Saddle up for the Fort Worth Stockyards National Day of The American Cowboy on Saturday, July 23rd!
Don’t miss out on a day dedicated to the cowboy and lots of fun! Parade starts at 11:30 am, immediately following the Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drive. Activities will take place along East Exchange Avenue in the Fort Worth Stockyards and you can take the opportunity to celebrate the history and heritage of the American Cowboy, with family-friendly activities taking place all day including the World Championship Hay Stacking Contest, cow milking, watermelon eating, seed-spitting, cow chip throwing, tip-to-tip guessing and much more.
National Day of the American Cowboy Schedule
10 a.m. World Championship Hay Stacking Contest
3 man teams compete for $1000 in cash prizes
9 a.m.- 12 p.m. Bill Picket Pictorial Exhibit
Learn about the life of the famous Bill Picket (Inside Cowtown Coliseum)
11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Cow Milking Contest
Whoever milks a cow the fastest wins a prize!
10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Chuck Wagon Demonstration
Learn about cooking on trails and the desert of the West
10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cowboy Karaoke
Sing your best country tunes!
11:30 a.m. Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drive followed by the Cowboy Celebration Parade
12:00 p.m. Watermelon Eating Contest
Eat your watermelon the fastest and you win!
12:00 p.m.-1 p.m. “Tip to Tip” Guessing Contest
Guess the length of cattle horns and win a unique prize! Winners announced at 1 p.m.
12:00-3:00 p.m. Quick Draw Cap Gun Contest
Are you the fastest draw in the West? Prove it!
1:30 p.m. Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
1:30-2:30 p.m. Fort Worth Herd Cow Camp
Learn to swing a rope and learn about life on the trail
2:30 p.m. Cow Chip Throwing Contest
2:30 p.m. Riscky’s Rib Eating Contest – FIRST 20 CONTESTANTS
Eat finger lickin’ good ribs for prizes! MUST BE 18 YEARS AND OLDER
4 p.m. Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drive
Day comes to an end
ADDITIONAL EVENTS:
Pawnee Bill Wild West Show at Cowtown Coliseum at 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.
For tickets and more information call 817-625-1025.
Everyone wearing a cowboy hat gets in free to Billy Bob’s Texas until 5 p.m.
Stockyards Rodeo in the Cowtown Coliseum at 8 p.m.
For tickets and more information call 817-625-1025.
Legends of Texas gunfight shows at 12 p.m. & 4:15 p.m. inside Stockyards Station.
