CALGARY There will be a parade to launch the upcoming Calgary Stampede, but it won’t include hundreds of thousands of fans lining the city’s downtown streets. Stampede officials announced Wednesday that the parade, set for July 9, will be virtual and will still include floats, marching bands and riders travelling through the Stampede grounds […]
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The Calgary Stampede unveiled the 2021 Stampede Poster, showing Katari Right Hand, a 17-year-old fancy dancer from the Siksika First Nation, in Calgary, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh June 09, 2021 - 8:14 AM
CALGARY - There will be a parade to launch the upcoming Calgary Stampede, but it won t include hundreds of thousands of fans lining the city s downtown streets.
Stampede officials announced Wednesday that the parade, set for July 9, will be virtual and will still include floats, marching bands and riders travelling through the Stampede grounds to kick off of the 10-day world-renowned rodeo and fair.
The parade will be broadcast on Global television.