The Stanley Rodeo arrives Father’s Day Weekend June 19 and 20, with food stands and vendors open at 4 p.m.
The fun starts a week earlier on Saturday, June 13, with a Rodeo Queen Horsemanship Contest at 9 a.m. in the Stanley Rodeo Arena, followed by the Top Hand Challenge with four age groups in five events.
As for Father’s Day Weekend, the arena opens Friday, June 19 at 5 p.m. for advance tickets and 6 p.m. for regular tickets, with food stands and vendors open at 4 p.m and rodeo gates open at 6 p.m. The rodeo performance will start at 7:30 p.m. Following the Rodeo Friday will be free live music, provided by the Brady Luke Band in the Chapman Park Bandstand.
Come Saturday, June 20, the fund starts back up with a Cowboy Breakfast at 7 a.m., sponsored by Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. The Stanley Rodeo Parade will be at 2 p.m., with float registration via the Stanley Area Chamber of Commerce.
Tickets are printed and available for sale at Hazuga’s True Value, the Stanley Republican, as well as on Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Stanley Rodeo Office in Chapman Park. With just 2,800 tickets for each performance, advance Rodeo ticket pricing is $21 for adults and $11 for children, with cash and card both accepted at the Rodeo office.
Sponsors for the Top Challenge this year include TF Exteriors, RMC Gardening, Holly’s Place, Chwala’s Construction, Rogue Tint & Vinyl, Circle T. Saddle Club, Lacey Granger - Coldwell Banker, and Broadway Boutique.
Sponsors for the Rodeo Queen Contest include Central Transport , Leah Properties, Holly’s Place Equestrian, Rosa Massage, EV’s Welding and Repair, Freedom Warehousing, Petra Sigmund - Keller Williams, and A-C Concrete & Excavating.
Rodeo Sponsors this year include ACE Ethanol LLC, Hazuga’s True Value, WQQW-News 18, Cinch Jeans and Shirts, WAXX Radio - Midwest Family, Xcel Energy, Hansen’s IGA, Haas Inc., Green for Life (GFL), Forward Bank and Insurance, Gerrit’s Construction, LaGrander’s Hillside Dairy, Boot Barn, Ideal Services Electrical, Otter Lake Bait and Camp Store, Citizen’s State Bank, Coldwell Banker - Brenizer, Debbie’s on Broadway, Stanley Tire, Courtesy Ford, Stanley Equipment Rental, The Gutterman, Martino’s Restaurant, B.C. Roycraft Excavating, Bill Peterson Memorial, Relevé Dance, Chwala’s Construction, Northwestern Bank, Stanley Hometown Dentistry, Broadway Boutique, and Derks Meats.

Come on down to the Top Hand Challenge Saturday, June 13 and Rodeo on Father’s Day Weekend!