State Fair of Texas

Presenting the 2025 Grand Champion Market Lamb at the Big Tex Youth Livestock Auction! 🏆🐑 Stratley Strube of Tom Green County 4-H took home the top prize with her champion lamb, which the Amy and Les Ware Foundation purchased for $31,000.

I mean, he does have a heart of gold... 😉🍀🤠✨

BIG TEX HAS A NEW PAIR OF BOOTS ON THE WAY! 🤠 We’re excited to announce Aaliyah McNeal as the winner of the 2026 Big Tex Boot Design Contest, presented by @Lucchese1883. Selected from nearly 450 entries, you can check out Aaliyah's winning design at brnw.ch/21x0M4A.

Planting the seeds for the next generation of agricultural leaders! 🌱 🤠 Yesterday, we hosted Big Tex’s Farm Day at the Fair, welcoming more than 350 Dallas ISD students for a hands-on adventure into the world of agriculture.

200 DAYS 🤠🎉🫶✨

Happy #TexasIndependenceDay! Today, we celebrate the heart and history that make this home so special. ⭐️

Hog the spotlight, it's National Pig Day! 🐷

Rooted in tradition, growing toward the future 🌾💙 Celebrating the passion, leadership, and dedication of FFA members everywhere this #NationalFFAWeek. @Nationalffa | Texas FFA

@TexasPopCulture SOOOO GOOD

#NationalPizzaDay - The pizza at the @StateFairOfTX is underrated

Our love for you is as BIG and BRIGHT as the Texas stars at night 🤠❤️ Howdy Valentine’s Day!

Proof that everything’s bigger in Texas, even game day watch parties. 🤠🏈 Who are you rooting for to win?

Wishing the best of luck to every incredible Winter Olympian, with extra cheers for our Texans! 🤠 We’re so proud and rooting for you! 🇺🇸❄️🥇 #TeamUSA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DALLAS! 🤠🏙️🎂🎉 We're so proud to call you home for 139 years and counting!

Big Tex saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of missing you... 😏😪

Spotted: Texas, Texas, and more Texas. ⭐🤠 Happy #NationalTexasDay

❄️🤠 CONTEST UPDATE ❄️🤠 Due to the weather, we’re extending the Big Tex Boot Design Contest submission deadline to Friday, February 6, 2026. Grab the boot template and full contest details here: brnw.ch/21wZtn7

@unpopularr 242 days, but who's counting! 😫

I need that strawberry crunch cheesecake from the Texas state fair real bad.

Be back before you know it ❤️

🚨 FINAL DAYS to enter! 🚨 Enter the Big Tex Boot Design Contest, presented by @Lucchese1883, for a shot at seeing your design on Big Tex at the 2026 State Fair of Texas. ⏰ Submissions close January 31, 2026. Grab the template and full details here: brnw.ch/21wZ93D

Meet “Biggie,” the 2025 Grand Champion Market Barrow, at the Big Tex Youth Livestock Auction! 🏆🐷 Weston Lackey of Haskell FFA earned the top spot with his prize-winning barrow, which sold to the Briscoe and Carpenter families for $35,000.