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Wimberley's 73rd Annual VFW CPRA Rodeo
Cowboys Professional Rodeo Assn. Sanctioned Pro/Open Rodeo
July 4th weekend, 2018
Thursday, Friday, Saturday (July 5th, July 6th & 7th, 2018)
A Texas Hill Country tradition, the Annual CPRA Sanctioned/Open
VFW Rodeo has been held for 72 years on the first weekend in
July at the VFW's rodeo grounds, Chester Franklin Arena, north of Wimberley on Jacobs Well
Rd., just off Ranch Road 12.
Once the largest outdoor rodeo in
Texas, the event still ranks near the top. This is a Cowboys
Professional Rodeo Assn. (CPRA) sanctioned/open event (Ranked "Best CPRA
Rodeo of the Year" in the 2006 CPRA Hall of Fame).
The VFW Rodeo is sponsored by Wimberley's VFW Post 6441 and Ladies
Auxiliary as a not-for-profit event. Proceeds are used to support a
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2018 TICKET INFORMATION AND BOX SEATS
- Tickets: Adults - $15, Children 12 & under $10 ($12/$7 if purchased in advance)
- Advance Ticket Sales: Adults-$12; Children 12 & under $7. May be purchased at the VFW Hall July 1st, 2nd, & 3rd from noon to 6 p.m. Cash, check, or major credit cards. On those days tickets may also be purchased by phone (512-847-6441). .Limited box seat tickets may be available ($25) on advance ticket purchase days.
- General admission parking $5 per vehicle at the gate.
- Food and other vendors on the grounds.
- Additional VFW Post information at: www.texasvfw.net
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2018 SCHEDULE
Thursday, Friday, Saturday (July 5th, July 6th & 7th, 2018) - Gates
open at 5:30, First Mutton Bustin' at 7:00, Rodeo begins at 8:00
- Events include: bull riding, tie down calf roping, bareback &
saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, team roping,
women's breakaway roping, and women's barrel racing.
- Rodeo Producer is Bo Davis of Gonzales, Texas
- Rodeo Stock contractor is the Cadillac Rodeo Company
- Creekside Cookers BBQ - Food vendor
- Each night features antics of famed bull-fighter, clown and barrel man Leon Coffee
- 2nd Mutton Bustin' midway in Rodeo
- Free fireworks show nightly after the rodeo performance (weather permitting)
- Tickets at the gate: Adults - $15, Children 12 & under $10
Also...
- Nightly performances of the Lone Star Cowgirls, a rodeo precisionriding
team, known for
their beautiful painted horses and sparkling red, white and blue costumes.
- 2 calf scrambles nightly: one for ages 5-8 and another for ages 9-12
- Food & other vendors on the grounds
- Mutton Bustin' register outside the VFW hall at 6:00p.m Cost is $20 per ride, 60 lb. maximum rider weight. Riders compete for the Ellen Allen Memorial trophy
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