Tulsa State Fair attendance stagnated this year compared to 2025, with an estimated 1 million people showing up to the event that ran from Oct. 1-11.
Despite the numbers remaining steady, several vendors felt this year’s fair was worse than previous years citing parking costs and the rising price of concessions.
“I am grateful to be here and be able to sell my product at the Tulsa Fair. But I think … they’re outpricing the common person in that part,” Bobby Wiley, owner of Sugar 66, told The Eagle a week into the fair…