Sports & Fitness

Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo

Name: Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo
Start: 2027-01-15
End: 2027-02-06
Location: Will Rogers Memorial Center and Ariat Arena

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Date

Friday, Jan 15, 2027 to Saturday, Feb 6, 2027

Date checked Oct 2026 on the organizer's site

Location

Will Rogers Memorial Center and Ariat Arena
3401 W Lancaster Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76107

Where to stay

Bring the car if you book one of the hotels in downtown Fort Worth. From the Omni on Houston Street it is seven minutes to the Will Rogers Memorial Center by car and an hour on foot, and the cheapest place to leave the car is the city garage next door, $22 a vehicle with no in-and-out.

Organized by

Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

About this happenin

Every January and February, the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo fills the Will Rogers Memorial Center and Ariat Arena in Fort Worth with livestock and horse shows, a carnival, a trade show and professional rodeo. The first show was held in 1896 on the banks of Marine Creek in North Fort Worth. The rodeo joined in 1918 as the World's Original Indoor Rodeo. Ariat Arena is its third home, after the Northside Coliseum and the Will Rogers Coliseum. A grounds ticket does not get you into a rodeo performance, but a rodeo ticket includes the grounds. Talley Amusements runs the midway, with Ferris wheels and a mega-drop. In the Children's Barnyard, kids can watch chicks hatch and ask FFA students about the calves, goats, piglets and lambs. The All-Western Parade of riding clubs, floats, horse-drawn vehicles and bands belongs to the show as well. The Fort Worth Stockyards is a separate place, several miles away.

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