| South Texas State Fair | |
|---|---|
| Genre | State fair |
| Begins | late March – 27 March 2025 |
| Ends | early April – 06 April 2025 |
| Frequency | annually |
| Venue | I 10 |
| Location(s) | Ford Park, Beaumont, TX 77705 |
| Coordinates | 30°0′35.68″N 94°10′50.78″W / 30.0099111°N 94.1807722°W |
| Country |  United States of America |
| Years active | 1907–1916, 1919–1941, 1946–2004, 2006–2007, 2009–2019, 2021– (Cancelled 1917–18 – World War I, 1942–1945 – World War II, 2005, 2008 – Hurricane Damage, 2020 – pandemic) |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Founder | City of Beaumont |
| Attendance | Estimated 500,000[1] |
| Member | Texas Association of Fairs and Events |
| Sponsor | Young Men's Business League (YMBL) since 1942 |
| Website | www |
The South Texas State Fair is an annual regional state fair held in Beaumont, Texas. The fair features a livestock show, a commercial exhibition, and a carnival Midway. Food concessions are a major attraction of the fair. Reflecting Beaumont's location in Southeast Texas, normal carnival foods can be found alongside barbecue, Tex-Mex, and Cajun foods (often including fried alligator).
As of 2009[update], the South Texas State Fair had an attendance of over 500,000 people, second in the state to the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.[2] The fair is held annually in late March to early April.
Fair patrollers include security guards, the Beaumont, TX Police and Jefferson County, TX Sheriff.
- ^ Ashley Sanders (March 21, 2009). "South Texas State Fair makes permanent spring move". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
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