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Oct. 7, 2024
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These puddles formed during brief showers on opening weekend of the 2014 Calgary Stampede. For the most part, however, the weather was been warm and dry for the annual Alberta event.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)There is something for just about everyone at the Calgary Stampede, as this photo gallery by Los Angeles Times photographer Al Seib shows: parades, midway rides and thrilling rodeo events. Think of it as an enormous state fair with a world-class rodeo attached. The event, which began last week and runs through Sunday, overcame historic flooding on its grounds for this 101st annual celebration of cowboy culture and Canadian life.
--Chris Erskine
Doo Doo is big in Alberta. Doo Doo is a clown — a fixture of the yearly Calgary Stampede. Here, he and a new friend are celebrating the decision to go on with the 2013 Stampede despite record flooding.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)The grounds of the Calgary Stampede, a rodeo and festival, are a short walk from downtown Calgary. The 10-day annual event is July 7-16, 2017.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Canada’s Mounties, officially the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, date to the 1870s, and their telltale red jackets are known as “the red serge.” Here, a gaggle of Mounties is seen marching through downtown Calgary in a parade that was part of the 2013 Calgary Stampede.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Horsemanship is a central element in the annual Calgary Stampede, which includes a rodeo. These riders were part of opening ceremonies for the 2013 Stampede.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)There is a sport they do in Canada besides hockey and curling and hockey and football and hockey and skiing: rodeo. These competitors were part of the 2013 Calgary Stampede rodeo.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)A 13-year-old cowboy with a buckle he won at an earlier rodeo event. The Calgary Stampede features several rodeo events. It is July 7-16 in 2017.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Oct. 7, 2024