Tucson Rodeo returns this Saturday and with it the Tucson Rodeo Parade, set to take place, Thursday, Feb. 24, on the city’s south side.
Billed as one of the longest non-motorized parades in the world, the rodeo parade took last year off due to COVID. Organizers instead put on a drive-thru exhibition of rodeo wagons and entertainment at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds on South Sixth Avenue.
The parade, which takes place along East Ajo Way, South Park Avenue, and East Irvington Road, runs from 9 to 11 a.m. and features more than 125 entries, 500 horses and 88 wagons, according to press materials.
For more information, visit tucsonrodeoparade.com
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Victor Mendoza demonstrates his rope skills at the Modelos y Charros de Arizona display during the Tucson Rodeo Parade Drive-Thru on the rodeo grounds, Tucson, Ariz., March 20, 2021. During the first hour of the event, more than 300 vehicles had made the winding route through music, dancers, livestock, wagons and floats. The drive-thru was a "Thank You" form the Rodeo Parade Committee to the community for supporting the parade in the past COVID-19 year.
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Karina Arvayo, one of the four alumni of the Pueblo High School Guerreros performing folklorio, performs by passing motorists at the Tucson Rodeo Parade Drive-Thru on the rodeo grounds, Tucson, Ariz., March 20, 2021.
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Ben Weinzinger hops through his lasso as the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus roping team perform for the passing motorists at the Tucson Rodeo Parade Drive-Thru on the rodeo grounds, Tucson, Ariz., March 20, 2021.
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High atop their skirted stands, members of the Modelos y Charros de Arizona wave to the passing cars at the Tucson Rodeo Parade Drive-Thru on the rodeo grounds, Tucson, Ariz., March 20, 2021.
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Manda Garland, with the Tucson Rodeo Committee, walks one of the long lines of vehicles passing out gift bags at the Tucson Rodeo Parade Drive-Thru on the rodeo grounds, Tucson, Ariz., March 20, 2021.
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Passersby get video of the ladies of Modelos y Charros d3 Arizona at the Tucson Rodeo Parade Drive-Thru on the rodeo grounds, Tucson, Ariz., March 20, 2021.
