The National Western Stock Show Parade begins at noon today at Union Station and marches 14 blocks down 17th Street to celebrate Saturday’s opening of the 16-day annual show.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Wednesday declared today “Dress Western Day” in the city, encouraging downtown workers, visitors and others to show their cowtown spirit.
The parade features a longhorn cattle drive through Denver’s business district, with rodeo queens, clowns, floats, antique tractors and more to honor Denver’s cowtown roots.
The 106th National Western Stock Stock Show & Rodeo opens at 9 a.m. Saturday at the National Western Complex at Interstate 70 and Brighton Boulevard.
The show runs through Jan. 22. For more information, check out the stock-show special section in Friday’s edition of The Denver Post, or online at .
Also today is the National Western Barbecue in the atrium of the Wells Fargo Building at 1700 Broadway. Serving starts at 11:30 a.m., and the $9 price benefits 4-H International.
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