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wooden bench with a beer in one hand and a bag of popcorn in the other in a small
town like Livingston, Montana, or Ten Sleep, Wyoming, and enjoy the show.
MONTANA
Miles City Bucking Horse Sale (third full weekend in May)
Since 1914, the country's best bucking stock have been showcased at this world-fam-
ous event in
Miles City.
The party atmosphere follows the crowds from the rodeo
into town and every bar throughout the long weekend for concerts, street dances, and
a small-town parade. For horses, bulls, and riders, this is
the
event to get noticed.
Gardiner Rodeo (Father's Day weekend)
Just outside Yellowstone's north entrance, in the shadow of Electric Peak, the annual
rodeo in tiny
Gardiner
includes all the standards—bull riding, saddle bronc riding,
bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, barrel racing, and breakaway roping—with a
timeless small-town charm.
Augusta American Legion Rodeo and Parade (last Sunday in June)
Held in the hamlet of
Augusta,
at the edge of the spectacular Rocky Mountain Front,
this is one of the biggest and oldest one-day rodeos in the state. The town throws its
biggest party of the year with rodeo action, a barbecue, a street dance, and even an
art show.
Livingston Roundup (July 2-4)
Offering the 10th-highest purse in the United States over the Fourth of July weekend,
this festive event puts Livingston on the map with big-name rodeo action, a popular
parade, nightly fireworks, and more than 10,000 spectators that flood this riverfront
community.
Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede (second weekend in July)
Montana's oldest rodeo, the Wild Horse Stampede in
Wolf Point,
on the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, is a three-day event that includes professional rodeo, daily
parades and a carnival, the famous wild horse race street dances, and a kids' stick-
horse rodeo.
