Guthrie Center Rodeo
Guthrie Center, IA · Fairgrounds
· amateur rodeo
PRCA · professional rodeo
Dayton Championship Rodeo
Dayton, IA · Dayton Rodeo Arena
About this rodeo
Dayton Championship Rodeo is a four-performance PRCA rodeo built around Iowa’s Labor Day weekend. In 2026, evening performances run Friday through Sunday, with a Monday afternoon finale after the community parade; fireworks and rodeo dances follow the first three nights. The weekend also layers in distinct traditions: Friday is military-focused Red Night, Sunday is breast-cancer-awareness Pink Night, and Monday admits children 11 and under free with a paid adult. Dayton’s natural-amphitheater setting and volunteer roots distinguish it from a traveling production. The rodeo traces its beginnings to local rope-trick shows in 1937 and has occupied its permanent wooded site since the 1950s.
Where it is
Dayton Rodeo Arena · Dayton, IA
Sources and details
Listing source: prorodeo.com.
Overview checked against: Dayton Labor Day Rodeo Events Schedule, Dayton Rodeo History.