The Keystone International Livestock Exposition (or KILE) is the East Coast’s largest livestock show, trade show and barbecue contest. It attracts tens of thousands of visitors and is happening this year on September 30 through October 9 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The event features more than 800 national competitors showing 3,000 cattle, goats, sheep, swine and horses, as well as high school and college FFA and 4-H teams from across the country demonstrating their breed knowledge in a national judging competition.
To learn more, visit https://www.keystonelivestockexpo.com/
The American Royal is a livestock show, professional rodeo, equine show and vendor event based in Kansas City, Missouri. Their mission statement is to champion food and agriculture, and be the nation's leader in agriculture education.
It’s also the home of the World Series of Barbecue®—a fundraiser which allows the American Royal to give away over a million dollars every year to youth scholarships and agriculture education programs.
This year’s event takes place at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri on October 6, and ends on October 23.
To see a complete list of tickets, visit https://www.americanroyal.com/tickets-registration/ or visit https://www.americanroyal.com/ for more information.
The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) is a weeklong stock show and professional rodeo held in October of every year. It celebrates and preserves the Western way of life and showcases some of the most influential livestock genetics in the world. It'll be held October 14-22 this year in Billings, Montana.
Learn more about the event by visiting https://www.thenile.org/.
The North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) is the largest all-breed, purebred livestock event in the world, with 10 divisions and nearly 30,000 entries from 48 states. It is also a rodeo and a vendor event. This year, NAILE begins on November 1 and goes through November 17. It’s at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
The entry deadline to exhibit livestock is October 10 with a late entry deadline of October 17.
Find out more by visiting https://livestockexpo.org/.
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo event in the world. Their mission is to showcase Western heritage, educate and entertain the public, support Texas youth and provide year-round support within the community. Since its inception in 1932, more than half a billion dollars has been committed to the youth of Texas through scholarships, grants, workshops and more.
Upcoming events are scheduled for February 28 through March 19, 2023, at the NRG Park stadium in Houston, Texas. There will be livestock and horse shows, concerts, rodeos, carnival rides and games, barbecue contests and much more.
If you are interested in exhibiting animals, open the Exhibitor Handbook & Schedule at https://www.rodeohouston.com/Portals/0/Content/GetInvolved/Exhibitors-Participants/Livestock%20Show/2022_ExhibitorHandbook.pdf
Page 32 contains a complete list of deadlines, or visit https://www.rodeohouston.com/ for more information.
