The Tucson Rodeo & Parade
A Century of Rodeo, 8 seconds at a time!
The 100th Anniversary Celebration
All events returning: February 15 through February 23, 2025
Join the fun during the Centennial Celebration in February 2025! Exciting plans are underway to celebrate the 100th Anniversary! Don't miss riding the Mechanical bull this year! Enjoy watching over 750 contestants compete in the Centennial Rodeo!
Tucson's annual Celebration of the Cowboy (La Fiesta de los Vaqueros) has been heralded as Southern Arizona's oldest and most celebrated heritage event since its inception in 1925. It is centered around the Tucson Rodeo, one of the top twenty five rodeos on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) calendar, at which the sport's best cowboys and cowgirls compete in six rodeo performances at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds. In the 2024 edition of USA Today Magazine, The Tucson rodeo was ranked number 9 out of 10 Best rodeos in the United States. The daily events of Rodeo include: Bareback Riding, Steer Wrestling, Team Roping, Saddle Bronc Riding, Tie-Down Roping, Women's Barrel Racing and Bull Riding. Let's not forget treasured young ones with Mutton Bustin' and Junior Rodeo! Over 55,000 guests that visit each year from around the country and the world over and above the treasured local Tucson family.
100th Anniversary Rodeo dates: February 15 & 16, 2025 and February 20-23, 2025. Purchase tickets through the official website of the Tucson rodeo at www.tucsonrodeo.com or contact the Ticket Office at (520) 741-2233.
Slack Rodeo Days are: February 17-18, 2025 - These days are open to the public and FREE to attend.
We will be having a music festival to be hosted on February 19, 2025, time TBD. Ticket information coming soon.
A tip of the Stetson to La Fiesta de los Vaqueros®, the Tucson Rodeo & Parade, kicking it since 1925. Tucson Rodeo & Parade: Thrills, Spills & Wild West Entertainment
For an up-close look at horse-drawn vehicles from another era, tour the vintage wagons, carriages, and buggies at Tucson Wagon and History Museum, open January-early April. The museum also has life-size dioramas that will transport you back to Tucson's Old West days. Don't miss the pictures by Louise Serpa (1925-2012), a legendary Cowboy Hall-of-Fame photographer who got her start at the Tucson Rodeo. She was the first female photographer to receive her Rodeo Cowboy Association card and enter the rodeo arena to photograph action shots on film. Serpa captured over a half-century of rodeo history and excitement with her images, some of which are displayed at Tucson Wagon and History Museum.
After the rodeo dust settles, why not extend your visit with a road trip to nearby sights and attractions? Explore Tucson's Southside District.
