Pendleton Round-Up
| Pendleton Round-Up | |
|---|---|
Tie-down roping participant in 2004 | |
| Genre | rodeo |
| Begins | September |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | Pendleton, Oregon, U.S. |
| Years active | 114 |
| Inaugurated | 1910 |
| Capacity | 17,000 |
| Website | www |
The Pendleton Round-Up is a major annual rodeo in the northwestern United States, at Pendleton in northeastern Oregon. Held at the Pendleton Round-Up Stadium during the second full week of September each year since 1910, the rodeo brings roughly 50,000 people every year to the city. The Pendleton Round-Up is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado, inducted the Pendleton Round-Up in 2008.
The Round-Up was incorporated as a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization on July 29, 1910, as the "Northwestern Frontier Exhibition Association". The rodeo was primarily a creation of local ranchers led by Herman Rosenberg.
The Pendleton Round-Up has received the PRCA Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year award eleven times: 2003, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Bronc rider Bonnie McCarroll (1897–1929) died in a rodeo accident at Pendleton. The PRCA, formed in 1936, initially scheduled no events for women as a result of her death.