Leon State Fair - La Feria Estatal de León 2023

Our second day in Leon was the start of the 26-day Leon State Fair (La Feria Estatal de León 2023). From everything I read, I had expected it to be a big deal, and it was even bigger on the ground

• Huge indoor convention center that hosed vendors as well a performance venue
• Three concert venues (one requires additional ticket) and an ice skating show  
• A circus
• Multiple informal outdoor performance acts/artists
• Four ferris wheels, and two or three of every other type of ride
• Hundreds of food vendors from kiosks to outdoor dining with uniformed waiters and mariachi bands
• Not as many animals (a few hundreds at the most) as I expected: horses, cows, goats, chickens

Everything was super shiny, state-of-the-art. John: This place makes the NC State fair look like a village fair.

Later we learned that the Leon Fair is the third largest in Mexico. Aguascalientes is number one. This totally explained the vast venue we saw in Aguascalientes that much puzzled us.

Two of the four big wheels.


First a Rockin' band with wrestling masks. ;-) And second, a 15-second video of a cover of Come Together by the Beatles




Long line for pan de soya.


Games and rides galore.






Animal tent.






The Gorditas Michoacana were sooooo tasty.




The best fair photos are always after dark, no?


















Walking home along the pedestrian avenue that connects Centro with the fairgrounds.




We stop at El Templo Expiatorio for a few photos.






Bonus.