FRIDAY War Bonnet Round Up 2025

2025: RESERVED SEATING IN THE GRANDSTANDS AVAILABLE! We heard you and we made it happen. You can now purchase reserved seats in the GRANDSTAND ONLY for an additional cost (this helps us cover our costs for needing additional staff to help secure the reserved seats). Seats located in the bleachers at Sandy Downs are first come first serve. There are NO assigned seats with the purchase of a general admission ticket. You can sit anywhere in the general admission bleacher seating where a seat is available.

No additional cost for parking! The price of parking is included in your ticket price.

Parking and gates open at 4:30 pm, with the kid's rodeo beginning at 5:45 pm, the regular rodeo beginning at 7 pm, and the event ending around 10 pm.

No outside food is allowed into the event. Only clear water bottles with their seals intact are allowed.

No outside animals are allowed this is for the safety of your animals and the animals at the rodeo. Service animals are allowed.

GENERAL ADMISSION SEATS ARE FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE. Tickets guarantee admission into the arena, NOT seats. If you want to have a seat, we recommend arriving at 4:30 pm!

CHILD TICKETS: Available for kids 12 and under. Kids younger than 2 years of age and can sit in your lap do NOT need a ticket. CHILD must sit in your lap during the rodeo and cannot take up a bleacher seat. CHILD tickets are NOT valid for reserved grandstand seating. IF you want your child to sit with you in the reserved section, you MUST purchase a reserved grandstand ticket for them. UNLESS they are 2 years or younger and can sit in your lap.

REFUNDS: NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN THE DAY OF THE RODEO. TICKETS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED DUE TO WEATHER OR SEAT AVAILABILITY.

REFUNDS: You have until Tuesday, July 22, 2025 to request a refund. You have until Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:59pm to request a refund/transfer/exchange. If after this date your ticket WILL NOT be refunded.

REFUNDS will be issued for the price of the ticket minus any processing fees.

E XCHANGES: You have until Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 11:59pm to request a refund/transfer/exchange. If after this date your ticket CANNOT be exchanged for a refund or a different date. Exchanges can be made, but the ticket holder is responsible for covering the difference in ticket price if the exchange is for a more expensive ticket.

Idaho's Oldest Rodeo - The War Bonnet Round Up, is back for its 114th year!

The Round Up was originally started in 1911 by a group of local businessmen and then was later taken over by the Chamber of Commerce. Eventually, the American Legion Department of Idaho Post 56 nonprofit veteran’s organization took over the reins. In recent years, the City of Idaho Falls Parks and Recreation Department bought the Rodeo. Over the years, the rodeo has been held at various locations including Tautphaus Park, and is now held at Sandy Downs, a city-owned facility. Today, more than 500 cowboys and cowgirls compete each summer in front of more than 15,000 rodeo enthusiasts. The Legion grew the widely popular event into the show it is today and for that, we are forever grateful.

The City of Idaho Falls and the Parks & Recreation Department runs this historic rodeo, and we are honored to have the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall participating. From the beginning, the tribes provided the most colorful component of the rodeo, making the War Bonnet Round Up an important part of eastern Idaho’s culture and tradition. We are very passionate about maintaining and building upon this legacy.

A PRCA sanctioned event, we aim to bring the best rodeo talent and animal athletes in to compete in a family-friendly atmosphere.

Host or Publisher Idaho Falls Parks and Recreation Department