What started in 1931 with a small, seven-person lunch at the Texas State Hotel, has evolved into a much-loved annual tradition. Make the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo your own family tradition filled with Texas style fun with Rodeo action and big stars!
Each year, the city welcomes 2 million attendees to the 20-day Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™. The annual festival offers visitors fun-filled carnivals, barbecue cook-offs, wine tasting competitions, shopping, trail rides, concerts and of course, action-packed bull riding. The heartwarming calf scramble is also a crowd favorite, with 28 young Texans scrambling the floor of Reliant Stadium, trying to catch one of 14 calves.
See the world's largest livestock show and cheer on the cowboys and cowgirls as they ride and rope for a piece of the $1.4 million purse. Stick around after the nightly rodeo for performances by Grammy Award winning artists. The different entertainers scheduled to perform at the 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo represent a wide variety of musical genres.
