A note regarding COVID-19
Levelland
American Businessmen’s Clubs Pro Rodeo Kickoff and Barbecue Cookoff
March 30
Mallet Event Center and Arena, 2320 US 385
The American Businessmen’s Clubs (ABC) Pro Rodeo starts off with a dance and barbecue cookoff.
ABC Pro Rodeo
April 4-7
Mallet Event Center and Arena, 2320 US 385 South
Whether it’s your first rodeo or not, you’ll love watching these rodeo feats including saddle bronc, bareback, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping, barrel racing, bull riding, mutton bustin’, and freestyle bull fighting.
Mesquite
Solar Rodeo 2024
April 5-8
Various locations
Mesquite is celebrating the solar eclipse on April 8, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, with a full weekend of festivities and community events including the annual Rodeo Parade, a planetarium experience, family games, art, a farmers market, and live music.
Rodeo Parade
April 6
Downtown , Beltline and Newson Steets to Galloway Avenue at New Market
The city of Mesquite is the official Rodeo Capital of Texas and hosts its 66th annual Rodeo Parade, a traditional celebration of Western heritage. As the parade winds through the streets of Mesquite, participants and spectators alike are treated to a display of community spirit. Whether you’re a local resident or a visitor to the area, the Rodeo Parade is a must-see event.
Bandera
Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters
Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27
Rattlesnake Ridge, 126 SH 16S
On Saturdays, see the Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters reenact 1800s gunfights twice a day at Rattlesnake Ridge located behind the Bandera Visitors Center.
Cowboys on Main
Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27
Enjoy free cowboy fun in downtown Bandera. Activities can include chuckwagon storytelling, hopping on a saddle-broke longhorn, or taking a horse-drawn wagon tour of Bandera.
Morning Ride with Cowboy Breakfast
April 7, 14, 21, 28
Major Hope Corral, 749 Old Medina Highway
Join Bandera Historical Rides for a Sunday morning cowboy breakfast and horseback ride at Major Hope Corral, a horse rescue center outside of Bandera.
Neches
1836 Chuckwagon Races
April 19-21
Diamond B Ranch, 11589 FM 321
The 1836 Chuckwagon Races take place during the celebration of Texas’ independence every year at the Diamond B Ranch in Neches. There are multiple divisions of wagon races as well as trail rides, Dutch oven cooking classes, herd dog demonstrations, hoof care clinics, a horse auction, barn dances, karaoke, and live music. The gates are open for camping the Monday prior to the races on a first-come, first-served basis.
Lubbock
Ranch Day
April 20
National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth St.
Saddle up for a day of activities centered around ranching history, ranch skills, and ranch science. Enjoy the Snake Oil Magic Show, build a log cabin, learn to churn butter, and watch as children have the opportunity to become a ranch hand for the day. Admission is free.
Lampasas
Riata Roundup Rodeo and LTX Barbecue Fest
April 25-27
580 Sports Complex, 2351 FM 580
The Diamond Cross Rodeo Company is back to produce this rodeo, and there is something for the entire family to enjoy. Thursday night kicks off with a jackpot open barrel race. Friday and Saturday, gates open with mutton bustin’ with rodeo events immediately following, plus concerts, food trucks, and vendors. On Saturday before the rodeo, the LTX Barbecue Fest kicks off.
Kerrville
Roundup Exhibition and Sale
April 26-May 12
Museum of Western Art, 1550 Bandera Highway
The 41st annual roundup and sale is an exciting weekend full of art, food, drinks, music, and dancing. More than 150 works are for sale from local, regional, and national artists.
Texas Gun and Knife Show
April 27-28
Kerr County Hill Country Youth Event Center, 3785 SH 27
The Texas Gun and Knife Association hosts this annual show. Vendors sell new and used guns, knives, ammunition, coins, jewelry, camping gear, accessories, and other hunting and outdoors items.
Corpus Christi
PBR: Velocity Tour
May 3-4
American Bank Center, 1901 N. Shoreline Blvd.
The Professional Bull Riders organization brings its Velocity Tour to Corpus Christi during the city’s annual Buc Fest. See some of the best athletes of the sport going head-to-head with the fiercest bulls in the country.
Bandera
Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters
May 4, 11, 18, 25
Rattlesnake Ridge, 126 SH 16S
On Saturdays, see the Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters reenact 1800s gunfights twice a day at Rattlesnake Ridge located behind the Bandera Visitors Center.
Cowboys on Main
May 4, 11, 18, 25
Enjoy free cowboy fun in downtown Bandera. Activities can include chuckwagon storytelling, hopping on a saddle-broke longhorn, or taking a horse-drawn wagon tour of Bandera.
Morning Ride with Cowboy Breakfast
May 5, 12, 19, 26
Major Hope Corral, 749 Old Medina Highway
Join Bandera Historical Rides for a Sunday morning cowboy breakfast and horseback ride at Major Hope Corral, a horse rescue center outside of Bandera.
Levelland
Clovis Horse Sales and Vendor Show
May 17-18
Mallet Event Center and Arena, 2320 US 385 South
Clovis Horse Sales strives to provide quality horses for all types of riders. Each sale has different events featuring different types of horses, including team ropings, cow horse futurities, and ranch horse competitions.
Bandera
Memorial Day Weekend Stampede Rodeo and Parade
May 24-26
Mansfield Park and Main Street, 2886 SH 16 North
Bandera Pro Rodeo presents three nights of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association-sanctioned rodeos with bull riding, team roping, bareback riding, and other competitions. The annual Memorial Day Parade down Main Street gets underway Saturday at 11 a.m.
Hunt
Crider’s Rodeo and Dancehall
May 25
Crider’s Rodeo and Dancehall, 2310 SH 39
Crider’s Rodeo and Dancehall, an entertainment spot along the banks of the Guadalupe River, opens its season of rodeos, live music, and dancing on Saturday nights.
Lewisville
Fiesta Charra
May 26
Wayne Ferguson Plaza, 150 W. Church St.
See activities that take place at a traditional “charreada,” which is like a rodeo and practiced in Mexico. Admission is free.
Bandera
Memorial Day Arts and Craft Show
May 26-27
Bandera County Courthouse Lawn, 500 Main St.
As part of the Memorial Day Weekend Stampede, Bandera hosts this arts and crafts show with vendors set up on the courthouse lawn.
Chuckwagon Dinner and Show
May 26
Flying L Ranch and Resort, 675 Flying L Drive
Fill up on a barbecue dinner with all the fixings. The event includes live country music and dancing, Western entertainment, and other festivities.
Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters
June 1-29
Rattlesnake Ridge, 126 SH 16 South
On Saturdays, see the Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters reenact 1800s gunfights twice a day at Rattlesnake Ridge, located behind the Bandera Visitors Center.
Cowboys On Main
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Enjoy free cowboy fun in downtown Bandera. Activities can include chuckwagon storytelling, taking a horse-drawn wagon tour of Bandera, and listening to live Western music.
Chuckwagon Dinner and Show
June 1-29
Flying L Ranch and Resort, 675 Flying L Drive
A barbecue dinner with all the fixins’, live country music, dancing, and Western entertainment are part of the fun at this chuckwagon dinner and show on Saturday evenings.
Mesquite
Championship Rodeo
June 1-Aug. 31
Mesquite Arena, 1818 Rodeo Drive
The world-famous Mesquite Championship Rodeo is back every Saturday night this summer. This is a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeo, and in 2020, it was awarded the PRCA Small Rodeo of the Year award. Live music follows the action each night.
Hunt
Crider’s Rodeo & Dancehall
June 1-Aug. 31
Crider’s Rodeo and Dancehall, 2310 SH 39
Crider’s Rodeo and Dancehall, an entertainment spot along the banks of the Guadalupe River, opens its doors to host rodeos, live music, and dancing on Saturday nights all summer long.
Bandera
Morning Ride with Cowboy Breakfast
June 2, 9, 16, 23
Major Hope Corral, 749 Old Medina Highway
Join Bandera Historical Rides for a Sunday morning cowboy breakfast and horseback ride at Major Hope Corral, a horse rescue center outside of Bandera.
Gladewater
Round-Up Rodeo
June 5-8
Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo Arena, US 80 West
Since 1937, Gladewater has featured one of the best known, nationally sanctioned PRCA rodeos in the country. Experience four days of Old West-style fun with bronc riding, bull riding, and all your favorite rodeo events.
Coleman
PRCA Rodeo
June 6-8
Coleman Rodeo Grounds, 13152 SH 206
In 1936, Texas’ centennial year, the idea of an annual Coleman Rodeo arose when nine businessmen wanted to do something special to celebrate Texas’s 100th anniversary. Today, the rodeo continues on with a street parade, vendors, shopping, golfing, mutton busting, and rodeo events.
Amarillo
Coors Cowboy Club Ranch Rodeo and Cattle Drive
June 6-8
Amarillo National Center and Downtown, 401 S. Buchanan St. and 1000 S Polk St.
Coors Cowboy Club hosts this rodeo that features cowboys from area ranches participating in a friendly but serious competition. Events include saddle bronc, stray gathering, trailer loading, and wild cow milking. The cattle drive consists of 60 Longhorns, motorized groups, and riders that parade from downtown Amarillo to the Tri-state Fairgrounds.
Llano
Open Pro Rodeo
June 7-8
John L. Kuykendall Events Center and Arena, 2200 RR 152
On the first full weekend of June, the Llano Open Pro Rodeo thrills the crowd with bronc bustin’, bull riding, barrel racing, and team roping.
Bandera
Riding on Faith Friday Night Summer Series Rodeo
June 7-Aug. 23
Mansfield Park Arena, 2886 SH 16 North
This open rodeo on Friday nights features bullriding, mini-bulls, barrel racing, and roping.
Palestine
Father’s Day Slow Meat Feast
June 15
The Regan Ranch, 8698 Couty Road 239, Oakwood
Celebrate the father in your life with an evening Argentine-style grilling event. Ranch-raised meats and Argentine specialties are served in an outdoor quincho at a working ranch in East Texas. The meal is eaten over a number of hours as each cut of meat becomes ready. Bring your own wine or beer for the meal, which concludes with a typical Argentine campesino dessert.
Boerne
Bull Riding Blowout
June 15
Kendall County Fairgrounds, 1307 River Road
Prepare for edge-of-your-seat excitement at the sixth annual Kendall County Fair Association Bull Riding Blowout. Watch man go up against bull and mutton bustin’ for the kiddos.
Mexia
Rodeo
June 20-22
Mexia Rodeo Arena, 600 Smith St.
The 94th annual Mexia Rodeo is a highly anticipated and well attended event in Central Texas. The rodeo is sanctioned by the United Professional Rodeo Association and includes some of the best concessions around.
Del Rio
Rotary Club of Del Rio Independence Day Rodeo
June 28-29
Val Verde Fairgrounds , 2006 N. Main St.
Take the family out for a rodeo night complete with bull riding, barrel racing, and mutton bustin’ among other traditional rodeo events.
Wimberley
Fourth of July Rodeo
June 28-30
Wimberley VFW, 401 Jacobs Well Road
Sanctioned by the Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association, this rodeo includes bull riding, tie-down calf roping, bareback and saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, team roping, women’s breakaway roping, and women’s barrel racing. Admission and parking proceeds are considered a donation to Post 6441 and used to support a variety of veterans and community programs and activities.
Giddings
Fury on the Fourth Championship Bull Riding
July 4
Lee County Sheriffs Posse Rodeo Arena, 2495 US 290 West
Enjoy some championship bull riding at Fury on the Fourth. Brave cowboys and powerful bulls provide excitement, and you can cheer for the youngsters as they take on mutton bustin’. The event is followed by a dance.
Amarillo
Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo
July 4-6
Will Rogers Range Riders Arena, 8829 FM 1541
Will Rogers Range Riders, founded in the late 1930s, is the oldest continually operating riding club in the country. The organization hosts a variety of events including ropings, mounted shootings, and trail rides. The largest event is the annual rodeo held over the Fourth of July weekend that features live music, mutton busting, and a United Professional Rodeo Association-sanctioned rodeo.
Kerrville
Open Pro Rodeo
July 5-6
Kerr County Hill Country Youth Event Center, 3785 SH 27
Lester Meier Rodeo Company presents a full rodeo with exciting events including bareback and saddle bronc riding, calf roping, team roping, ladies barrel racing, bull riding, calf scramble, and mutton busting for the kids.
Bandera
Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters
July 6-27
Rattlesnake Ridge, 126 SH 16 South
On Saturdays, see the Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters reenact 1800s gunfights twice a day at Rattlesnake Ridge, located behind the Bandera Visitors Center.
Cowboys On Main
July 6, 13, 20, 27
Enjoy free cowboy fun in downtown Bandera. Activities can include chuckwagon storytelling, taking a horse-drawn wagon tour of Bandera, and listening to live Western music.
Chuck Wagon Dinner and Show
July 6-27
Flying L Ranch and Resort, 675 Flying L Drive
A barbecue dinner with all the fixins’, live country music, dancing, and Western entertainment are part of the fun at this chuckwagon dinner and show on Saturday evenings.
Morning Ride with Cowboy Breakfast
July 7, 14, 21, 28
Major Hope Corral, 749 Old Medina Highway
Join Bandera Historical Rides for a Sunday morning cowboy breakfast and horseback ride at Major Hope Corral, a horse rescue center outside of Bandera.
National Day of the American Cowboy
July 27
Bandera County Courthouse and Mansfield Park , 500 Main St. and 2886 SH 16 North
Celebrate National Day of the American Cowboy in the Cowboy Capital of the World. Festivities taking place on the courthouse lawn include a Frontier Times Museum’s celebration, gunfighter shows, live music, and special Old West guests. In the evening, Ridin the River Cowboy Fellowship hosts its Bulls, Barrels, and Breakaway contest, a rodeo event at Mansfield Park.
Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters
Aug. 3-31
Rattlesnake Ridge, 126 SH 16 South
On Saturdays, see the Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighters reenact 1800s gunfights twice a day at Rattlesnake Ridge, located behind the Bandera Visitors Center.
Cowboys On Main
Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Enjoy free cowboy fun in downtown Bandera. Activities can include chuckwagon storytelling, taking a horse-drawn wagon tour of Bandera, and listening to live Western music.
Morning Ride with Cowboy Breakfast
Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25
Major Hope Corral, 749 Old Medina Highway
Join Bandera Historical Rides for a Sunday morning cowboy breakfast and horseback ride at Major Hope Corral, a horse rescue center outside of Bandera.
Junction
Rodeo and Dance
Aug. 9-10
Hill Country Fair Association , FM 2169
Held the second weekend in August, the rodeo includes bull riding and nightly dancing.
Sonora
Sutton County Days and Sonora Outlaw Rodeo
Aug. 9-10
Sutton County Park and Pavillion, 1600 N. Crockett St.
Two full days or rodeo performances are accompanied by nightly dances, a parade, food, and vendors.
Alpine
Big Bend Ranch Rodeo
Aug. 9-10
S.A.L.E. Rodeo Arena, Paso del Norte Road
Sanctioned by the Working Ranch Cowboys Association, this rodeo features brave performances by real working cowboys, a chuckwagon cookoff, and other activities.
Austin
PBR Team Series—Gambler Days
Aug. 23-25
Moody Center, 2001 Robert Dedman Drive
An action-packed team bull riding competition features the most exciting 8 seconds in sports with some of the world’s best bull riders and the local Austin Gamblers.
Boerne
Kendall County Fair
Aug. 30-Sept. 1
Herff Park, 1307 River Road
The Kendall County Fair Association hosts the 118th annual Kendall County Fair. Head to the fairgrounds for a weekend of good old-fashioned community fun, with vendors, a Queen’s Pageant, a rodeo and livestock show on Friday and Saturday, and Bull Riding Extreme on Sunday. A parade on Main Street takes place on Saturday. Attendees can also see exhibits in the Homestead Heritage Exhibit Hall.