Full Schedule of Events

2026 DATES: JANAURY 30th - FEBRUARY 7TH

Ticketed events are in BOLD and can be purchased by clicking the event listed.  All events held at The Monument unless noted otherwise.

Friday, January 30th - Theme: Vintage Rapid City

8am  Farm Credit Services of America Horse Sale Preview (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
10am  CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 7:30pm
10am  Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show Closes 7:30pm (Ice Arena)
10am  ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 7:30pm
10am  First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse)
10am  Monument Health Community Health Summit Closes 6pm (Ice Arena)
10am  Youth Beef Show Showmanship & Breeding Heifers (Hubbard Feeds Show Ring, Barnett Fieldhouse)
10am  CMSA Rodeo Rapid City Shootout (Summit Arena)
10am  Coors Cowboy Bar (Upper East Concourse)
12pm  Hutchison Western Stallion Row Preview (Hubbard Sale Ring, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
12pm  “Starched”, Live Podcast with Clay & Garrison (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm   Farm Credit Services of America Horse Sale (Hubbard Sale Ring, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
2pm  Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm  Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm Live Music - Randy Burghardt - until 7pm (Coors Cowboy Bar)
4pm  Rodeo Rapid City Social, Private Event (Summit Arena)
4:30pm Youth Lego Competition 4 Divisions ages 4-12 (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
5pm Monument Health presents "Doc Talk Live" (Fine Arts Theatre)
5pm  CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6pm  Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena & Barnett Fieldhouse)
7pm Rope, Ride & Slide (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
7:30pm Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Xtreme Bulls (Summit Arena)
9pm   Live Music, Jessica Loobey (Pendleton Party Zone, Fairgrounds)

Saturday, January 31st - Theme: Y'Allternative (Western Goth)

8am Farm Credit Services of America Horse Sale Preview (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
10am CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 7:30pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena) Closes 7:30pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 7:30pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse)
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am Youth Beef Show Market Steers & Bred Heifers Market & Market Showmanship (Hubbard Feeds Show Ring, Barnett Fieldhouse)
10am Rodney Yost Horsemanship Demonstration (Barnett Fieldhouse)
10am CMSA Rodeo Rapid City Shootout (Summit Arena)
10am Coors Cowboy Bar (Upper East Concourse)
12pm “Starched”, Live Podcast with Clay & Garrison (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
12pm Hutchison Western Stallion Row Preview (Hubbard Sale Ring, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
12pm Beef Chili Cook-Off Tasting (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm Farm Credit Services of America Horse Sale (Hubbard Sale Ring, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
1:30pm Miss Black Hills Stock Show, Queens Modeling & Fashion Show (GenPro Pavilion, Fairgrounds)
2pm The Monument Health Special Rodeo at Rodeo Rapid City (Summit Arena)
2pm Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm Live Music - Randy Burghardt - until 7:00pm (Coors Cowboy Bar)
4pm Rodeo Autograph Session (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4:30pm Youth Lego Competition 4 Divisions ages 4-12
(Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6pm Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena & Barnett Fieldhouse)
7pm   Merck Stray Gathering: (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
7:30pm Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Xtreme Broncs (Summit Arena)
9pm Live music, Tristan Schofield & The Drive By Night (Pendleton Party Zone, Fairgrounds)
9pm Live Music - Randy Burghardt - until 12:00am (Coors Cowboy Bar)

Sunday, February 1st - Theme: Alumni Day

7am Miss Black Hills Stock Show Horsemanship (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
9am Jackpot Team Roping (enter at 9, rope at 10) (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
9:30am Rodeo Rapid City College Fair (Barnett Fieldhouse)
10am CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 6pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 6pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse) Closes 6pm
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am Queens Autograph Session, Queens Corral (Rushmore Hall)
10am Cowboy Church (Nerdy Nuts Expo Hall, Fairgrounds)
10am The Annual Cowboy Church with Susie McEntire and Mark Eaton (Fine Arts Theatre)
11am Youth Lego Compeition 4 Divisions ages 4-12 (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
12pm First Interstate World's Smallest Rodeo (Barnett Fieldhouse)
12pm Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm 20X SD High School Rodeo (Summit Arena)
1pm
Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm Miss Black Hills Stock Show Queen Coronation (Barnett Fieldhouse)
2pm BHSS Bid Calling Championships (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
2pm Rainbow Bible Ranch, The Reinhold Family (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4pm Daily Prize Drawings(Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4:30pm SD FFA Event-Beginning Land Ownership & Succession Planning (Barnett Fieldhouse)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)

Monday, February 2nd - Theme: Prairie Romance

8:00am Job Fair ends at 10am (Barnett Fieldhouse)
8:15am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Delegate Process Social Media (Barnett Fieldhouse)
8:15am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, SD Delegate Process (Summit Arena, McKinley)
8:15am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Affiliation Delegate Process (Summit Arena, Everest)
8:50am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Precision Ag of the Past, Present & Future, Agtegra Cooperative (Barnett Fieldhouse)
8:50am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Protein Breakdown & Wall Meats (Summit Arena, McKinley)
8:50am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, School of Roots, SD Soil Health Coalition (Summit Arena, Everest)
9am Angus Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
10am CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 6pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena)Closes 6pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 6pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse) Closes 6pm
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am All American Sheep Day Sheep Dog Trials Preliminaries & Sheep Industry Demos & Activities (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
10am Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Rodeo Steer Wrestling Slack & PRCA Bareback & Saddle Bronc Riding Permit Session (Summit Arena)
10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, South Dakota Pork's Pathway: SD Pork Producers Council (Summit Arena, McKinley)
10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, PRCA Rodeo Presentation (Summit Arena Section 104)
10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, The Future of Farming is Here: What's new in Precision Agriculture Technology: RDO Equipment (Barnett Fieldhouse)
10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Floriculture: Jenny Behlings/SD Florists Assocation (Summit Arena, Everest)
10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Telling Ag's Story, NewsCenter1 (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
11:10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Precision Ag of the Past, Present & Future: Agtegra Cooperative (Barnett Fieldhouse)
11:10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Using American Lamb and Wool: SD Sheep Growers Association (Summit Arena, McKinley)
11:10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Jenny Behlings/SD Florists Assocation (Summit Arena, Everest)
11:10am SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, FFA Presentation TBA (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm Angus Sale (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
2:10pm SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Livestock Judgining for Beginners (Barnett Fieldhouse)
2:10pm SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Soybeans in Action: South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council (Summit Arena, Everest)
2:10pm SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, South Dakota Pork's Pathway: SD Pork Producers Council (Summit Arena, McKinley)
2:10pm SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, Rodeo Rapid City Behind the Scenes Tour (Summit Arena Floor)
2:10pm SD FFA Day at Rodeo Rapid City, FFA Alumni (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4pm Rodeo Autograph Session (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5pm Daily Prize Drawings (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6:30pm Mutton Bustin‘ Championships (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
7pm Sheepdog Trials Finals (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)

Tuesday, February 3rd - Theme: Denim

9am Charolais Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
10am CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 6pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 6pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse) Closes 6pm
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am Ranch Rodeo Preliminary Round (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
10am
Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Tie Down Roping Slack & PRCA Bareback & Saddle Bronc Riding Permit Session (Summit Arena)
11am Meet Your Officers, SD FFA State Officers (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
12pm SD FFA, Nearly 100 Years of FFA; Tradition, Growth, & Dreams! (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm Charolais Sale (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
2pm Cattle Industry Town Hall Discussion (Barnett Fieldhouse)
2pm Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4pm Rodeo Autograph Session (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5pm Daily Prize Drawings (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6pm Ranch Rodeo Calcutta/Fundraiser (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
7pm Ranch Rodeo Finals (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
9pm
Live music, Big Skillet (Pendleton Party Zone, Fairgrounds)

Wednesday, February 4th - Theme: Disco Cowgirl

8am Broncs for Breakfast - Breakfast & Bloody Mary Bar (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
9am
Hereford Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarre l Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
9am Broncs for Breakfast Calcutta/Fundraiser (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)
10am
CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 6pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 6pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse) Closes 6pm
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am Broncs for Breakfast - Bronc Riding (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds) Presented by Pioneer Bank
10am Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Rodeo Barrel Slack & PRCA Bareback & Saddle Bronc Riding Permit Session (Summit Arena)
11am Shorthorn Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
11am Women in Ag Panel, From Ag to Entrepreneurship, Building Multifaceted Careers (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
12pm Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm Hereford & Shorthorn Sales (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
1pm Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
2pm Monument Health - Women's Nutrition & Cooking Demonstration (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4pm Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena & Barnett Fieldhouse)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5pm Girls in Spurs Style Show (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)

Thursday, February 5th - Theme: Western Elegance

9am Red Angus Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
10am CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 7:30pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena) Closes 7:30pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 7:30pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse) Closes 7:30pm
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am Coors Cowboy Bar (Upper East Concourse)
10am Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Rodeo Team Roping Slack (Summit Arena)
11am Gelbvieh Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
1pm Red Angus & Gelbvieh Sales (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
1pm “Starched”, Live Podcast with Clay & Garrison (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
2pm Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3:30pm Live Music - JJ Kent and Friends - until 7:30pm (Coors Cowboy Bar)
4pm Rodeo Autograph Session (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6pm Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena & Barnett Fieldhouse)
7:30pm Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Rodeo (Summit Arena)
8pm Boots and Beer Festival (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)

9pm
Live music, Brandon Jones (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)

Friday, February 6th - Theme: Tough Enough to Wear Pink

9am Limousin Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
10am CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 7:30pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena) Closes 7:30pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 7:30pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse) Closes 7:30pm
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am Coors Cowboy Bar (Upper East Concourse)
10am Maine-Anjou Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
10am Youth Goat Show (Hubbard Feeds Show Ring, Barnett Fieldhouse)
12pm “Starched”, Live Podcast with Clay & Garrison (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
1pm Limousin, Maine-Anjou, & Anjou Sales (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
2pm Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3:30pm Live Music - Dakota Country - until 7:30pm (Cowboy Bar)
4pm Rodeo Autograph Session (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4:30pm Central States Fair, Inc. Past-Directors Social (Alpine/Ponderosa)
4:30pm ProHealth Western Art Quick Draw Contest (Alpine/Ponderosa)
4:30pm Youth Lego Competition 4 Divisions ages 4-12 (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6pm Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Barnett Fieldhouse)
6pm Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6pm ProHealth Western Art Quick Draw Voting & Auction (Alpine/Ponderosa)
7:30pm Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Rodeo, TETWP sponsored by Monument Health Foundation (Summit Arena)
8pm BHSS Concert Series - Tanner Usrey with Kenny Feidler (Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds)

Saturday, February 7th - Theme: Stars & Stripes

9am Simmental Show (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
10am CINCH Trade Show (The Monument) Closes 7:30pm
10am Rodeo Rapid City Rodeo Zone Trade Show (Ice Arena) Closes 7:30pm
10am ProHealth Western Art Show & Sale (Alpine/Ponderosa) Closes 7:30pm
10am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Animal Nursery (Barnett Fieldhouse) Closes 7:30pm
10am Monument Health Community Health Summit (Ice Arena) Closes 6pm
10am Coors Cowboy Bar (Upper East Concourse)
10am Rodney Yost Horsemanship Demonstration (Summit Arena)
11:30am “Starched”, Live Podcast with Clay & Garrison (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
12pm Youth Sheep Show (Hubbard Feeds Show Ring, Barnett Fieldhouse)
1pm Simmental Sale (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
1:30pm Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Rodeo, Patriot Day (Summit Arena)
2pm Live in the Zone Talk Show with Rodeo’s Living Legends (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3pm Woman of the Western Industry (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
3:30pm Live Music - Weston Frank - until 7:30pm (Coors Cowboy Bar)
4pm Rodeo Autograph Session (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
4:30pm Youth Lego Competition 4 Divisions ages 4-12 (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
5pm CINCH Trade Show Drawing (Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® office)
5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
6pm Hubbard Feeds Supreme Row Judging & People’s Choice (CRYSTALYX® BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall)
6pm Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Barnett Fieldhouse)
6pm Rodeo Rapid City Music Fest (Rodeo Zone, Ice Arena)
7:30pm Rodeo Rapid City PRCA Rodeo (Summit Arena)
8pm Hubbard Feeds Supreme Row Parade during PRCA Rodeo
8pm OLE 60 with Rob Langdon - (Nerdy Nuts Expo Hall, Fairgrounds)
9:30pm Live Music, Randy Burghardt (Cowboy Bar)