Olde Tyme Christmas Fair

Feel the Holiday Spirit!

Thursday, December 5th, 2024

Medicine Hat’s favourite free festive gathering returns to Pioneer Village on Thursday, Dec. 5.

FREE Photos with Santa Claus from 5-8

FREE Hot Chocolate from 5-8*

FREE S’mores from 5-8*

FREE Hot Dogs from 5-8*

FREE Wagon Rides from 5-8

The Christmas Market will be open from 4-9 next door in the Cypress Centre, and Pioneer Village will be open for the evening, so come explore, gather round the campfire and share in the Holiday Spirit!

Please email mhstampede@mhstampede.com if you have any questions

*while supplies last

Beef Pen Show & Cowboy Christmas Trade Show

 Beef Pen Show 

December 20-21, 2024

The 26th annual Beef Pen Show & Cowboy Christmas Trade Show begins Friday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. with cattle viewing and the opening of the trade show. 

The Sweet Pro Feeds Steak Sampling returns Friday at 6 p.m., with the opening of the Pen Show to follow at 7:30 p.m.

The trade show opens back up Saturday at 9 a.m., running until 5 p.m. alongside the Pen Show!

Raffle Ticket Winners

#10: Waylon W.- Chuckwagon Tickets

#9: Santana M- Chuckwagon Tickets

#8: Linda F: Summer Rodeo Package

#7: Cam M.: Summer Rodeo Package

#6: Ingret D.: Summer Rodeo Package

#5: Circle Plus Ranch: 2 Night Show Packages

#4: Dean M.: 2 Night Show Packages

#3: Bryce/Josh/Kevin: $4,500

#2: Suntana M.: $6,000

#1: Joy E: $7,500

Full Schedule

Friday, Dec. 20

2 p.m.

  • Cowboy Christmas Trade Show Opens
  • Cattle Viewing

6 p.m.

  • Sweet Pro Feeds Steak Sampling
  • Live Entertainment

7 p.m.

  • Stringam Law Coffee Cart

7:30 p.m.

  • Purebred Breeders Commercial Open Heifer Show
  • Purebred Heifer Show
  • Commercial Open – Pen of 3 Heifers

9 p.m.

  • Cowboy Christmas Trade Show Ends

Saturday, Dec. 21

7:30-8:30 a.m.

  • 4-H Registration

9 a.m.

  • Cowboy Christmas Trade Show Opens
  • 4-H Open Heifer Show
  • 4-H Bred Heifer Show
  • 4-H Steer Show
  • 4-H Team Grooming Competition

10 a.m.

  • Stringam Law Coffee Cart

1 p.m.

  • Commercial Bred Heifer Show
  • Purebred Heifer Breeders Showcase
  • Purebred Bull Breeders Showcase
  • Cattlemen’s Choice Bull Show

5 p.m.

  • Cowboy Christmas Trade Show Ends

For help with entries, please call Mandy at 403-580-9846 or email dm_hyland@hotmail.com

Sponsorship

Become A Sponsor

Creating The Magic of a Great Agriculture Society Year Round

The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede is a not-for profit community service organization who partners with sponsors to market our individual events to a wide audience.

The marketing and promotional opportunities available to you with the partnership is a unique way to present your business, network with peers, and support a long standing community tradition.

Sponsors can use our Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede events as an opportunity to enhance market visibility. By providing access to the community at-large, the annual fair offer sponsors an opportunity to position themselves within the community as neighbors and good corporate citizens.

Businesses can use the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede year round as both a sales opportunity and a chance to promote their own brand identity. As a gathering of large numbers of potential customers, the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede events become a unique, year round marketplace where interactions between businesses, fairgoers and event attendees occur in an atmosphere of celebration.

When you are looking for value in your sponsorship, you would find this connection hard to duplicate with other organizations.

Local non profit organizations can use the annual fair as an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to the community. The annual fair provides venues in a desirable context for these organizations to reinforce community awareness of their presence and purpose, promote their programs, and raise funds to support their service projects.

For more information please contact Ryan McCracken at 403.527.1234 or rmccracken@mhstampede.com.

Our Culture & Heritage Sponsors
arts
CityMH
GOA
Canada

Youth Committee

Be Involved

If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, we have just the thing for you; join the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Youth Involvement Program.

Selected individuals will:

  • Have free access to all Stampede Events
  • Participate with Stampede Committees
  • Act as an ambassadors of the Stampede
  • Provide the Stampede with feedback from a youth’s perspective

This is an opportunity to have the time of your life, to become knowledgeable and involved with one of the biggest attractions in Southeast Alberta and to represent the youth of the community.

All you have to do is:

  • fill out the Youth Application
  • Email it to the Stampede Office OR
  • Fax it to the Stampede Office at 403.529.6553 OR
  • Mail it to Box 1298, Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 7N1 OR
  • Drop it off at the Stampede Office located at 2055 – 21st Ave SE (located next to the Kinplex)

Volunteer

We need your help

Volunteers spend tremendous time and energy promoting the Stampede and the city of Medicine Hat and area, provide valuable service to the community, and are the foundation of volunteerism at other large special events. If you would like to volunteer with any of our Committees ranging from entertainment to special events to the rodeo, submit your Volunteer Application to the Stampede Office.

Volunteer Committees

  • 50/50
  • Beer
  • Beer Gardens
  • Better Living
  • Box Seat, Dignitaries & Grandstand
  • Casino
  • Chuckwagons
  • Country in the City
  • Entertainment
  • Free Entertainment
  • Grand Entry
  • Green
  • Grounds Beautification
  • Historical & Heritage Resources Management
  • All Breed Horse Show
  • Kiddies Day
  • Lounge
  • Maintenance
  • Outside Gate
  • Parade
  • Beef Pen Show
  • Pioneer Village
  • Promotions
  • Queen Contest
  • Risk Management
  • Rodeo
  • Stampede Summer Jam
  • Store Decorating
  • Youth
  • Visual Arts

Volunteer with us today!

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More ways to get involved

Employment Opportunities

Interested in joining our team of awesome people who keep the Stampede running smoothly?

Please submit a resume with a cover letter to mhstampede@mhstampede.com