Rodeos and county fairs in Idaho
Rodeos and county fairs in Idaho, each compiled from its own sources: dates, gate fees, and the arena. No ratings; every entry carries its status.
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- Adams County FairCouncil · FairgroundEach July the Adams County Fair fills the fairgrounds on Highway 95 at Council, Idaho, with 4-H and FFA livestock and a rodeo, and closes with an 11 a.m. sale of the children's market animals.
- Bannock County FairDowney · Annual county fair and rodeoBannock County's August fair and rodeo in Downey, Idaho, the surviving half of twin county fairs that by all accounts began in the 19th century.
- Bear Lake County FairMontpelier · CarnivalA six-day county fair on U.S. Highway 30 in Montpelier, Idaho, whose association was organized in 1906 and whose 2026 edition closed with a free redneck rodeo.
- Blaine County FairCarey · Agricultural serviceThe Blaine County Fair is a free August week of 4-H livestock shows, rodeos and a barn dance in Carey, Idaho, kept without carnival rides for over half a century.
- Bonner County FairSandpoint · FairgroundThe Bonner County Fair, a free August agricultural fair on North Boyer Road in Sandpoint, Idaho, dates itself from 1927, though a forgotten earlier fair began in 1908.
- Bonneville County FairIdaho Falls · County fairAn eight-day county fair on about 50 acres at the southeast edge of Idaho Falls, opening with Cowboy Church and closing with the junior livestock auction.
- Boundary County FairBonners Ferry · FairgroundsBoundary County's free five-day August fair beside the Kootenai River at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, held since 1920 on grounds townspeople built with hammers on "Knockers Day," 1921.
- Butte County FairArco · County fairButte County's 4-H and livestock fair in Arco, Idaho, held in August before a white WPA-era grandstand that came through the 1983 earthquake and was rebuilt by volunteers in 2022.
- Caldwell Night RodeoCaldwell · Top 25 PRCA rodeoA five-night professional rodeo held under the lights each August in Caldwell, Idaho, which has billed no headliner since a week of rain bankrupted it in 1965.
- Camas County FairFairfield · County fairCamas County's summer fair in Fairfield, Idaho, held along Main Street and the city park, with a Saturday parade one 2008 account said passes each spectator twice.
- Cambridge RodeoCambridge · RodeoTwo Idaho Cowboys Association rodeos at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Cambridge, Idaho, one on Hells Canyon weekend and one at fair week, scored since 2026 as one series.
- Canyon County FairCaldwell · Canyon county fairCanyon County's four-day July fair in Caldwell, Idaho, where youth livestock shows open each morning at eight and the fair traces itself to an association organized in 1887.
- Caribou County Fair & RodeoGrace · Annual six-day community eventGrace, Idaho, holds Caribou County's six-day August fair and PRCA rodeo, free at the gate, with roots a 1977 valley history traces to a 1928 dairy show.
- Cassia County Fair & RodeoBurley · P.r.c.a rodeo seriesThe Cassia County Fair & Rodeo in Burley, Idaho, charges no gate and closes with three nights of what the state's rodeo hall of fame calls Idaho's oldest continuous professional rodeo.
- Clark County FairDubois · County fairsClark County's three-day August fair in Dubois, Idaho, a county of under one person per square mile, where 4-H goats joined the livestock show in 2025.
- Clearwater County FairOrofino · Summer traditionThe Clearwater County Fair and Orofino Lumberjack Days, a four-day September weekend in Orofino, Idaho, where 4-H livestock share the city park with chopping, bucking, and crosscut saws.
- Custer County FairMackay · FestivalThe Custer County Fair in Mackay, Idaho: a week of 4-H and FFA livestock shows and ranch rodeo, with average-daily-gain posters hung above the pens.
- Eastern Idaho State FairBlackfoot · FairgroundA nine-day September fair in Blackfoot, Idaho, begun by cattlemen in 1902, where Shoshone-Bannock relay riders change horses bareback between pari-mutuel races.
- Elmore County Fair & RodeoGlenns Ferry · Fair and open rodeoThe Elmore County Fair and Rodeo grounds in Glenns Ferry, Idaho, where a mid-July fair, numbered the 121st in 2026, runs from 4-H shows to a ranch bronc ride-off.
- Franklin County FairPreston · FairgroundsFranklin County's August fair in Preston, Idaho, moved its exhibits into a new event center in 2026 and still runs pig wrestling, a baby contest, and Saturday-night bull riding.
- Fremont County FairSaint Anthony · County fairThe Fremont County Fair, a week of livestock shows, rodeo and demolition derby each August in St. Anthony, Idaho, where children wade into a pond after live trout barehanded.
- Gem/Boise County Fair & RodeoEmmett · Fair & rodeoThe Gem/Boise County Fair, a free county fair at the Gem County Fairgrounds in Emmett, Idaho, has been held since 1915, and its evenings close with the PRCA Black Canyon Stock Show & Rodeo.
- Gooding County FairGooding · FairThe Gooding County Fair and Pro Rodeo, held each August at Gooding, Idaho, began in 1916 as a farmers' fair at Wendell and moved onto old cavalry grounds in 1925.
- Grangeville Border Days RodeoGrangeville · Idaho's oldest rodeo eventGrangeville Border Days, a Fourth of July celebration on Idaho's Camas Prairie since 1912, runs three rodeos, three parades, and an egg toss its organizers call the world's largest.
- Idaho County FairCottonwood · Annual county fairThe Idaho County Fair is held each August at the fairgrounds in Cottonwood, on Idaho's Camas Prairie, where one volunteer has measured the entrants in the pigtail contest for 31 years.
- Jefferson County FairRigby · County fairThe Jefferson County Fair in Rigby, Idaho, is an August week of 4-H barns, an amateur jackpot rodeo, and a youth market sale that in 2026 topped $800,000.
- Jerome County Fair & RodeoJerome · FairgroundJerome County's August fair and PRCA rodeo in Jerome, Idaho, held as a county fair since 1920, whose rodeo won the 2024 Medium Rodeo of the Year award against 400 others.
- Kuna RodeoKuna · RodeoThe Kuna Stampede Rodeo is a nonprofit, open-competition rodeo held each September at the Crooked 8 Event Center in Kuna, Idaho. It brought rodeo back to the town for the first time since 1949.
- Latah County FairMoscow · Four-day, admission free eventA four-day, admission free event welcoming over 20,000 of our families, friends, neighbors and communities from across the Palouse with a carnival, food, fun, games, entertainment, animals, logging sports, educational activities and more. A very proud Latah County tradition since 1911.
- Lemhi County Fair & Salmon StampedeSalmon · PRCA rodeoThe Lemhi County Fair and Salmon Stampede PRCA Rodeo fill late August in Salmon, Idaho, at a fair that began with Idaho's first 4-H sewing clubs.
- Lewis County FairNezperce · FairThe Lewis County Fair, a four-day 4-H and open-class fair in Nezperce, Idaho, came home in 2023 to a new livestock pavilion after snow brought down its 1965 barn.
- Lincoln County Fair & RodeoShoshone · EventThe Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo is held in Shoshone Idaho the last full week of July each year
- Madison County FairRexburg · County fairgroundsThe Madison County Fair in Rexburg, Idaho, first held in 1911, where four August days run from branding at a ranch rodeo to a Best Mullet contest.
- Minidoka County Fair & RodeoRupert · Open rodeoThe Minidoka County Fair & Rodeo in Rupert, Idaho, is a week of 4-H livestock shows and two nights of open rodeo, with no carnival rides and no flashing lights.
- Mud Lake FairMud Lake (Terreton/Mud Lake fairgrounds) · Fair and rodeoAn August fair and rodeo at the Terreton fairgrounds in western Jefferson County, Idaho, where the Lady Lions grill burgers north of the grandstand and the Friday crowd ran 500 to 600.
- Nez Perce County FairLewiston · County fairLewiston's four-day county fair, held each September since 1944 on Burrell Avenue, whose volunteer board traces to petitions from 4,500 county residents in 1953.
- North Idaho State FairCoeur d'Alene · Ten-dayThe North Idaho State Fair is one of the region's largest annual celebrations, welcoming more than 150,000 guests each August for 10 days of agriculture, entertainment, rodeo, concerts, carnival rides, delicious fair food, and family traditions that have brought communities together for over a century.
- Oakley Pioneer DaysOakley · Community traditionOakley Pioneer Days celebrates Western heritage with rodeos, bump-n-rub car races, and more, hosted by the Oakley Vigilantes.
- Oneida County FairMalad City · FairThe Oneida County Fair & Rodeo takes over the fairgrounds on South Main in Malad City, Idaho, each August with horse racing, draft-horse pulls, youth livestock and themed rodeo nights.
- Owyhee County Fair & RodeoHomedale · County fairThe Owyhee County Fair and Rodeo in Homedale, Idaho, holds 4-H barn shows and a cow patty toss on the Snake River, beside a rodeo that has crowned a queen every year since 1946.
- Paris 4th of July CelebrationParis · CelebrationParis, Idaho, keeps a two-day Fourth of July whose centerpiece, since 1981, is a patriotic choir program in a red sandstone tabernacle dedicated in 1889.
- Payette County FairNew Plymouth · FairgroundThe Payette County Fair in New Plymouth, Idaho, charges no admission, runs no carnival rides, and began in 1927 in a Congregational church basement.
- Power County Fair & RodeoAmerican Falls · Fairs & festivalsPower County Fair is a 5-day fair scheduled to be held from August 3, 2026 (Monday) to August 7, 2026 (Friday) at the Power County Fairgrounds in American Falls, Idaho and organized by Power County Fair Board.
- Snake River StampedeNampa · Professional rodeoThe Snake River Stampede is a professional rodeo held each June at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, where 18 riders run a horseback drill in a darkened arena.
- Teton Valley FairDriggs · FairgroundTeton County's agricultural fair at the Driggs fairgrounds, held since 1923, where a week of 4-H livestock shows runs alongside pig wrangling, a horse pull, and lawn mower races.
- Treasure Valley PRCA RodeoMeridian · PRCA rodeo sanctioned as part of the wilderness circuit and co-approved with the columbia river circuitA Lions Club PRCA rodeo held each June in a hay field on Meridian, Idaho's Cherry Lane, where children ride sheep out of mini bucking chutes before the professionals.
- Twin Falls County FairFiler · County fairThe Twin Falls County Fair at Filer, Idaho, held on the same grounds since the Southern Idaho Fair of 1916, ends each summer with the Magic Valley Stampede rodeo.
- Valley County FairCascade · Performance & event venue
- War Bonnet Round UpIdaho Falls · Idaho's oldest rodeoThe War Bonnet Round Up, Idaho's oldest professional rodeo, fills Sandy Downs in Idaho Falls each August, as Shoshone-Bannock relay riders filled the first gathering in 1911.
- Washington County FairCambridge · RodeoThe Washington County Fair in Cambridge, Idaho: a late-July week of youth livestock shows and rodeo whose 2026 market sale, with add-ons, brought just over $700,000.
- Weippe RodeoWeippe · RodeoAn ICA-sanctioned rodeo held each August in Weippe, Idaho, on grounds that local residents cleared in 1959 with donated fence wire and a neighbor's caterpillar.
- Weiser RodeoWeiser · IcaBringing the Tradition of Rodeo to the Weiser Valley for more than 79 Years! Held the 2nd Full week (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) of July every year.
- Western Idaho FairBoise · FairgroundThe Western Idaho Fair, held each August at Expo Idaho in Boise since 1897, where cows are milked live and an early Ferris wheel was said to be the first west of the Mississippi.
- White Bird RodeoWhite Bird · RodeoA two-night Idaho Cowboys Association rodeo held each Father's Day weekend at a volunteer-built arena on leased BLM land beside the Salmon River, six miles south of White Bird.
Fairs & Rodeos in all eleven states; next door in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.