Come celebrate the history and heritage of the American Cowboy at the National Day of The American Cowboy (NDAC). Voted best cowboy tribute event in the nation by American Cowboy Magazine, NDAC gives families and the general public the opportunity to experience and appreciate the role cowboys and cowgirls of all ethnicities have played and continue to play in everyday life.
Free activities and contests include watermelon eating, seed-spitting, cow chip throwing and buckaroo coloring among others. There will also be a cowboy celebration parade, Cowboy karaoke and gunfight shows.
Schedule of Events:
- 10:00 World Championship Hay Stacking Contest
3 man teams compete for $400.00 cash
- 10:00- 4:00 Bill Picket Pictorial Exhibit– FREE
Learn about the life of the famous Bill Picket
- 10:00-4:00 Cow Milking Contest – FREE
Milk the cow the fastest and win a prize!
- 10:30- 12:30 Chuck Wagon Demonstration with Corn Hole Games- FREE
Learn about cooking on trails and taste the desert of the West while enjoying various games
- 11:30 Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drive followed by the Cowboy Celebration Parade -FREE
Cowboy Celebration Parade,
- 12:00 Watermelon Eating Contests – FREE
Yum! Eat your watermelon the fastest and you win!
- 12:00- 1:00 “Tip to Tip” Guessing Contest- FREE
Guess the measurement of the horns and win a unique prize! Winners announced at 1pm
- 12:00 Cowboy Karaoke- FREE
Sing your best country tunes way and win some great prizes!
- 1:00-3:00 Quick Draw Cap Gun Contest- FREE
Are you the fastest draw in the West? Prove it!
Watermelon Eating Contest
- 1:30 Seed Spitting Contest – FREE
- 1:30 – 2:30 Fort Worth Herd CowCamp – FREE
Learn to swing a rope and learn about life on the trail
- 1:30 Cow Chip Throwing Contest – FREE
- 2:00- 3:00 Legends of Texas Live Performance- FREE
- 2:30-3:30 1800’s Historical Fashion Show – FREE
- 2:30 Riscky’s Rib Eating Contest – FIRST 20 CONTESTANTS
Eat finger lickin’ good ribs for prizes! MUST BE 18 YEARS AND OLDER
Riscky’s Rib Eating Contest
- 4:00 Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drive – FREE
Day comes to an end
*All contest winners will be announced at the conclusion of their contest. Must be present to win prizes.*
ADDITIONAL EVENTS:
- Pawnee Bill Wild West Show at Cowtown Coliseum at 2:30 & 4:30 pm.
For tickets and more information contact (817) 625-1025.
- Bill Pickett History Wall Museum 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Located inside the Cowtown Coliseum – free and open to the public
Cow Chip Throwing Contest
- Everyone wearing a cowboy hat gets in free to Billy Bob’s Texas until 5 pm.
- Stockyards Rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum at 8pm.
For tickets and more information contact (817) 625-1025.
- Legends of Texas gunfight shows at 11:00 AM & 4:15 PM inside Stockyards Station.
- Stagecoach rides, Petting Zoo, Grapevine Vintage Railroad and MORE!
