{"id":144363,"date":"2026-02-05T04:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144363\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T04:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:58:12","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144363\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ferris wheel is up, the concert stage is set and the deep fryers are hot, which can only mean one thing: The 2026 Florida State Fair<\/a> is officially here.<\/p>\n

You can bring the family out to the Florida State Fairgrounds from Feb. 5-16 to enjoy rides, funky food<\/a> combinations, animal shows and endless live entertainment.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything you need to know about the Florida State Fair for 2026.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Florida State Fair tickets<\/p>\n

Pricing will vary depending on the day.<\/p>\n

For Monday-Thursday tickets:<\/p>\n

For Friday-Sunday and President’s Day:<\/p>\n

Tickets can be purchased online<\/a> or at the gate. More information on discounted tickets and deals are available on the Florida State Fair website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa2Florida State Fair rides & entertainment<\/p>\n

This year’s midway will feature more than 75 rides, including the Berry-Go-Round, bumper cars, the Kraken and the Super Slide.<\/p>\n

Check out the full list of rides.<\/a><\/p>\n

The entertainment lineup includes live music, high-flying circus acts, racing corgis and a demolition derby. New entertainment will also be taking place on select dates, including an illuminating sky drone show.<\/p>\n

Check out the full list of entertainment acts along with locations and schedules.<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf2dFlorida State Fair food<\/a><\/p>\n

Each year, the fair brings back classics like corn dogs and caramel apples, along with a highly anticipated menu of new foods. The 2026 selection has some pretty funky flavors that are sure to pique the interest of every daring foodie.<\/p>\n

Some of this year’s new foods include the deep-fried Cuban burrito, Reese’s Pieces donut burger, sushi corn dog and Dubai chocolate funnel cake.<\/p>\n

See the list of new fair food.<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcddYouth admission policy<\/p>\n

Starting at 5 p.m. each day, all guests 17 or younger will have to be accompanied by an admission-paying parent or guardian.<\/p>\n

The parent or guardian has to be 21 or older and will be required to show a valid ID. A total of 4 minors can be supervised by one adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ferris wheel is up, the concert stage is set and the deep fryers are hot, which can…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[70002,28,30,29,65270,11183],"class_list":{"0":"post-144363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-deep-fryers","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-florida-state-fair","13":"tag-florida-state-fairgrounds"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}