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Cheyenne Frontier Days is an annual event held since 1897 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA and claims to be one of the world's largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration. The event features parades, nightly concerts by popular music and comedy acts, old west exhibits, carnival rides, games, an Indian village, air performances by the United States Air Force Thunderbirds and a large PRCA/PBR nationally sanctioned rodeo. Cheyenne Frontier days Wyoming is a ten day and night celebration that offers its patrons the ability to see some of their favorite country music stars including Trisha Yearwood, Reba McIntyre and Ronnie Milsap. Based on its long history and the fact that the rodeo is billed as the largest such event in the world, Cheyenne Frontier Days is nicknamed as 'The Daddy of 'em All.'

Local businessmen started the tradition in 1897 as an amusing and profitable western celebration and have since drawn visitors from different parts of the United States as well as international visitors. Today, the ten day event which falls around the last full week of July packs close to 200,000 visitors every year. Lodging fills up quickly during the peak tourist season throughout southern and eastern Wyoming and even into Colorado and Nebraska.

In the daytime, you can see real cowboys compete for prizes while roping steer and witness professional bull riding competitions. Various cowboy style bars and western themed establishments scattered throughout the city of Cheyenne which are popular with many rodeo fans and participants. Souvenir shops and stalls selling all sorts of items and accessories including hats, vests, shirts, even blankets with the Frontier Day logo embedded on them, scatter all around the city. Frontier Days in Wyoming is one of the most well planned and visited event in the nation. In order to see all the perks of the event, you have to book Cheyenne Frontier Days tickets which ranges from the carnival rides only to individual performances or rodeo only.
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