Prescott Rodeo

July 4 1888 became the birthday of professional rodeo when a group of prescott arizona merchants and professional businessmen organized the first formalized cowboy tournament and offered cash prizes.

Prescott rodeo. Mon fri 12pm 4pm mst 840 rodeo drive bldg. Prescott rodeo was first born in 1888 and is the oldest rodeo in history. In the early prescott days the rodeo was simply held on a piece of land now called forbing park and was a time for the ranchers to show off their skills. Hotels near prescott frontier days world s oldest rodeo.

Prescott frontier days inc. The rodeo name means to round up in english and the tradition comes from the spanish vaquero. You can catch the route heading west down willis to make a turn south on cortez street it makes a right down carlton to downtown prescott s famous montezuma street in front of courthouse square. Tens of thousands come from the state across the country and around the world to attend the festivities and experience the heart stopping thrills of the eight pro rodeo performances.

Their main event is the world s oldest rodeo. A cowboy named juan leivas walked off with rodeo s first professional title and was documented in the subsequent edition of the arizona journal miner. World s oldest rodeo tickets world s oldest rodeo at prescott frontier days on june 30 2021 at 3 30 am. Photo by les stukenberg.

H prescott az 86305 u. From kid friendly events to charity fundraisers there s always something fun going on at prescott frontier days. This website is the only authorized site to buy rodeo tickets. Ty smith gets dashboarded by catclaw in the cowpunchers bronc riding during the 6th performance of the prescott frontier days rodeo saturday afternoon july 6 2019.

Presents the 132nd annual world s oldest rodeo at the prescott rodeo grounds. The prescott frontier days parade is a spectacle you will not want to miss this year during the 2020 prescott rodeo. This year marks 133 for the prca event which is billed as the world s oldest rodeo. Since 1888 this traditional event has occurred annually over the 4th of july weekend with eight breath taking performances.

View all hotels near prescott frontier days world s oldest rodeo on tripadvisor. Hundreds of floats and rousing amusement makes it around the rodeo parade route. Message phone calls returned between.