Colorado State Fair & Rodeo

The Colorado State Fair & Rodeo runs eleven consecutive days at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo, with 2027 dates of August 27 through September 6 already confirmed by the organiser and a history reaching back to its first fair on October 9, 1872. Gate admission is published at fifteen dollars for an adult and seven dollars for a child aged five to twelve, with children four and under free; The fair's defining feature is four nights of PRCA Rodeo in the Big R Arena, with concerts following the rodeo performance on three of those nights, plus a free-to-attend Ranch Rodeo built around a five-man hybrid scramble and open ranch bronc riding. Carnival rides are a separate purchase from gate admission, with a one-day unlimited ride band priced lower before the fair opens than once it is under way, and individual ride credits sold at a dollar each. Fair hours run from three in the afternoon on weekdays to eleven at night, stretching from eleven in the morning on Fridays through Sundays, with an earlier nine o'clock close on the closing, Labor Day holiday

The organiser runs a recurring set of discount days each edition, from a Senior Day pairing free admission for seniors 60 and over with $5 gate admission and $5 food items for everyone until 5 p.m., to a Two Can Tuesday trading two canned food items for free admission and a One Price Wednesday bundling Fair admission with carnival ride access for fifteen dollars

The 2026 Colorado State Fair & Rodeo ran August 28 through Labor Day, September 7, 2026; the organiser's most recently published attendance total is 428,941, for the 2025 edition, with no 2026 figure posted at the time of this capture