Going Texan at Houston’s Livestock Show and Rodeo

Find flight tickets cheap and get in touch with your inner Texan

What better reason to get cheap flights to Houston than to check out the city’s annual Livestock Show and Rodeo?

This festival is well-known across Texas and America and has been running since 1938. At 2011’s festival, there were a whopping two million people in the estimated total attendance. The upcoming Livestock Show and Rodeo will be from February 28 to March 18 of 2012, but it’s never too early to start searching for your cheap tickets to Houston. Book early and there’s no doubt you’ll find airline tickets for cheap and be sure about being there to enjoy the show.

Learn your livestock terminology and see the noble animals of the American south and west at the Livestock Show and Auctions. You’ll be having fun after your flights to Houston and learning about Texan traditions all day at the rodeo events. Watch Tie-Down Roping, Bareback Riding, Steer Wrestling, Wagon Races, Barrel Racing, and more. In addition to the spectator sports, the festival offers all kinds of fun events and competitions that guests can participate in. Get your Texan on at the Dominoes Tournament and Quilt Contest or try your hand at Horseshoe Pitching and Washer Pitching. You just might win some prizes and make your cheap flight tickets really worth the money!

Besides the Rodeo, Horse Show and Livestock Show, visitors can enjoy a star-studded concert lineup. Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, and Reba McEntire have been some of the festival performers in recent years and the festival has its own Star Trail of Fame. And don’t worry about going hungry - you’ll find all kinds of sweet southern treats at the festival, from Tex-Mex dishes to classic southern desserts to Houston’s famous ‘bar-b-que’. There are all kinds of prices, so you can get your airline tickets for cheap and try some great Texan dishes at budget-friendly prices too. Admission tickets to the festival itself range from $18 to $300, depending on the seats you choose for the concerts at Reliant Stadium. Book early to find flight tickets for cheap and you’ll be able to score seating closer to your favorite country stars. There are separate tickets for extra events like the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest.

Since its beginning, this festival has been all about education and preserving America’s southern and western traditions and heritage. Sports like barrel racing and wagon races might have been lost without events like this. Start looking early to get flight tickets for cheap and make sure you don’t miss the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.