From January to April, millions of cowboys and cowgirls from across North America will snowbird their way down to Texas for many high-call Western events. Rodeo fans from all sectors of the sport are drawn to the action in the arena. Music lovers come to rock out to their favorite performers. America’s youth drive to show their livestock for some of the largest payouts in the country.
Within the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), this is the most rotund group of rodeos collectively held in a single state. The paydirt at these will be some of the most significant competitors will receive all year. The money won at these events can help to make or break a contestant’s NFR dreams. This is known as the Texas Swing.
Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
What started in 1896 as a stock show held on the banks of Marine Creek in North Fort Worth, Texas, now brings over a million people to North Texas every January. The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo happens over three weeks and includes a variety of events and competitions. There is something for everyone, from agricultural mechanics, American Quarter Horse Association and National Cutting Horse Association horse shows, sheep dog trials, and a celebrity goat milking contest to wine tasting, nightly concerts, and a bracket format PRCA rodeo. One thing is for sure… This Thing is Legendary®.
2025 Champions:
Bareback Riding: Nick Pelke
Steer Wrestling: Jesse Brown
Breakaway Roping: Josie Conner
Team Roping: Tanner Tomlinson and Travis Graves
Saddle Bronc Riding: Kade Bruno
Tie-Down Roping: Shad Mayfield
Barrel Racing: Andrea Busby
Bull Riding: Maverick Potter
San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo
Approximately 1.5 million people enter the gates of the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo fairgrounds to experience more than an 8-second ride. The first stock show was held at the historic Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum in 1949, and the rodeo was added to the event list in 1950. Since then, the stock show and rodeo have experienced exponential growth. In 2003, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo moved to the AT&T Center, a new state-of-the-art facility at the time, and was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2008.
2025 Champions:
Bareback Riding: Bradlee Miller
Steer Wrestling: Brandon Harrison
Breakaway Roping: Aspen Miller
Team Roping: Dustin Egusquiza & Levi Lord
Saddle Bronc Riding: Dawson Hay
Tie-Down Roping: Tuf Cooper
Barrel Racing: Megan Mcleod-Sprauge
Bull Riding: Stetson Wright
RODEOHOUSTON
March 4-23
Since 1932, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has achieved many accomplishments, including but not limited to its induction into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2008. With youth and education being the organization’s focus, they have committed more than $630 million to the youth of Texas since the first stock show 93 years ago. The PRCA bracket-style rodeo is a 20-day tournament where fans see a champion crowned in eight events. Along with the monetary payout, each champion receives a custom-made saddle, belt buckle, and an invitation back to RODEOHOUSTON the next year.
2025 Champions:
Bareback Riding: Rocker Steiner
Steer Wrestling: Tucker Allen
Breakaway Roping: Taylor Munsell
Team Roping: Derrick Begay & Colter Todd
Saddle Bronc Riding: Ryder Wright
Tie-Down Roping: Riley Webb
Barrel Racing: Kassie Mowry
Bull Riding: Tristen Hutchings
Rodeo Austin
March 14-29
For over 80 years, Rodeo Austin has vowed to help grow the next generation of Texans. Since 1981, Rodeo Austin’s Scholarship Program has awarded over eight million dollars and impacted the lives of over 2,000 students. While Rodeo Austin is a nonprofit that works year-round, the funds they award are raised during the monthlong real Western experience held every March. Fans gather to watch top PRCA athletes compete, but they also attend rocking concerts, and a livestock show, all while raising money to promote the Western way of life.
2025 Champions:
Bareback Riding: Tanner Aus
Steer Wrestling: Logan Kenline
Breakaway Roping: Rylee George
Team Roping: Marcus Theriot & Wyatt Cox
Saddle Bronc Riding: Quintin Taylor
Tie-Down Roping: Tuf Cooper
Barrel Racing: Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi
Bull Riding: Wacey Schalla
San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo
April 4-20
Foster Communications Coliseum on the San Angelo Fairgrounds is where the tie-down ropers receive louder applause than the bull riders. Celebrating 91 years, the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo has a rich rodeo history. The first experimental rodeo was added to the event in 1932, and only two short years later, San Angelo hosted their first ProRodeo. Since then, the San Angelo Rodeo Committee has prided itself on knowing how to put on a rodeo. Each year, they go above and beyond to make the event bigger and better, but they never stray from the heart of it all…Rodeo.
