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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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Grandstand, Big Four, Corral, BMO Centre, ENMAX Park.
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Stampede years past, lineups, results, photos.
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The 1912 founding through every chapter since.
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Calgarians' Stampede memories, year by year.
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Vendors, performers, organizers, breakfasts, all linked.
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The desk's writing on Calgary rodeo year-round.
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Events
Live calendar
Year-round rodeo events around Alberta.
The Wall

Calgarians' Stampede memories.

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
03
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
Infield · 17,000 seats
The chuckwagons, the evening show, the rodeo finals. The architectural symbol of the festival.
BMO Centre
Stampede Park · 1M sq ft
Western Canada's largest convention centre. Year-round events, summer Stampede agriculture and trade.
Scotiabank Saddledome
Stampede Park · 19,289
Demolition planned for 2027. Concerts, Flames hockey, Hitmen, Roughnecks.
Big Four Building
Stampede Park · live music
Cowboys, Nashville North, and the Big Four party district during Stampede. The honky-tonk corner.
Stampede Corral
Stampede Park · ~7,000
Calgary's smaller arena. AHL Wranglers, indoor sports, smaller concerts. Pre-dates the Saddledome.
ENMAX Park
Stampede Park · outdoor
Festival ground for outdoor concerts, midway, family events.
Heritage Park Historical Village
South · 127 acres
Year-round Western heritage site. The Stampede story preserved when it's not July.
Glenbow Western Heritage Centre
Downtown · TBD
The most comprehensive Stampede archive. Glenbow on hiatus through 2026 redevelopment.
Listings

Stampede and rodeo, year-round.

Early July
Stampede Park citywide
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Stampede Park · youth programming
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Spring
Inglewood · independent rodeo arts
Fall
Stampede Park · annual fundraising
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