# Washington State Fair

The big one: more than three weeks of rides, barns, grandstand shows and scones at the Puyallup fairgrounds. Closed Tuesdays.

Canonical URL: https://tacomairl.com/events/washington-state-fair-2026/
Section: events
Area: Puyallup
Published: 2026-10-12
Last fact check: 2026-10-12
Event status: Ended
Start date: 2026-09-04
End date: 2026-09-27
Start time: Not confirmed
End time: Not confirmed
Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
Venue: Washington State Fair Event Center
Address: 110 9th Avenue SW, Puyallup, WA, 98371, US
Price: Unknown; kids 5 and under always free
Age policy: Not confirmed
Reservations: Not confirmed
Organizer: Washington State Fair
Organizer URL: https://www.thefair.com/

## Why go

It's the Puyallup Fair. Whether you go for the scones, the rides, the barns or the grandstand concert, it's a South Sound tradition.

## What happens

Carnival rides, animal barns, exhibits, fair food and grandstand concerts.

## Good to know

**Closed Tuesdays**, and also closed Wednesday, September 9, in 2026. Kids 5 and under are always free. During Free Kids Weekend (September 4–7 in 2026), anyone 18 and under got in free, and military members and their families got in free on Fridays.

**Next year:** most of September, opening on the Friday of Labor Day weekend. Ticket deals start in summer at thefair.com.

## Sources

- [Where We Converge: the Washington State Fair returns Sept. 4–27](https://www.whereweconverge.com/post/september-is-for-state-fair-fun-the-washington-state-fair-returns-sept-427)
- [Washington State Fair](https://www.thefair.com/)