Tickets for the California Rodeo Salinas July 18th-21st and the Big Week Bull Riding July 17th, 2024, go on sale Thursday, May 2nd at 10 am at carodeo.com. Additionally, the ticket office will open for walk-up sales from May 2nd to May 5th, between 10 am and 5 pm. After this period, tickets will continue to be available exclusively online until the ticket office reopens for the summer season on June 20th and remains operational until the end of the Rodeo.
The Big Week Bull Riding, presented by Salinas Valley Ford, is a part of the Xtreme Bulls Tour featuring top bull riders from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Tickets start at $10 (+ fees) for select children’s (ages 2-12) grandstand seats, $30 (+ fees) for adult upper grandstand tickets, $40 for adult lower grandstand seats, and $55 (+ fees) for box seats (all ages) varying by location.
The California Rodeo Salinas, known as the largest rodeo in California and ranked in the top 15 in the United States among over 600 professional rodeos, celebrates its 114th year of tradition in 2014. The event attracts over 600 skilled cowboys and cowgirls competing in various events, including women’s breakaway roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, bull riding, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, team roping, and tie-down roping. The entertainment lineup includes trick riders, Rodeo Entertainer Austin Singley, freestyle bullfights, and local mutton busters on the track surrounding the arena. Tickets start at $7 (+ fees) for children ages 2-12 and $15 (+ fees) for adults. Box seats start at $28 (+fees) for all ages; inquire with tickets@carodeo.com for availability.
Entry passes for the Coors Banquet Bull Xing Cantina on Wednesday, July 17th and Friday, July 19th will also go on sale May 2nd at 10 am, exclusively online at carodeo.com. The Bull Xing entry combined with the Big Week Bull Riding (July 17th) or California Rodeo Salinas (July 19th) is a combination ticket limited to 5 per order, priced at $55 (+ fees) for July 17th and $40 (+ fees) for July 19th. This includes general admission (with a seat) to the event and admission into the Coors Banquet Bull Xing Cantina. Visit the Coors Banquet Bull Xing Website for more information (https://www.carodeo.com/events/2024/coors-bull-xing).
Tickets are already available online for Monster Jam on May 5th, the Big Week Kick Off Concert featuring Keith Urban on July 12th and the Concierto Baile de Salinas featuring Los Tucanes de Tijuana, El Fantasma, and Chiquis on July 13th. You can find details about the separate ticketed after-parties following the July 12th and July 13th concerts on the event pages at carodeo.com. Those event tickets will be available for walk-up sales between April 22nd (closed April 27th and 28th) and May 5th from 10 am to 5 pm. After this period, tickets will continue to be available exclusively online until the ticket office reopens for the summer season on June 20th and remains operational until the end of the Rodeo.
For gate and show times, or to purchase tickets, visit carodeo.com.
For parking information and details regarding the clear bag policy, please visit https://www.carodeo.com/p/about-us/knowbeforeyougoandparking.
About California Rodeo Salinas
The 114th California Rodeo Salinas will take place July 18-21, 2024. The California Rodeo Association is a not-for-profit organization that strives to preserve and promote the traditions of the California Rodeo Salinas and the West. We support the community and other non-profit organizations through the staging of the annual California Rodeo Salinas and other year-round operations of the Salinas Sports Complex. Through donations of our facility, vending, and fundraising opportunities during Rodeo and other events, the California Rodeo Association created opportunities for non-profits and community groups to receive over $771,000 in 2023. For more information about the California Rodeo Salinas, log on to www.CARodeo.com or call the California Rodeo Office at 831-775-3100.
Photo by Phil Doyle.