-grown fruit. Getting to eat fruit at the peak of ripeness is...

Enter to win one of eight hand painted glass ornaments! Our contest has ended. Thank you to those who...

Weight break information for the 2015 State Fair of Texas Market Week shows. [button color="green" size="big"...

When it comes to the State Fair of Texas, agriculture and education go hand in hand – not only as pillars of the organization, but as...

Known as the largest new car auto show in the Southwest and showcasing approximately 400 of the latest models from the world’s leading...

Big Tex - he’s the first thing Texans think of when we think about the State Fair. Standing 55-feet tall, NPR refers to Big Tex as “big...

Family fun meets fantastic attractions at the 2015 State Fair of Texas! Animal Encounters Creatures of all kinds make their way to the...