Rodeos and county fairs in Montana
Rodeos and county fairs in Montana, each compiled from its own sources: dates, gate fees, and the arena. No ratings; every entry carries its status.
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- Augusta American Legion RodeoAugusta · RodeoA one-day PRCA rodeo on the last Sunday of June in Augusta, Montana, produced by an American Legion post that took it on in 1938 with $3.75 in the treasury.
- Beaverhead County FairDillon · County fairBeaverhead County's Labor Day fair in Dillon, Montana, where 4-H and FFA market livestock sells Saturday afternoon while the Dillon Jaycees run two days of PRCA rodeo alongside.
- Big Horn County FairHardin · FairgroundBig Horn County's fair in Hardin, Montana: a week of youth livestock shows ending in Indian relay races, a PRCA rodeo, and a dance on an old runway.
- Big Sky Country State FairBozeman · The state fairA five-day July fair at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds in Bozeman, Montana, held since 1903 on ground that passed through a fugitive financier's bankrupt estate.
- Big Timber RodeoBig Timber · RodeoThe Big Timber Rodeo, held at the Sweet Grass County Fairgrounds in Big Timber, Montana, since 1923, is produced again by descendants of the stock contractor Leo J. Cremer.
- Blaine County FairChinook · County fairA four-day August county fair on Montana's Hi-Line at Chinook, traced to a 1914 fair, where 4-H livestock, a PRCA rodeo, and a free midway share the grounds.
- Broadwater County FairTownsend · County fairThe Broadwater County Fair and Townsend Rodeo, held each August on the fairgrounds along US Highway 12 in Townsend, Montana, reached its 63rd annual rodeo in 2026, still volunteer-run.
- Butte-Silver Bow County FairButte · County fairButte's county fair, a free three-day run of 4-H livestock, freestyle motocross and a cake auction, has changed grounds three times since 2018 and now fills the Civic Center lots.
- Calamity's Classic RodeoLivingston · Hometown rodeoA two-night Northern Rodeo Association rodeo at the Park County Fairgrounds in Livingston, Montana, started in 2023 so that locals could get seats at a rodeo in their own town.
- Carbon County FairRed Lodge · FairThe Carbon County Fair, a week of 4-H and FFA shows on Rodeo Drive in Red Lodge, Montana, closes with a free tri-tip lunch before the Saturday livestock sale.
- Central Montana FairLewistown · FairgroundThe Central Montana Fair, held each late July on the Fergus County Fairgrounds north of Lewistown, Montana, where a 1917 red-tile draft horse barn still greets fairgoers.
- Choteau American Legion RodeoChoteau · Annual 4th of july rodeo sanctioned by the northern rodeo associationAn American Legion post's Fourth of July rodeo in Choteau, Montana, held in a river-bottom arena and counted to its 80th edition in 2026.
- Chouteau County FairFort Benton · 4-h & FFA fairThe Chouteau County Fair, held each August on the riverside fairgrounds at Fort Benton, Montana, numbers its editions from 1912 and seats its night crowds in a 1930 grandstand.
- Crow FairCrow Agency · Celebration of apsáalooke (crow) cultureCrow Fair, the Apsáalooke celebration held each August at Crow Agency, Montana, where families pitch more than a thousand tipis on poles harvested in the Pryor and Big Horn Mountains.
- Daniels County FairScobey · FairgroundThe Daniels County Fair in Scobey, Montana, is a July run of 4-H livestock, ranch rodeo and demolition derby, held on grounds the Scobey Saddle Club rebuilt after the war.
- Darby's Wild West RodeoDarby · Full-blown rodeoDarby, Montana's Wild West NRA Rodeo is two summer nights at the Richard Cromwell Memorial Rodeo Grounds, the one event on the arena's calendar running all eight rodeo contests.
- Dawson County FairGlendive · Community centerThe Dawson County Fair at Glendive, Montana, runs a week of 4-H judging, a PRCA rodeo and a grandstand concert on grounds a WPA crew piped from the Yellowstone in 1938.
- Days of '85 Fair & RodeoEkalaka · Fair and rodeoCarter County's August fair and rodeo in Ekalaka, Montana, named for the town's 1885 post office, where Feek Tooke once tried out his bucking horses before the crowd.
- East Helena Valley RodeoEast Helena · VenueThe July rodeo in East Helena, Montana, run by volunteers since a barber pitched it to the VFW in 1963, now held on grounds built in 58 days.
- Eastern Montana FairMiles City · FairThe Eastern Montana Fair is Custer County's August fair at Miles City; it reached its hundredth edition in 2026, and for the first, in 1926, downtown merchants closed their stores.
- Ennis RodeoEnnis · RodeoA volunteer-run, two-night Fourth of July rodeo in Ennis, Montana, held in an arena whose bleachers were hauled over from West Yellowstone.
- Eureka RodeoEureka · Stadium, arena & sports venueTwo summer nights of Northern Rodeo Association competition at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Eureka, Montana, staged by volunteers and named the circuit's 2025 Platinum Rodeo of the Year.
- Fallon County FairBaker · CommunityA six-day August county fair and PRCA rodeo at the fairgrounds south of Baker, Montana, first held in 1924 on the grounds of a former lumber yard.
- Frontier Days RodeoCulbertson · CommunityThe Culbertson Saddle Club's two-night June rodeo north of Culbertson, Montana, held for the 63rd time in 2026, where spectators can watch from their pickups on tiered parking.
- Gardiner RodeoGardiner · Gardiner annual NRA rodeoA two-night Northern Rodeo Association rodeo held on Father's Day weekend at Gardiner, Montana, beside Yellowstone's north entrance, and run every year since the Jaycees started it in 1975.
- Great Northern FairHavre · Hill county's fairThe Great Northern Fair is Hill County's five-day July fair on US Highway 2 in Havre, Montana, where a chainsaw juggler roams the grounds and a demolition derby closes Sunday night.
- Harlowton NRA RodeoHarlowton · RodeoA National Rodeo Association rodeo held each July 2 and 3 in Harlowton, Montana, where roundup crews staged Sunday contests on the Musselshell as early as the 1880s.
- Helmville Labor Day RodeoHelmville · Annual rodeoA two-day Northern Rodeo Association rodeo held each Labor Day in Helmville, Montana, watched from a wooden grandstand the valley's ranchers raised in 1927.
- Home of Champions RodeoRed Lodge · RodeoThe Home of Champions Rodeo, held each Fourth of July week on a bench above Red Lodge, Montana, finishes every performance before dark because its 1932 arena has no lights.
- Jefferson County RodeoBoulder · County fair and NRA rodeoBoulder, Montana's county fair and rodeo, held each August on a former state institution ranch, where the carousel horses were cast partly from townspeople's melted pots and pans.
- Judith Basin County FairStanford · FairgroundsThe Judith Basin County Fair in Stanford, Montana, is a free five-day 4-H fair with a working ranch horse show and quilts hung in an old schoolhouse.
- Lake County FairRonan · FairThe Lake County Fair fills the county fairgrounds in Ronan, Montana, each late July with 4-H livestock shows and a chamber crab feed, and in 2026 a volunteer-revived rodeo.
- Last Chance Stampede & FairHelena · FairgroundHelena's Last Chance Stampede & Fair runs five July days of PRCA rodeo, carnival and county fair on grounds circled by a mile-long racetrack built in 1870.
- Lincoln County FairEureka · FairgroundThe Lincoln County Fair, held each August at Eureka, Montana, since 1909, runs no carnival rides but fills its bleachers for a Saturday-night bull riding called The Bull Thing.
- Livingston Fourth of July RoundupLivingston · Annual paradeLivingston, Montana's three-day Fourth of July weekend of parade, arts festival and Montana's oldest rodeo, where a Depot Foundation truck has driven the July 2 parade since about 1950.
- Livingston RoundupLivingston · PRCA rodeoMontana's oldest rodeo runs July 1 through 4 at the Park County Fairgrounds in Livingston, and its cowboys leave after their runs for Cody and Red Lodge.
- Madison County Fair & RodeoTwin Bridges · FairgroundsMadison County Fairgrounds has lots to do for everyone. This is a place for family fun.
- Marias FairShelby · FairThe four-county Marias Fair, held the third week of July just east of Shelby, Montana, where rodeo and 4-H shows play out before wooden grandstands reported to date from 1938.
- McCone County Fair & PRCA RodeoCircle · RodeoThe McCone County Fair and its PRCA rodeo, held each August at the fairgrounds outside Circle, Montana, where the bucking horses are J Bar J broncs raised close to home.
- Miles City Bucking Horse SaleMiles City · Cowboy mardi grasThere are rodeos… and then there's Miles City. The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale stands in a league of its own.
- Mineral County Fair & RodeoSuperior · FairMineral County's three-day August fair in Superior, Montana, held around a Lions Club rodeo whose arena went up in 1982 on donated telephone poles.
- Mission Mountain RodeoPolson · NRA rodeoA two-night NRA rodeo held each June at the Polson Fairgrounds in Montana, beside the Flathead River, first staged in 1940 as the Polson Roundup by café owner Les Baldwin.
- Montana State FairGreat Falls · State fairThe Montana State Fair, nine summer days at Great Falls' ExpoPark, where Depression-era Art Deco halls stand over a midway serving the Sons of Norway Viking.
- MontanaFairBillings · FairgroundMontanaFair is a nine-day August fair at MetraPark in Billings that began in 1916 as the Midland Empire Fair, when the Northern Pacific ran a special train from the depot.
- Musselshell-Golden Valley FairROUNDUP · 4-h fairThe joint 4-H and FFA fair of Musselshell and Golden Valley counties, held each summer at the county fairgrounds in Roundup and closed by a Saturday market livestock sale.
- NileBillings, Montana · Week-long stock show and rodeoThe NILE, a nine-day October stock show and rodeo at MetraPark in Billings, Montana, held since 1967, where ranch crews compete at wild cow milking and team doctoring.
- Northeast Montana FairGlasgow · FairValley County's five-day August fair on US Highway 2 at Glasgow, Montana, with two nights of PRCA rodeo and a sanctioned wild horse race after each.
- Northwest Montana FairKalispell · Fair & rodeoFlathead County's fair and rodeo in Kalispell, first held in 1902, now runs five August days, with three nights of PRCA rodeo before a century-old covered grandstand.
- NRA Finals RodeoKalispell · Championship finaleThe culmination of the rodeo season - the region's elite cowboys, cowgirls and rankest livestock over three nights; only the top 10 in each of the 9 events qualify for the Finals.
- Park County FairLivingston · Agricultural fairA late-July week of 4-H and FFA livestock shows in Livingston, Montana, closing with a youth market sale its organizers call the county's greatest scholarship program.
- Phillips County FairDodson · County fairMontana's longest continuously running county fair, held since 1915 on the Hi-Line fairgrounds at Dodson, where the grandstand faces the Great Northern tracks.
- Poplar Wild West DaysPoplar · RodeoPoplar's four-day June celebration on the Fort Peck Reservation: parades on two mornings, a fire-department pie social, and an NRA rodeo at the Saddle Club grounds.
- Powder River Fair & RodeoBroadus · County fairPowder River County's fair in Broadus, Montana, first held in 1920, where five days of 4-H shows met a free Friday-night NRA rodeo in 2026.
- Prairie County FairTerry, MT · FairTerry, Montana's August county fair, on grounds along the abandoned Milwaukee Road, holds its Sunday pie auction in a pavilion raised for its late sound man.
- Ravalli County FairHamilton · Fair and rodeoThe Ravalli County Fair in Hamilton, Montana, where Bitterroot Valley ranch families have shown livestock since 1893 and a free rodeo runs every night of the four days.
- Richland County FairSidney
- Roosevelt County FairCulbertson · FREE entry fairRoosevelt County's free-gate fair in Culbertson, Montana, held each August beside the town airfield, where on Friday the exhibits parade to the hospital patio.
- Rosebud/Treasure County FairForsyth · County fairThe Rosebud-Treasure County Fair in Forsyth, Montana, held every summer since 1906 except 1934 and 1945, with a PRCA rodeo and what it calls eastern Montana's only grass midway.
- Sanders County Fair & RodeoPlains · FairgroundThe Sanders County Fair and Plains PRCA Rodeo fills the River Road fairgrounds in Plains, Montana, over Labor Day weekend; it began with a 1911 horse race.
- Sheridan County FairPlentywood · FairThe Sheridan County Fair is a classic small-town Montana fair filled with community spirit, local agriculture, and family-friendly fun.
- Stillwater County 4-H FairColumbus · 4-h/FFA fairStillwater County's week-long 4-H and FFA fair at the ACE Civic Center north of Columbus, Montana, ending each July in a Saturday afternoon sale of youth-raised livestock.
- Superior Lions Club RodeoSuperior · RodeoThe Superior Lions Club's Northern Rodeo Association rodeo at the Mineral County Fair in Superior, Montana, was built in 1982 from salvaged telephone poles and pays raw gold to three-time winners.
- Sweet Grass County FairBig Timber · VenueSweet Grass County's late-July fair in Big Timber, Montana: five days of 4-H and FFA showing that end in a Friday-night sale of the young exhibitors' animals.
- Sweet Grass FestBig Timber · Street fair and paradeBig Timber's two-day street fair, parade and rodeo, held the last weekend of June in Sweet Grass County, Montana, around a rodeo that reached its 100th year in 2023.
- Teton County 4-H FairChoteau · Livestock auctionTeton County's 4-H fair in Choteau, Montana, held each late June in a city pavilion and a volunteer-built steel arena, because the county has no fairgrounds.
- Three Forks RodeoThree Forks · Northern rodeo association rodeoA Northern Rodeo Association rodeo held the third weekend of July on the Three Forks, Montana, grounds where it began in 1946, with a Main Street parade every year since.
- Tri-County FairDeer LodgeAnnual Tri-County Fair held 3rd week of August, 4-H/FFA Fair with open class entries, rodeo and carnival.
- Valley View RodeoBozeman · Sports & recreationA weekly summer rodeo at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds in Bozeman, Montana, founded in 2023 and run open, so beginners and professionals compete on the same Thursday nights.
- Western Montana FairMissoula · FairThe Western Montana Fair runs each August on Missoula's South Avenue fairgrounds, a former airfield; it counts its official start from 1879 and has charged no admission since 2017.
- Wheatland County Youth FairHarlowton · Wheatland county youth fairA three-day youth fair at the county fairgrounds in Harlowton, Montana, where young exhibitors show and sell livestock on ground first cleared for a fair in 1910.
- White Sulphur Springs Labor Day RodeoWhite Sulphur Springs · Community organizationFor 60 years, the White Sulphur Springs Labor Day Rodeo is one of Central Montana’s most anticipated events.
- Whoop-Up Trail DaysConrad · Annual eventThe main event is a two-day rodeo which kicks off Friday evening and a second event held Saturday afternoon at the Conrad Rodeo Grounds.
- Wibaux County FairWibaux · Fair & festival datesFor affordable, family fun, come to Wibaux in August and enjoy the little fair with big fun!
- Wilsall RodeoWilsall · Small town, 2 night NRA rodeoThe Wilsall Rodeo is a two-night amateur rodeo held each June in Montana's Shields Valley, on grounds that ranchers built in 1953 from poles cut in the mountains.
Fairs & Rodeos in all eleven states; next door in Idaho and Wyoming.