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2023 State Fair of Texas entertainment lineup includes fan favorites, new shows

Hundreds of activities are planned for the 24 days of the fair, which returns Sept. 29 to Fair Park in South Dallas.

The State Fair of Texas has announced the lineup of attractions, exhibits and performances for its 2023 edition. Hundreds of activities are planned for the 24 days of the fair, which returns Sept. 29 to Fair Park in South Dallas.

The lineup features both mainstays and newcomers.

A new “Dinosaurs at the Lagoon” exhibit looks at Texas’ paleontological heritage. The Fringe Stage hosts new acts like the watery antics of the Acrobuffos, contortionist and archer Sara Twister and the acrobatics of the Street Circus. And in a new attraction at the Oak Farms Theater, the Soap Bubble Circus performs “feats of bubble-ology.”

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Among the returning highlights are the State Fair of Texas Rodeo at the Fair Park Coliseum, the “All-Star Stunt Dog Show,” the Midway Barker, “¡Fiestas de Marionetas!” and “Big Tex’s Discovery Farm.”

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Andi Wilson rides around barrels while competing in the barrel racing event in the State Fair of Texas Youth Rodeo at Fair Park in Dallas on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022(Liesbeth Powers / Staff Photographer)

Two big football games also return to the Cotton Bowl this fall: the Sept. 30 State Fair Classic between Grambling State and Prairie View A&M and the Oct. 7 Red River Showdown between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners.

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Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) scrambles away from Oklahoma defensive lineman Ethan Downs (40) during the first half of the annual Red River Showdown football game at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)

All these events and activities run alongside more than 90 musical performances announced by the fair earlier this month. Lonestar, CeeLo Green and 38 Special highlight the acts performing on the fair’s three stages.

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