The 27th annual Marion Rodeo will be this weekend, Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18, at the Ralph Eagle Memorial Arena on Highway 14 east of Marion. Gates will open at 6:00 p.m. each night. Admission will be $15 per person at the gate, with free admission for children ages five and under.
The Marion Rodeo is a PCA/IPRA sanctioned professional rodeo, and will feature numerous events and exhibitions, including mini-buckers, a trick horse, and children’s events. Mutton Austin’ will start at 6:30 each night, with rodeo events beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Marion native Bambi Hoggle, of the band the Barstool Profits, will open the event with the singing of the National Anthem. Hoggle will dedicate the performance to the memory of her father, the late Jimmy Hoggle, who passed away recently.
Veteran rodeo performer T.J. Williams, who works as a rodeo clown and barrel man, will perform. Williams has been in the rodeo world for over 42 years. This year, he will debut his trick horse act with horse “Buddy Bar the Rodeo Star.”
