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|Creative Arts Blue Ribbon-Winning Recipes for a Full Course Valentine’s Dinner
Cooking a full course meal is the perfect way to show someone you care – whether that person is a friend, a significant other, or...
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|YOU WERE THE BEST PART OF OUR 2020!
Just like you, the State Fair of Texas is our favorite time of year. Although 2020 was a different kind of Fair season, it was still a...
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|Meet the Winners of our 2020 Holiday Coloring Contest
Nobody adds color to our holidays like our State Fair of Texas fans. More than 160 participants entered our Holiday Coloring Contest, and...
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|Meet the 2020 Livestock Grand Champions
Agriculture has been a part of the State Fair of Texas tradition since the first exposition in 1886, and every year since Texas youth are...
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|Tour the Big Tex Urban Farms
Big Tex Urban Farms is a mobile agriculture system in the heart of Fair Park that provides fresh produce to the surrounding South Dallas...
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|Growing Microgreens at Home
Microgreens are the tiny superheroes of the edible plant world and they are extremely easy to grow right in your own home. In this...
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|Download the State Fair Coloring Book!
Are your kids running out of pages in their color books? Or do you just need a moment of zen that comes with coloring? Then Big Tex has...
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|State Fair Playlist: Music by Iconic Texans
From Buddy Holly to Selena, Willie Nelson to Beyoncé, and Janis Joplin to Post Malone, Texas sure knows how to produce iconic...
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|Announcing the 2020 Theme for the State Fair of Texas: “Celebrating Texas Icons”
When you hear Texas, there are certain things and certain people that spring to mind – modern marvels like Dr Pepper®, Selena, Blue...
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