Embrace your inner cowboy at this weekend’s Tampa Bay Rodeo

Because you’re in your ‘Cowboy Carter’ era anyway.

By Kyla Fields on Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 12:46 am

Photo via HillsboroughCountyFair/Facebook

The Tampa Bay Rodeo happens April 12-13 at Hillsborough County Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida.

Perhaps a few Beyoncé fans can really delve into their newly-acquired Cowboy Carter aesthetic this weekend at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds.

Acclaimed as “Florida’s hottest show on dirt,” the two-day Tampa Bay Rodeo and Family Festival features a variety of rodeo competitions—from bull riding, bronco busting and barrel racing to calf roping, team roping and bull dogging—plus family-friendly activities, beloved carnival food (think corn dogs and funnel cake), “toe tappin’” live music from Emmet Stevens Jr., ax throwing, exotic animals, monster truck rides, a petting zoo and mechanical bull rides.

Children under the age of three can attend the festival for free, while ages four-12 cost $20. Gates open at 5 p.m., with rodeo festivities kicking off at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

And yes, there will be beer.

Tickets to the 2024 Tampa Bay Rodeo and Family Festival happening Friday-Saturday, April 12-13 at Hillsborough County Fairgrounds in Tampa start at $35.

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Kyla Fields

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Kyla Fields is the Managing Editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay who started their journey at CL as summer 2019 intern. They are the proud owner of a charming, sausage-shaped, four-year-old rescue mutt named Piña.

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