Silver State Stampede

Name: Silver State Stampede
Start: 2026-06-19T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-21T23:59:59-07:00
Location: Silver State Stampede

Elko County Fairgrounds (13 Fairgrounds Road), Elko, NV 89801

All Day Event

$5.00 – $25.00

White building with green text reading Welcome Elko County Fairgrounds and a silhouette of a horse and rider, surrounded by trees under a partly cloudy sky.

A person in a blue shirt and black cowboy hat rides a brown and white horse, holding a flag in a rodeo arena. Other riders with flags are visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

A person on horseback waves a cowboy hat toward a large crowd seated in stadium bleachers at an outdoor rodeo arena. The stands are filled with spectators watching the event.

Two young children in cowboy hats and western clothing stand by a metal fence at a rodeo. One whispers to the other, who wears a 64 number tag. The background shows an empty dirt arena and a chain-link fence.

A man in protective gear with a large number 1 on his back stands in a rodeo arena, watching a bucking bull kick up dust as a crowd watches from the stands at night.

A large crowd in stands watches a nighttime rodeo event under bright lights, with people wearing hats and casual clothing. The arena is visible below, with some participants and spectators near the rodeo ring.

Two cowboys on horseback compete in a rodeo event, chasing a calf in a dirt arena with flags and a metal fence in the background. One cowboy swings a lasso while the other rides close by.

A cowboy rides a bucking horse at a rodeo event, with spectators and officials nearby. Some people are watching from a booth, and signs advertise local sponsors on the fence behind them.

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There’s no better place to get a handle on Nevada’s Western heritage than the oldest rodeo in the Silver State. Founded in 1912 by world-famous buckaroo gear maker G.S. Garcia, the Silver State Stampede brings thousands of rodeo fans to Elko each summer for PRCA-sanctioned action, ranch-country tradition, and plenty of high-desert horsepower.

Nevada’s oldest rodeo rides into Elko with PRCA action, mutton busting, mini bulls, the legendary Ring of Fear, and a massive western trade show.

Held at the Elko County Fairgrounds in the heart of Nevada’s Cowboy Country, the Silver State Stampede rounds up classic rodeo events like roping, barrel racing, mutton busting, mini bulls, and more. Then there’s the legendary Ring of Fear, an Elko-only thrill where six brave contestants step inside an enclosed ring with a raging bull and try to outlast the dust, nerves, and horns.

Beyond the arena, the weekend packs in a western trade show, live music, dancing after Friday and Saturday rodeo events, and the crowning of Miss Silver State Stampede Queen. The celebration keeps hoofing through town with the Silver State Stampede Parade on July 4, filling downtown Elko with horses, floats, and hometown pride.

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