Whoop-Up Days
whoopup day annual day exhibition rodeo held lethbridge alberta canada organized lethbridge district exhibition held last full week august event includes parade downtown daily concert bull riding rodeo indoor outdoor trade show livemusic midway citywide pancake breakfast barbecue recordbreaking attendance event numbered previous record set visitor attended economic impact fair amount roughly million spent event operation local visitor first fair held october agricultural ground queen victoria park renamed gyro park included stage presentation travelling show horse racing eight year calgary stampede first largescale rodeo staged part whoopup day festival moved current location exhibition ground east henderson park cancellation – – virtual event held due covid pandemic whoopup day take place exhibition park eastern edge city next henderson park permanent structure site include ft² pavilion complex main north west south pavilion saddle room heritage hall pioneer park grandstand racetrack name “whoopup days” derived nearby national historic site fort whoopup whisky trading outpost hub illicit activity midth century arrival northwest mounted police area lethbridge whoopup trail list festival lethbridge list festival canada § fair exhibition whoopup day