Music City Rodeo Wraps Three Sold-Out Nights At Bridgestone Arena

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Music City Rodeo has wrapped its inaugural weekend after three sold-out nights of performances and rodeo events.

Reba kicked off the weekend on Thursday (May 29), noting her long history with rodeo before starting her performance. She surprised the crowd with Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson for a performance of “Trailblazer.” Nashville native Jelly Roll took the stage on Friday (May 30), for his third ever Bridgestone performance. Tim McGraw closed out the weekend on Saturday by bringing the house to its feet with a set list full of many of his No. 1 hits as well as a new song, “King Rodeo.”

Inaugural Music City Rodeo event champions included Sam Petersen for bareback riding with a score of 88 points, bull riding champion Wacey Schalla with a score of 88, Rowdy Parrott for steer wrestling at 3.76 seconds, Cody Snow and Hunter Koch for team roping with 3.8 seconds, Sage Newman for saddle bronc riding with 87 points and Tuf Cooper won tie-down roping with 7.2 seconds. Music City Rodeo’s barrel racing title went to Makenzie Mayes for a 12.94 second run. Music City Rodeo’s all-around Champion was Stetson Wright.

Jelly Roll.

“What a way to bring rodeo to town,” shared Patrick Humes, Co-Founder of Music City Rodeo. “Nashville showed up and the excitement each night could be felt from the moment the doors opened and the first event started to the last song from the stage. Music City Rodeo is the largest rodeo east of the Mississippi and both the crowd and the cowboys were unparalleled kicking off this year. We had the best rodeo cowboys competing against the best stock, once in a lifetime moments with the number one bull rider in the world, Wacey Schalla, taking home Music City’s first bull riding paddle… and he got to share the victory with his sister Madison who did the rodeo’s trick riding.”

“We see this as an opportunity to create something special for families and the Nashville community while giving back. Country music and rodeo have long been communities built on giving, and Nashville is the perfect home for this,” added Music City Rodeo Co-Founder Brian Kaplan. “Thanks to the incredible support from both communities, we were able to contribute to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt this year, and we’re ready to make it even bigger and better for next year.”

Tim McGraw.

Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductee Cody Custer, Tennessee Titan players Johnny Hekker and Morgan Cox, and Hillary Scott of Lady A all joined during the weekend to lead the Cowboy Prayer. Jenna Paulette, SGT Jeremy Bryant of the 129th Army band and singer/songwriter Kylie Frey all joined for the National Anthem. Friday’s military night also included a special visit from the 101st Division Rappel Team from the Sabalauski Air Assault School out of Fort Campbell, repelling from the top of the arena to kick off the festivities. Prior to each night’s events fans were also treated to Bridgestone Arena’s Rodeo Plaza Pre-Party, which included performances by The Woods, Timothy Wayne, and Cowboy Channel’s RodeoLIVE! Broadcast featuring several interviews with rodeo talent and McGraw.

Photo: Christopher Thompson

Lainey Wilson, Reba, Miranda Lambert.

Photo: Christopher Thompson

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