St. Paul and the St. Paul Rodeo, a Gold Tier rodeo on the Wrangler Million Dollar Rodeo Tour, is ready for the grandest ever St. Paul Rodeo and Fourth of July celebration in honor of its 75th anniversary!

In a brushy, tin can littered City Park where they built a pole fence, four bucking chutes, and a roping chute, local volunteers gathered stock to hold the first performance of the St. Paul Rodeo on July 4, 1936. That first year, 50 cowboys competed for a total purse of $500.

75 years later, this rodeo is ranked as one of the top rodeos in the nation with prize monies approaching $500,000 and nearly a thousand competitors. St. Paul’s designation as a Wrangler Million Dollar Tour Rodeo makes it one of eight very elite rodeos that attract the top competitors to the delight of its rodeo fans.

There’s no doubt that St. Paul knows how to “do” rodeo. This celebration includes the roughest, toughest contests between men and animals and underscores the grit and fortitude of those folks we know as cowboys and cowgirls.

Hundreds of community volunteers work shoulder to shoulder for months each year to put this traditional show together, and we welcome the world to St. Paul for five days filled with color, action, excitement, and something for everyone. So, head on out to St. Paul for a fun-filled experience during our 75th anniversary celebration of the American cowboy and our western lifestyle!