Rodeos in Washington State: The Complete 2026 Guide

The earliest traditional rodeo on the Washington calendar, held in Asotin at the far southeastern corner of the state where the Snake River cuts through basalt canyon walls. Three nights of PRCA rodeo run alongside a full county fair with livestock, 4-H and FFA exhibits, and a carnival. The dramatic canyon setting makes this one worth the drive if you are in the region. Pair it with a scenic drive along the Snake River or a stop at Chief Looking Glass Park downstream.

Two nights of indoor roughstock action inside the Town Toyota Center arena in Wenatchee. Each night features barrel racing, bull riding, saddle bronc, Cowboy Bull Poker, dancing horses, a beer garden, a mechanical bull, a kids zone, and a Western vendor market on the concourse. Doors open at 6PM, dirt flies at 7:30PM. A purpose-built entertainment rodeo with a strong lineup and an indoor atmosphere that works for first-timers and longtime fans alike.

The Methow Valley Rodeo runs twice a year and both dates are worth circling. The Memorial Day weekend edition takes place in Winthrop, a Western-themed town in the North Cascades that leans hard into cowboy culture. Events include saddle bronc, barrel racing, ranch saddle bronc, mutton bustin, horse stick races, and a performance by the Okanogan Equestrian Drill Team. Admission is $20 for adults, $10 for ages 7 to 12, free for 6 and under. The same organization returns for Labor Day weekend in late August.

Bickleton sits in the rolling Klickitat County uplands northeast of Goldendale, and the Pioneer Picnic and Rodeo at nearby Cleveland Park has been held every June since 1910. The 2026 event is the 115th annual, the oldest ongoing rodeo in Washington State. Three days combine the rodeo competition with a community potluck, a beer garden, live music, and a working 1905 Herschell-Spillman antique carousel that visitors can ride.

Glenwood is a small community in Klickitat County in the shadow of Mount Adams, and every Father’s Day weekend it hosts one of the state’s longest-running community rodeos. The Ketchum Kalf is an NPRA sanctioned event that has been running for decades. It is the kind of rodeo that still feels genuinely local: small grandstands, families in lawn chairs, Mount Adams filling the western skyline. If you have never been to Glenwood, the drive through the foothills alone is worth making the trip.

Newport sits in the Pend Oreille Valley at the far northeastern corner of Washington, just 10 miles from the Idaho border. The Newport Rodeo is a PRCA Columbia River Circuit event celebrating 77 years in 2026. Three days of professional competition with standard PRCA events including saddle bronc, bareback, team roping, steer wrestling, tie-down roping, barrel racing, and bull riding. Newport’s location makes it a natural anchor for a Pend Oreille Valley weekend.

The 91st Annual Toppenish Rodeo is a PRCA Columbia River Circuit event held on the Yakama Reservation in the heart of the Yakima Valley. Toppenish has been a rodeo town for nearly a century and takes the Fourth of July tradition seriously. The town is known for its Western murals, and the weekend draws a strong crowd from across the region. Events include the full PRCA lineup with a Wild West feel that fits the town’s character. A good pairing with a drive through Yakima Valley wine country.

The Loggerodeo has been a Fourth of July tradition in Sedro-Woolley, a timber and farming community in the Skagit Valley, for decades. It is a PRCA sanctioned event combining pro rodeo with the town’s logging heritage. Gates open at 4PM with the Grand Entry at 6PM on the 3rd. A strong option for Western Washington residents looking for a genuine rodeo experience without crossing the mountains. Sedro-Woolley sits at the base of the North Cascades Scenic Highway and makes a natural anchor for a Skagit Valley weekend.

Cheney sits just southwest of Spokane and is home to Eastern Washington University. The Cheney Rodeo is a PRCA event with $8,000 in added money per event, drawing professional competitors from across the Columbia River Circuit. The weekend program includes a downtown parade, food carts, a Kids Balloon Stampede, live country music each evening, and Cowboy Church on Sunday. For Spokane visitors, it is the closest serious PRCA rodeo.

Lake Chelan stretches 50 miles inland from the Columbia River into the North Cascades, and at the southern end of the lake the Chelan Rustlers Saddle Club has been running PRCA rodeos since the club was founded in 1953. The Pro Rodeo weekend includes barrel racing, trick riding, bucking broncos, a parade, and a robust junior rodeo with mutton busting and roping for the youngest competitors.

Cle Elum sits in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, less than 90 minutes east of Seattle on Interstate 90. That makes the Roundup the most accessible PRCA rodeo on the west side of the state outside of the Kitsap Stampede. Two days of professional competition cover barrel racing, team roping, steer wrestling, and bull riding, with a beer garden, live music, and a kids corral on the grounds.

The Long Beach Rodeo runs at the Peninsula Saddle Club arena on the southwest Washington coast and has been a tradition there for more than 75 years. Both Saturday and Sunday open with a Cowboy Breakfast in the clubhouse before the main rodeo in the afternoon, with bull riding, saddle bronc, calf roping, steer wrestling, and barrel racing on the program. Friday evening’s parade through downtown Long Beach kicks the weekend off.

The Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo runs in Grandview, in the heart of the hop yards and vineyards of the lower Yakima Valley. A four-day county fair combined with rodeo competition, drawing from the agricultural communities of Grandview, Sunnyside, and Prosser. A solid mid-August option before the bigger events arrive later in the month.

The 92nd Annual Omak Stampede is unlike any other rodeo event in the Pacific Northwest. Four days of PRCA competition in a full standard lineup, but the event is defined by one thing: the World Famous Suicide Race. Horse and rider descend a 210-foot near-vertical hillside, cross the Okanogan River at full speed, and charge into the arena. The race runs multiple times over the weekend. It draws national attention every year and has for decades.

Beyond the Suicide Race, the Stampede is a serious PRCA rodeo with strong competition across all events. Omak is a small city in the Okanogan Valley with limited lodging, so book well ahead. The surrounding Okanogan Highlands offer some of the best scenery in Eastern Washington if you build a longer trip around the weekend.

Goldendale sits on the Columbia Plateau above the gorge, and every August the Klickitat County Fair and Rodeo brings four days of competition and community celebration to this rural stretch of South-Central Washington. Standard fair and rodeo combination with livestock, exhibits, and carnival. Goldendale is also home to the Goldendale Observatory State Park, so a fair day and a clear-sky stargazing night pair naturally here.

Lynden sits in the heart of Whatcom County dairy country, just a few miles from the Canadian border, and the Lynden PRCA Rodeo brings two nights of professional rodeo competition to the Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center in mid-August. This is one of the northernmost PRCA stops in Washington State, drawing competitors from across the Pacific Northwest. Lynden itself has a strong Dutch heritage and a distinct small-town character that makes the surrounding community worth exploring alongside the rodeo.

Three days in Davenport, the county seat of Lincoln County in the wheat country west of Spokane. A traditional agricultural fair with rodeo competition, livestock showing, and 4-H and FFA programs. Small, community-centered, and representative of the Eastern Washington agricultural world that underlies the region’s economy.

Cusick sits along the Pend Oreille River in the forested northeastern corner of Washington, and the county fair here is a genuine small-town event serving a remote agricultural and timber community. Four days of rodeo combined with traditional fair competition. If you are exploring the Pend Oreille Valley, the fair is a natural stop. The drive through the river corridor is itself a reason to make the trip.

The Kitsap Stampede is a full PRCA rodeo and part of the 2026 Playoffs Series, which feeds toward the National Finals Rodeo. Five days combined with the Kitsap County Fair. For anyone in the Seattle, Tacoma, or Puget Sound metro area who wants professional-level PRCA competition without a mountain crossing, this is the move. Bremerton is a 30-minute ferry ride from Seattle.

Five days in the Tri-Cities, drawing from the large agricultural population of Benton and Franklin counties. The Benton Franklin Fair is one of the larger county fairs in Eastern Washington, combining rodeo competition with a full agricultural program, carnival, and entertainment. The Tri-Cities location makes it easy to combine with other activities in the Columbia Basin.

The second Methow Valley Rodeo of the year runs Labor Day weekend in Winthrop. Same format as the Memorial Day edition: saddle bronc, barrel racing, ranch saddle bronc, mutton bustin, and the Okanogan Equestrian Drill Team. The Methow Valley in late August and early September offers some of the best weather in the state. This is a strong weekend anchor for a Winthrop or North Cascades trip before fall.

Walla Walla has been running Frontier Days since 1913, making this one of the oldest continuous rodeo traditions in the state. A PRCA event running alongside the Walla Walla County Fair over Labor Day weekend and beyond. Walla Walla is also home to more than 120 wineries and one of the most established American Viticultural Areas in the Northwest, which makes it easy to build a longer trip around the rodeo weekend. Two nights, a PRCA rodeo, and wine country thirty minutes in any direction.

The Ellensburg Rodeo is the benchmark. One of the top-ranked PRCA rodeos in the country, running every Labor Day weekend since 1923, celebrating 103 consecutive years in 2026. Five days anchored by four championship sessions and a dedicated Xtreme Bulls Presented by Wrangler on Saturday, September 5th. The rodeo runs alongside the Kittitas County Fair at the same grounds, adding livestock, agricultural exhibits, and fair entertainment to the full weekend experience.

Ellensburg is in the Kittitas Valley, 100 miles east of Seattle over Snoqualmie Pass. The town fills completely over Labor Day weekend. Book lodging as early as possible. Chute tours run during the week and offer a closer look at the behind-the-scenes operation for anyone interested in how a top-level PRCA rodeo comes together. If you are going to one rodeo in Washington this year, this is the one.

The Washington State Fair in Puyallup is the largest event in the state by attendance, drawing more than 900,000 visitors across its 20-day run. Embedded within the fair is a four-night PRCA rodeo running September 10 through 13 at the fair’s Event Center arena. Full professional competition alongside everything the Washington State Fair has to offer. If you are already planning a Puyallup Fair trip, the rodeo nights are worth building into your visit.

Pomeroy is the county seat of Garfield County, the smallest county in Washington by population, sitting in the rolling wheat hills of the Palouse. The Garfield County Fair and Rodeo is one of the last events on the Washington calendar, a true small-town end-of-summer tradition. Three days of fair and rodeo competition that have been happening here since before most other events existed. If the Palouse is on your list, September puts the wheat harvest at its peak and the fair gives you a reason to anchor in Pomeroy for a night.