Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo
The City of Merritt is excited to welcome back the Nicola Valley Rodeo for their 65th annual event this coming Labour Day long weekend. “Bring your Lil’ cowpokes to this high quality action packed family event that honours the ranching and rodeo heritage of the Nicola Valley!
Rodeo Parade
Kick off Merritt’s famed Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo weekend with a visit to the Rodeo Parade on Friday, August 29, 2025 at 6:30PM. Road closures will be in effect from two hours before the event start (effectively 4:30PM).
Friday, August 29, 2025 | 6:30 PM
Starting at Voght Park
Rodeo Music Show
After the Friday evening parade, head over to the Rodeo Grounds for live music, beginning at 8:00 pm. This event is free to the public.
Friday, August 29, 2025 | 8:00 PM
Merritt Rodeo Grounds: 499 Lindley Creek Road
Rodeo Show | Main Event
LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEND
August 30 + 31, 2025 | 1 PM to 3 PM
(gates open at 11 AM)
Merritt Rodeo Grounds: 499 Lindley Creek Road
(note: Middlesboro Bridge on Voght Street is now open)
Tickets: Purity Feeds OR nicolavalleyrodeo.com
Kids Corral
9:30 AM Saturday | Activities
10:30 AM Sunday | Activities
11:00 AM | ShowFace painting, balloon animals, craft zone, western toss game, lucky ranch hand (game), a prize table and roping. Plus Western-style music and stories.
Rodeo Weekend Street Market
10:00 AM Saturday
11:00 AM Sunday
Rodeo Dance | Saturday
Featuring Coquihalla Coyotes, from 7:00 PM to midnight. Kids welcome to attend the dance until 9:00 PM.
Saturday, August 30, 2025 | 7 PM
Merritt Civic Centre (1950 Mamette Ave)
Tickets: Purity Feeds OR nicolavalleyrodeo.com
Pancake Breakfast
& Cowboy Church
Sunday, August 31, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Merritt Rodeo Grounds: 499 Lindley Creek Road
Tickets: Purity Feeds OR nicolavalleyrodeo.com
Camping is also available on site.
For More Information: nicolavalleyrodeo.com
Nicola Valley Fall Fair
August 30, 2025 | 12:00PM – 7:00PM
August 31, 2025 | 9:30AM – 2:30PM
Merritt Rodeo Grounds: 499 Lindley Creek Road
The Nicola Valley Fall Fair is an annual agricultural and industrial exhibition held on the Labour Day weekend each year. Their aim is to improve conditions of rural life and to stimulate interest in improving the quality of agricultural and other products and all phases of the agricultural industry. They provide a medium for exchange of information by members and to educate the public. They also encourage 4H Club work.
The Nicola Valley Fall Fair welcomes any and all who wish to volunteer, enter exhibits in the fair and come out to see the many talents of our community and to meet new friends.
Fair categories include Flowers, Baking, Canning, Homecrafts, Hobbies, Photography, Forage Crops, Fine Arts, Fruits and Veggies, Wine, Students, Poultry, Pigeons, Goats, Sheep, Cows, Rabbits, Cavies.
DOWNLOAD NICOLA VALLEY FALL FAIR GUIDE
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CONTACT SHOW ORGANIZER
Free shuttle for Merritt Rodeo!
BC Transit and the City of Merritt are providing a free shuttle to help get you to the rodeo a little easier, August 30 & 31, 2025.
The free shuttle will pick up and drop off passengers from the Civic Center Parking Lot between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Trips headed to the Merritt Rodeo will leave every half hour between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Trips returning will run from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m.
