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National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade

09jan12:00 pm2:00 pmNational Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade

Event Details

Hooves hitting the streets of downtown Denver can only mean one thing… Stock Show is here!
Join us at the Kick-Off Parade with your boots, chaps, and cowboy hats to celebrate Colorado’s most iconic western tradition. Step back in time and see a true western cattle drive with horses, cowboys, cowgirls, tractors, marching bands, and floats.
The National Western Stock Show transforms Denver into the ultimate Western destination, starting with the annual Kick-off Parade. On this one afternoon in January, the streets of downtown Denver are lined with boots, chaps, and cowboy hats to celebrate Colorado’s western traditions and the iconic National Western Stock Show. Kids, families, businessmen, and women get to step back in time and see a true western cattle drive with horses, cowboys, cowgirls, tractors, marching bands, and floats.
Parade Start: Union Station, 17th & Wynkoop
Parade End: 17th & Glenarm
Stock Show Fair at McGregor Square: 12-2:00

Photo: Downtown Denver Partnership, Facebook Page

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Time

(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Union Station

Organizer

National Western Stock Show

The destination to experience the spirit of the American West.

Each winter, nearly 700,000 people visit the National Western Stock Show, an extravaganza of about 30 rodeos, 11 horse shows, and countless other attractions just a couple of miles from the heart of Denver. For so many visitors from the increasingly urbanized West, the Stock Show offers a rare window into Western tradition and the incredible importance that agriculture and ranching industries have made to revolutionize our daily lives.

For many other visitors, the National Western Stock Show is a pilgrimage, a gathering of the extended family that sustains and defines the West. Since the first Stock Show in 1906, it has been a place where generations of farmers and ranchers – people whose hard work feeds the rest of us – spend time reuniting with old friends, learning about new approaches and techniques in agriculture and ranching, and doing some business, year after year.

Take a look back through our 117+ years of history from our humble beginnings to our ambitious future.

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