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What's your Stampede memory?
An honest ledger of Calgary's ten-day-and-also-year-round identity. The chuckwagon race that swung the standings. The pancake breakfast on a side street in Bridgeland. The midway in 1996. The wall keeps them.
Name a Stampede memory.
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First Stampede
1912
Annual attendance
1.3M
Days
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The Database
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The Wall
Calgarians' Stampede memories.
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Editor's note: rather than seed this wall with fictional entries, we want it to grow honestly. Every entry on this page is real.
Stampede 101
The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, by the numbers.
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Stampede 1912 - the original lineup.
Guy Weadick founded the Calgary Stampede in 1912 with $100,000 from the Big Four. The first iteration's events still anchor today's rodeo.
SOURCE · Glenbow Archives
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How chuckwagon racing actually scores.
Penalties, lane assignments, outrider rules. Why the same team can lead Heat 1 and lose the night on a knock-down.
SOURCE · Calgary Stampede
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Pancake breakfasts - the unwritten map.
100+ free pancake breakfasts across Calgary during Stampede. The neighbourhood ones, the corporate ones, the politicians' ones.
SOURCE · Stampede community
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Sunshine, Cowboys, Nashville, and the night clubs.
The four-pillar Stampede Park nightlife. Genres, ages, wait times, the year-round story.
SOURCE · Stampede grounds
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Indigenous Park and the Elbow River Camp.
The Treaty 7 nations' presence at Stampede. The teepee village, the dancing, the contests, the protocols.
SOURCE · Treaty 7 communities
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Stampede after the demolition.
The Saddledome comes down by 2027. Scotia Place, then a Culture and Entertainment District. What Stampede Park becomes next.
SOURCE · City of Calgary
Directory
Stampede Park venues and grounds.
Stampede Grandstand
The chuckwagons, the evening show, the rodeo finals. The architectural symbol of the festival.
calgarystampede.com →
BMO Centre
Western Canada's largest convention centre. Year-round events, summer Stampede agriculture and trade.
bmocentre.ca →
Scotiabank Saddledome
Demolition planned for 2027. Concerts, Flames hockey, Hitmen, Roughnecks.
scotiabanksaddledome.com →
Big Four Building
Cowboys, Nashville North, and the Big Four party district during Stampede. The honky-tonk corner.
calgarystampede.com →
Stampede Corral
Calgary's smaller arena. AHL Wranglers, indoor sports, smaller concerts. Pre-dates the Saddledome.
calgarystampede.com →
ENMAX Park
Festival ground for outdoor concerts, midway, family events.
calgarystampede.com →
Heritage Park Historical Village
Year-round Western heritage site. The Stampede story preserved when it's not July.
heritagepark.ca →
Glenbow Western Heritage Centre
The most comprehensive Stampede archive. Glenbow on hiatus through 2026 redevelopment.
glenbow.org →
Listings
Stampede and rodeo, year-round.
Early July
Stampede Park citywide
Year-round
Stampede Park · youth programming
Year-round
Heritage Park
Spring
Inglewood · independent rodeo arts
Fall
Stampede Park · annual fundraising
Year-round
Various Alberta venues
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The Calgary Rodeo Memory Wall
Not just Stampede week. Year-round rodeos at the Agrium, the indoor circuit, the kid who turned pro out of Cochrane. Calgary rodeo, remembered.
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