Houston Rodeo

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Reliant Stadium filled with rodeo attendees at the 2006 HLSR
Genre	Rodeo, and fair
Dates	27 February–18 March 2018
Location(s)	Houston, Texas, United States
Founded	1931 (as the Houston Fat Stock Show and Livestock Exposition)
Attendance	2,611,176 (2017)
Website
www.HLSR.com

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also called RodeoHouston or abbreviated HLSR, is one of the largest live entertainment and . It also includes one of the richest regular-season rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003. It was previously held in the Astrodome. It is considered to be the city's "signature event", much like New Orleans's Mardi Gras, Dallas's Texas State Fair, San Diego's Comic-Con and New York City's New Year's Eve at Times Square.

In 2017, attendance reached a record high of 2,611,176 people requiring over 32,000 volunteers. In 2007, the rodeo was deemed "the year of the volunteer." The event is 20 days long. It is kicked off by the Downtown Rodeo Roundup held near Houston City Hall, the Downtown Rodeo parade, and the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run – a 10k and 5k walk & run and the World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest. The show features championship rodeo action, livestock competitions, concerts, a carnival, pig racing, barbecue and the Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition, shopping, sales and livestock auctions. Traditional trail rides, which start in different areas of Texas and end in Houston, precede the Rodeo events. The City of Houston celebrates this event with Go Texan Day, where residents are encouraged to dress in western wear the Friday before the rodeo begins.

The rodeo has drawn some of the world's biggest recording artists, including Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Selena, Kiss, Elvis Presley, Beyoncé, Bob Dylan, Justin Bieber, Fifth Harmony, Big Time Rush, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Janet Jackson, Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, John Legend, Taylor Swift and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among others.