Walker Hayes and LIVE competitions: Inside the Houston Rodeo on March 4

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 21: Walker Hayes performs onstage during the 2021 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 21, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MRC) (Kevin Winter, 2021 Getty Images)

HOUSTON – It’s SATURDAY! If you’re headed out to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo today you’re in for a weekend treat! Here’s a lineup of fun if you’re planning to go out to NRG.

Here’s what you can expect to enjoy at today’s Houston Rodeo lineup.

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Events throughout the day:

7:00 a.m. - Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest (Senior College) Martin Preferred Foods

8:00 a.m. - Cattle Show: International Brangus & Red Brangus Female (Ultra Female Show immediately following NRG Center - Main Arena (East Side)

8:00 a.m. - Cattle Show: Beefmaster Show NRG Center - Main Arena (West Side)

8:00 a.m. - Contest: 4-H/FFA Floriculture Judging NRG Center - Rooms 202 - 205

8:00 a.m. - Contest: 4-H/FFA Nursery Landscape Judging NRG Center - Rooms 602 - 603

9:00 a.m. - Contest: Intercollegiate Meat Judging (Junior College) Martin Preferred Foods

9:00 a.m. - Contest: 4-H/FFA Range & Pasture Plant ID Judging NRG Center - Rooms 2 & 3

9:00 a.m. - Ranching & Wildlife Poster Board Competition Presentations NRG Center - Room 207

9:00 a.m. - AGVENTURE, presented by Oxy NRG Center

9:00 a.m. - Farming Simulator Experience, Presented by Giants Software NRG Center

9:00 a.m. - Petting Zoo The Junction

10:00 a.m. - Youth Rabbit Show: Meat Pen NRG Arena - Hall B

10:00 a.m. - Youth Rabbit Show: Cavy Show NRG Arena - Hall B

10:00 a.m. - The Junction Carnival (closes at midnight) The Junction

10:00 a.m. - Carnival (closes at midnight) NRG Park

10:00 a.m. - Ranching & Wildlife Expo (closes at 7 p.m.) NRG Center

10:00 a.m. - Rodeo Read Along (11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m.) NRG Center

10:00 a.m. - Milking Parlour Demonstrations NRG Center

10:00 a.m. - Born to Buck® presented by Oxy The Junction

10:00 a.m. - Fun on the Farm The Junction

10:00 a.m. - Shopping & Dining NRG Arena, NRG Center & NRG Park

10:00 a.m. - Coca Cola Icehouse Outside NRG Stadium, East Side

10:00 a.m. - Miller Time Bar

11:00 a.m. - Family Entertainment (hourly, ends at 7 p.m.) The Junction

11:00 a.m. - Contest: 4-H/FFA Range & Pasture Plant ID Judging Awards NRG Center - Rooms 2 & 3

11:00 a.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

11:00 a.m. - Extreme Dogs The Junction

11:00 a.m. - Milking Parlour Demonstrations NRG Center

11:00 a.m. - Champion Wine Garden, Presented by Frost Bank Champion Wine Garden

11:30 a.m. - Pig Races, sponsored by HEYDUDE The Junction

12:00 p.m. - Milking Parlour Demonstrations NRG Center

12:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

12:00 p.m. - Contest:4-H/FFA Floriculture Judging Awards NRG Center - Rooms 602 - 603

12:00 p.m. - Contest:4-H/FFA Nursery Landscape Judging Awards NRG Center - Rooms 602 - 603

12:00 p.m. - Horse Show: Ranch Rodeo - Go Round Three NRG Arena

12:00 p.m. - Live Music: John Egan Carruth Plaza, Acoustic Stage

12:30 p.m. - Pig Races, sponsored by HEYDUDE The Junction

1:00 p.m. - Ranching & Wildlife Video and Poster Awards NRG Center - Main Arena

1:00 p.m. - Live Music: Retro Radio Carruth Plaza, Main Stage

1:00 p.m. - Extreme Dogs The Junction

1:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

1:30 p.m. - Pig Races, sponsored by HEYDUDE The Junction

2:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

2:00 p.m. - Milking Parlour Demonstrations NRG Center

2:30 p.m. - Cattle Show: Santa Gertrudis NRG Center - Main Arena (East Side)

2:30 p.m. - Cattle Show: Braunvieh (Followed by Braunvieh Beef Builder Show) NRG Center - Main Arena (West Side)

3:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

3:30 p.m. - Pig Races, sponsored by HEYDUDE The Junction

4:00 p.m. - Milking Parlour Demonstrations NRG Center

4:00 p.m. - Extreme Dogs The Junction

4:00 p.m. - Celebrity Dairy Goat Milking Contest NRG Center – East Arena

4:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

4:30 p.m. - Pig Races, sponsored by HEYDUDE The Junction

5:00 p.m. - Youth Rabbit Show: Meat Pen Awards NRG Arena - Hall B

5:00 p.m. - Milking Parlour Demonstrations NRG Center

5:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

5:30 p.m. - Pig Races, sponsored by HEYDUDE The Junction 6:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

6:00 p.m. - Milking Parlour Demonstrations NRG Center

6:00 p.m. - Extreme Dogs The Junction

6:30 p.m. - Pig Races, sponsored by HEYDUDE The Junction

7:00 p.m. - Cattle Sale: Brangus NRG Center – East Arena

7:00 p.m. - Mutton Bustin’, presented by H-E-B The Junction

7:30 p.m. - Drone Show over the Arena NRG Arena

8:00 p.m. - Horse Show: Ranch Rodeo - Finals NRG Arena

Events at the music venues:

3:45 p.m. Super Series II, Round 2, followed by Walker Hayes in concert NRG Stadium

6:00 p.m. - Walker Hayes NRG Stadium

6:00 p.m. - Live Music: The Southern Frontmen Carruth Plaza, Acoustic Stage

6:00 p.m. - Live Music: David Adam Byrnes Carruth Plaza, Main Stage

7:30 p.m. - Live Music: The C.I.T.Y The Junction

8:30 p.m. - Live Music: Gunnar Latham NRG Park

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Briana Zamora-Nipper joined the KPRC 2 digital team in 2019. When she’s not hard at work in the KPRC 2 newsroom, you can find Bri drinking away her hard earned wages at JuiceLand, running around Hermann Park, listening to crime podcasts or ransacking the magazine stand at Barnes & Noble.