Willits Frontier Days kicks off with loads of enjoyable forward • The Mendocino Voice

WILLITS, CA., 6/23/26 — The 100^th annual Willits Frontier Days kicked off with the Hometown Celebration on Main Street final week, and the subsequent two weekends maintain extra neighborhood gatherings for the annual rodeo-centered string of occasions. 

According to the Frontier Days web site, the rodeo started in 1926 as a fundraiser to construct a hospital in Willits. Now, there are a number of occasions surrounding the standard rodeo that has now been carried on for a century. 

Coming up on this yr’s program are the truck pulls on Friday on the Jack Tharp Arena beginning at 6 p.m., adopted by the road dance that includes the Brody Stewart Band on the tennis courts beginning at 9 p.m. Entrance to the truck pull is $25 for adults $15 for kids 12 and beneath and kids 2 or youthful get in without spending a dime. The dance is free for everybody. The carnival additionally opens at 9 p.m. on the outdated ball area. 

Saturday, the Western artwork present opens at 5 p.m. and can shut on July 5. Entry to the artwork present is free.  

On Sunday the lover dinner will likely be on the rodeo grounds and adults eat for $30 (tickets are restricted) and youngsters 12 and beneath eat for $10 every. 

The huge California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association rodeo will go down on the Jack Tharp Arena beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 3. Box seats are $30, adults get in for $25, youngsters 12 and beneath enter for $15 and kids 2 and youthful get in without spending a dime. Following the rodeo is the free Western dance that includes Chad Bushnell on the tennis courts beginning at 9 p.m. 

The Main Street parade will roll by way of downtown Willits at 11 a.m. on July 4 with a theme of “Year of the Sweethearts.” 

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