CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Grab your cowboy boots and hat — the Daddy of 'Em All is just around the corner and Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) has announced its 2024 night show schedule.
The Turnpike Troubadours kick off the 128th annual CFD on Friday, July 19.
Thomas Rhett performs the final night on Saturday, July 27.
Other headliners this summer include Jelly Roll, Jason Aldean, Machine Gun Kelly, T-Pain, Ludacris, and Lainey Wilson.
Red Clay Strays, Chase Matthew, Warren Zeiders, and Flatland Cavalry are also scheduled to perform at CFD in 2024.
Tickets for the Frontier Nights shows go on sale Thursday, March 14, at 9 a.m. at CFDRodeo.com.
The 128th annual Cheyenne Frontier Days opens Friday, July 19, and runs through Sunday, July 28.
Cheyenne Frontier Days 2024
Frontier Nights schedule
- Friday, July 19 — Turnpike Troubadours and Red Clay Strays
- Saturday, July 20 — Jason Aldean and Chase Matthew
- Sunday, July 21 — Jelly Roll and Warren Zeiders
- Monday, July 22 — Professional Bull Riders
- Tuesday, July 23 — Professional Bull Riders
- Wednesday, July 24 — Machine Gun Kelly
- Thursday, July 25 — T-Pain and Ludacris
- Friday, July 26 — Lainey Wilson and Flatland Cavalry
- Saturday, July 27 — Thomas Rhett
Held the last full week of July, CFD is a huge, 10-day western celebration.
The event has been held every July since 1897, except for 2020, so that Cheyenne can celebrate its Old West roots. Frontier Days carried on through both World Wars and the Great Depression, when tough finances prompted it to become a mostly volunteer-run festival of rodeo, music concerts, parades and other events.
In addition to the world-class Frontier Nights entertainment acts, the event offers the world's largest outdoor rodeo – which draws the top pros who compete for more than $1 million in prize money. A Frontier Days belt buckle is among the most coveted prizes in rodeo.
A complete CFD schedule and event tickets can be found at CFDRodeo.com.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron will once again be the headline act of the Wings Over Warren airshow in Cheyenne in 2024, a year after its performance and the show were canceled.
The Thunderbirds' 2024 schedule includes their traditional performance at the Air Force Academy graduation in May in Colorado Springs and a July return to Cheyenne.
The Wyoming airshow, which typically takes place during Cheyenne Frontier Days, is scheduled for Wednesday, July 24.
"We are excited to see Cheyenne, Wyoming, and F.E. Warren Air Force Base on the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird’s schedule for 2024," said a statement from the 90th Missile Wing to 9NEWS.
The 2023 Wings Over Warren airshow was canceled in 2023 after the Thunderbirds canceled their appearance. The Thunderbirds determined in 2023 that performing in Cheyenne carried "too much risk with lack of an approved emergency landing airfield nearby," said F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
Construction at Cheyenne's airport closed its runways for several years, but the airport is now back open.
"We know the community greatly missed the air show this past summer. Now that our local airport is repaired and reopened, we are looking forward to a wonderful 'Wings over Warren' performance!" said the 90th Missile Wing.
In 2021 and 2022, the Thunderbirds flew their Wyoming performance out of Northern Colorado Regional Airport in Loveland.
In 2022, one of the Thunderbird’s F-16 aircraft conducted an emergency landing in Fort Collins due to a hydraulic leak, spilling fluids across the runway after it landed. The 90th Missile Wing said this forced the rest of the team to divert across Denver International Airport airspace and land at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, which has the closest necessary safety equipment for F-16 emergency landings.
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