Crime & Safety
2024 Norco Rodeo Returns This Weekend
The three-night event will boast a series of contests for both professionals and amateurs.
CORONA, CA — Bull-riding, calf-roping and other events will return to the George Ingalls Equestrian Center in Norco Friday, Aug. 23, and through the weekend for the 2024 Norco Mounted Posse-Professional Rodeo Cowboys' Association rodeo.
Festivities are slated to begin at 5 p.m., with an introduction to this year's rodeo queens, followed by drill team performances and several hours of ring competition, according to organizers.
The three-night event will boast a series of contests for both professionals and amateurs, including a bareback riding contest, steer- wrestling, barrel racing, mutton-busting and — the highlight — bull-riding.
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The Norco Mounted Posse-PRCA Rodeo returned in 2022 following a two- year hiatus. The event was suspended in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID lockdowns.
On Saturday, the rodeo will continue from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., followed by a "Rodeo Dance Party" and barbecue, featuring live musical entertainment.
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On Sunday, an open cowboy church service is scheduled at 10 a.m., and gates open for the final rounds of roping and wrestling at 3:30 p.m, beginning with a "Challenged Children's Rodeo" for special needs kids.
Tickets are $25 for admission to the rodeo on Friday, though kids under 3 years old will be admitted free, with additional discounts for seniors and active-duty military personnel. For Saturday, admission is $35, and for Sunday, admission is $20.
More information is available at http://www.norcomountedposseprcarodeo.com/.
