State Fair of Texas
3800 Parry Avenue, Dallas, 75226
(corner of Parry & Washington, just east of I-30)
Phone: 214-565-9931
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The first State Fair in Dallas was at this location in 1886. Fair Park was the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition which ran for six months and attracted 6 million people. An extended 31-day Fair in 1986 celebrated the Texas Sesquicentennial and drew almost 4 million visitors.
Business hours
- Sundays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Mondays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Tuesdays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Fridays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Scheduled events
September 2008
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Friday, Sept. 26)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Saturday, Sept. 27)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Sunday, Sept. 28)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Monday, Sept. 29)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Tuesday, Sept. 30)
October 2008
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Wednesday, Oct. 1)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Thursday, Oct. 2)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Friday, Oct. 3)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Saturday, Oct. 4)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Sunday, Oct. 5)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Monday, Oct. 6)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Tuesday, Oct. 7)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Wednesday, Oct. 8)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Thursday, Oct. 9)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Friday, Oct. 10)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Saturday, Oct. 11)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Sunday, Oct. 12)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Monday, Oct. 13)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Tuesday, Oct. 14)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Wednesday, Oct. 15)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Thursday, Oct. 16)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Friday, Oct. 17)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Saturday, Oct. 18)
- 2008 State Fair of Texas (Sunday, Oct. 19)
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Mike Orren Staff
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