Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc.

PR 101: The Astros Could Learn a Lot From Other Houston Team Owners

Fame has a fifteen minute half-life, infamy lasts a little longer. - The Insider Owners of sports franchises never have it easy. From Charlie Thomas to Les Alexander, John McMullen to Drayton McLane, Bud Adams to, yes, even Bob McNair, fans are ruthless and we're talking Houston, not Philadelphia o ... More >>

The Real Reason We Hit Up Rodeo Houston: All the Hotties

Sure, fried dough and mutton-bustin' are entertaining. But there's nothing at Rodeo Houston quite so appealing as the hotties that Houston does best. Read on for some of the finer specimens we discovered over the past few weeks -- just so you know who really stole the show.

Is Tejano Music Completely Dead? We Ask The Experts

In the past decade or so, much has been written about the decline and apparent death of Tejano Music, the much-loved yet all but forgotten genre that mixes traditional conjunto music with modernized, keyboard-driven pop sounds native to the Mexican-American population of South Texas. The Houston ra ... More >>

Cowboy Broc Cresta RIP, Competed in Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Sad news today that professional team roper Broc Cresta was found dead in his living quarters Saturday while in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to compete in the annual Frontier Days rodeo there. The news was confirmed by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association on its Web site. Cresta was only 25 years old ... More >>

Brian Greenhouse: Son of Man Killed on Rodeo Amusement Ride to Get $1.9 Million

A state judge has approved a $1.9 million settlement for the son of the man killed on a Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ride in 2011. Brian Greenhouse, 46, was thrown 28 feet to his death on the Hi-Miler roller coaster at the 2011 rodeo. His family sued the rodeo and Ray Cammack Shows, which oper ... More >>

Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs

TX Wine Lover: As the still youthful Texas wine industry continues to grow and find its footing (shifting away from the California Chardonnay-Cabernet-Sauvignon-Merlot paradigm), a handful of European grape varieties (beyond the classics of Bordeaux and Burgundy) have emerged as winners. Their succe ... More >>

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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: These Are the Maps You Need

It's coming. Soon you will be able to inhale the sweet smell of dung, fried food and amusement-ride grease as you enjoy the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It's easy to get lost or, more likely, miss something at the Rodeo -- you can be forgiven for thinking there's not much more to it than the M ... More >>

Wine of the Week: Another Oaky Buttery Chardonnay

Photo by Jeremy Parzen.The marketing campaign by Educated Guess wines is one of the most successful in recent history.​Yesterday, after arriving at the Newark, NJ airport from Milan, Italy (where I admired a statue of Leonardo da Vinci across from the famous Scala opera house), I headed straig ... More >>

Brian Greenhouse: Hi-Miler Roller Coaster Death Ruled an Accident

Jeff BalkeThe Hi-Miler, subject of a wrongful-death lawsuit.​The death of the man who was thrown from the Hi-Miler roller coaster during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been ruled an accident. Brian Greenhouse, 46, fell 28 feet to his death in March, resulting in lawsuits that keep t ... More >>

Rodeo Houston a Bit Too Highfalutin for the Wall Street Journal

Cowboys don't drink wine? Thems fightin' words.​The Wall Street Journal on Friday ran a story about the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo containing two things we thought we would never see. First, we never thought anyone would accuse the rodeo of being erudite. Second, we never imagined it w ... More >>

Man Dies from Roller Coaster Fall at Rodeo Houston

Photo by Jeff BalkeThe HiMiler taken at last year's rodeo carnival.​A man fell 28 feet to his death from the HiMiler roller coaster in the waning moments of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo season. The 46-year-old was given CPR at the scene before being taken to the hospital, where he wa ... More >>

Food Fight: Fried Rodeo Fare

​ Fried delicacies abound at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, so what better place to do a little food fighting? To locate the stands we visited, click here. Battle Corndogs (Yoakum Packing Co. vs. Cajun Unlimited) What rodeo trip would be complete without scarfing down a corndog--or ... More >>

Blanco's Honky-Tonk Hot Streak Finally Runs Out

Stephanie Meza​Lonesome Onry and Mean recently opined that one of the reasons honky-tonk bands are back in vogue in Houston is that some of the better musicians in town have gravitated to honky-tonk bands in the last couple of years. It had been a long stretch since we had seen a country band ... More >>

Selling Aussie Dreams at the Houston Rodeo

Photo by Hallie Jordan​In its celebration of all things cowboy, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the perfect venue for someone like Paul Watkins, an Australian now living in San Antonio. Watkins is holding down a booth in the Reliant Center. He's there selling the chance to spend days ... More >>

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade

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Wine of the Week: Super Bowl Wines

​In honor of Super Bowl Sunday this weekend, we're continuing to bring you the latest and greatest in Super Bowl-ready wine. Odd Pair has featured Buffalo wings with red wine and nachos with white. Today, Wine of the Week has found two easygoing red wines to pair with just about anything you p ... More >>

Suck It, Dallas: The Rodeo Outdraws The State Fair

​The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo was the nation's biggest fair in 2009, an industry publication has declared.Carnival Warehouse, which sounds like the kind of place that has cheap late-night advertising for kuh-waaazy prices on merry-go-rounds, but is actually a publication that tracks the ... More >>

It's Brodeo Time! RodeoHouston Announces Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Brooks & Dunn for 2010

Daniel KramerThe Jonas Brothers at RodeoHouston 2009​ Monday morning, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced the first four entertainers next March's musical entertainment at Reliant Stadium. Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, and Brooks & Dunn have all been tapped to perform at ... More >>

Mariachi Rodeo -- The Torch Has Been Passed To A New Generation

Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezMeet Houston's newest mariachi - Catalina Garcia of Mariachi Hermosura. "I've only been playing in the group for four, almost five months now," she tells Hair Balls backstage at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's Mariachi Invitational competition. Hermosura isn't i ... More >>

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The Russians are Coming! (The Russian circus, that is.)

Random Rodeo and The End of NoTsuOh?

25 facts about Houston's biggest show

"Chili When It's Chilly" Chili Cook-off

January in Houston is when Rodeo season really starts to kick in. One of the most popular events is the "Chili When It's Chilly" Chili Cook-off sponsored by the Baytown/Highlands Subcommittee of the Houston Metro Go Texan Committee. This year's event took place January 9 and 10 at San Jacinto Mall ... More >>

The Astrodome Keeps Crumbling Along

Tex-Mex Temples: Combo Platters of Hopes and Dreams

Bayousphere: Rough Riders at the Houston Rodeo

After rolling around in the dirt, these cowboys and cowgirls clean up pretty well

Dog Abuse Bad. Cow Abuse Awesome.

Hannah from Heaven

The Rodeo saves local parents from a winter of sulking. But what's this whole Miley Cyrus thing about, anyway?

Horse Shrift

Too Much Information

Does "The Big Show" really give artists a chance?

Crazy ´Bout Alan

Cowboy Clips

All's Mel

Bite the Bone!

Give Us the Bird

Beyond the Bovine

Christian cowboys, carnivals and Chianti await you at the rodeo

Disc-o Mania

Catch a game of Frisbee golf

Bar Brawl

Fighters duke it out in no-holds-barred cage matches

Barbecue in Black and White

Carving the racism out of Texas barbecue mythology

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Shine your boots and bust out your cowboy hat -- it's that rodeo time of year

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Rodeo's Gonna Git You, Sucka

When the Fat Show calls, you better answer

Color-Coded Rodeo

The livestock show's heritage nights are called "outreach" by some and "de facto segregation" by others

Ruffled Feathers

The Dixie Chicks and other musicians are fighting for their rights -- and a bigger check

Wide-Open Spaces

Rodeo retailers are sweating over business, while some commuting fans just sweat

Shake Your Sheilas

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