{"id":419511,"date":"2026-08-28T19:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419511\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:22:12","slug":"can-you-bring-your-dog-to-the-2026-state-fair-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419511\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you bring your dog to the 2026 State Fair of Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Tex welcomes millions of fairgoers each year at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/state-fair\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State Fair of Texas<\/a>, but is your dog one of them?<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re planning to spend the day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/article\/texas-state-fair-2026-foods-drinks-affordable-10-22406501.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sampling fried food<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/article\/state-fair-texas-concerts-main-stage-indoors-22402962.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attending concerts<\/a>, here\u2019s what to know about bringing your four-legged friend before heading to Fair Park for the State Fair, which runs from Sept. 25 to Oct. 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Qualified service animals are allowed at the State Fair, Taylor\u00a0Pulfer, State Fair of Texas director of communications, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pulfer said service animals may be restricted from certain areas when necessary for the health or safety of the animal, livestock or other guests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unless your pet qualifies as a service animal, Pulfer said it will not be allowed at the State Fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/state-fair\/article\/2026-state-fair-texas-tickets-go-sale-22398305.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets<\/a> can be purchased online at <a href=\"http:\/\/bigtex.com\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">bigtex.com<\/a> starting Sept. 1, but online ticket prices will be higher due to an online processing fee. Fairgoers can also buy tickets without the fee in person at any admission gate starting Sept. 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The State Fair of Texas lowered admission and parking prices for 2026 after reviewing feedback from fairgoers about the cost of attending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More information about the State Fair\u2019s policies can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/bigtex.com\/faq\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">bigtex.com\/faq<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Big Tex welcomes millions of fairgoers each year at the State Fair of Texas, but is your dog&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95929,17921,424,27,29,28,89512,95188],"class_list":["post-419511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arts-entertainment-state-fair","tag-service","tag-state-fair","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-texas","tag-tp-fair-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}