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Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo

Pasadena, TX · Festival

When

September 18–26, 2026

Where

Pasadena Fairgrounds · Pasadena · TX

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Pasadena runs its own nine day rodeo and livestock show every September at the Pasadena Fairgrounds, with a barbecue cook off, carnival midway and nightly headline concerts, separate from the much larger Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo across town. It has run for more than 75 years and remains the east side's own version of rodeo season. Pasadena ISD students show livestock throughout the week.

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