Whoop-Up Days
Event Description
Whoop-Up Days is where our community comes together to celebrate, experience, eat, laugh, and ride. Where the midway lights brighten up the southern sky, where the authentic west still runs wild, where cultures come together and memories are made.
Whoop-Up Days is for everyone. It should be fun, friendly, and accessible. Let’s celebrate together.
As summer winds down, we’re just getting started. We’re more than just your fair — we’re your community.
Parade
Don't forget the Whoop-Up Days Parade! The Whoop-Up Days Parade is the iconic start to Lethbridge’s most popular and longest-running community fair.
Showcasing the people, businesses, and organizations who call Lethbridge home, the parade is a celebration of the region’s heritage and future.
Whoop-Up Days at a glance
- Date: End of August to beginning of September
- How to get there: Cycle or drive to the Lethbridge & District Exhibition east of Henderson Lake. Parking is plentiful at both the exhibition grounds for a price or around Henderson Lake itself if you don’t mind a bit of a walk.
- Where to stay: There are hotel options located just off 43rd St. S. that are conveniently close to The Water Tower Grill & Bar and Pure Casino Lethbridge, a local restaurant and brewery. There’s also The Coast or The Sandman on Mayor Magrath Drive — both within a five-minute drive (or 30-minute walk) to the exhibition grounds.
Find Accommodations
- What to Expect:
- Marketplace
- Food Trucks
- Community Events
- Buskers
- Midway
- What to bring: Water, sunscreen, and money for food trucks
Learn more about Whoop-Up Days and get your tickets
LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT PRO RODEO FEATURING THE RELAY RACES
August 22-24, 7 P.M. at Grandstands
Lethbridge & District Exhibition is proud to once again host the Lethbridge & District Pro Rodeo from August 22-24, 2024. This three-day event is the only CPRA rodeo in Lethbridge that showcases the history, people, and culture of Southern Alberta.
From its inception over 125 years ago, professional rodeo has had some of its finest moments at Whoop-Up Days throughout the decades. The 2024 rodeo will include nearly $100,000 in cash prizes up for grabs!
Featured nightly, the relay races are one of the most high-intensity elements of the Lethbridge & District Pro Rodeo. Often referred to as “North America’s original extreme sport” the races have been a part of Indigenous life for hundreds of years.
The Rodeo itself also features themed nights for each of its three days, with a Blackfoot Confederacy Celebrations Night on Friday, Family Night on Saturday, and AG Community Night on Sunday. Experience horse racing like never before as riders race bareback in laps around a track and exchange horses after every lap by jumping from one horse to another.
