NICOLA VALLEY PRO RODEO COUNTDOWN is On!
Our biggest event each year, the Pro Rodeo, is only a week away and a surprising number of people continue to ask “when is this again?”. Surprising to us, because the Pro Rodeo has happend in Merritt on Labour Day weekend for 64 years. Posters are up all over town and there is lots of information on our website nicolavalleyrodeo.com as well as almost daily social media posts.
If you haven’t attended recently, come take it in! As rodeo manager, Mary Macgregor has implemented improvements to the show each year for the past several, with the best in rodeo stock, top competitors in all events, a video scoreboard, and informative, professional announcing.
We try to make the Rodeo a family event and this year
you will find a Kidszone, more than a dozen retail
vendors and displays, and a family-oriented session
before the dance including Kids’ Karaoke.
But don’t miss Friday night! The Rodeo Parade kicks
off in town at 6:30 pm, followed by music at the Rodeo
Grounds featuring Jeff Wyatt and the Windjammers.
There’s no charge for this event - no ticket required.
And both food and alcohol service will be open.
An added feature this year is the dance right at the
grounds, with a share of the proceeds going to the Ty
Pozzobon Foundation Join us Saturday evening and
bring your family for the Rodeo Dance under the
Nicola Valley sky. Children’s Karaoke starts at 5
o’clock and the dancing, with music by the Coquihalla
Coyotes, starts at 7.
Avoid the line-ups by getting your tickets in advance, online or at Purity Feed in Merritt.
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