Surviving My First Calgary Stampede! 🇨🇦

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Calgary Stampede - Last year (2023), I was able to experience my first Calgary Stampede up in Alberta, Canada, and it did not disappoint.
Some call it “COWchella” while others refer to it as “the greatest outdoor show on earth.” Either way, it’s something you gotta add to your bucket list.
This year’s Calgary Stampede is July 5-14, and it’ll include all the Western wonder a wannabe cowboy can handle. Rodeos, rides, indigenous culture, food stalls (with Ketchup Ice Cream), and a full-on line up of incredible musical guests.
I wish I knew about the Calgary Stampede when I was 22! This place is insane!
If you like Western culture, music festivals, and/or wild food options, add the Calgary Stampede to your travel plans this summer - trust me. 🙌
For Calgary Stampede 2024 schedule, events, and music guests, you can visit www.calgarystampede.com
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00:00 Calgary Stampede Teaser
00:17 Calgary Stampede Introduction
01:26 Stampede Pancake Breakfast
3:04 Custom Cowboy Hats at Smithbilt Hats
4:58 Cowboy Boots
7:48 Calgary Stampede Rodeo
9:48 First Nations Elbow River Camp
11:34 Calgary Stampede Midway Food Tour
14:22 Nashville North Party
16:17 Shaq Concert
18:00 Mini Donuts Outro
19:08 Bloopers

[@GarethLeonard]

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[@XNDUIWOfficial]

I'm one of the locals of Calgary, and attended it for well over a decade.

[@muddyotterspottery569]

Life long Calgarian here. You done us proud!

[@nodrogytsirk]

Family reunion - Canada, Scotland and Australia - and we are going to the 2024 Stampede! Can’t wait to go with my family! First time for all of us.

[@the_clueless_traveller]

The girl in the boot store understood the assignment!

[@TheKeafun]

This year 2024 Stampede is going to be one of the best and finest in the entire history of Stampede! you do not want to miss this expanded and the most special Calgary Exhibition & Stampede in the entire world! I know becuase I live here and host soo many amazing guests!!!

[@DarcySchewalje]

Please explain what will be so different from other years?

[@jasonbrophy7921]

Minus any water usage to wash anything down after all the drunks puke everywhere

[@chiyanlai1566]

I'm good, thinks, I prefer just miss this one

[@bmint]

@@DarcySchewaljethe energy has been different! It has been chill, it will continue to be chill.. It’s a good family event! And it will continue to be! 😜

[@mitchfancey3356]

16:20 Gareth sounds like he has had some wobbly pops ! welcome to the stampede !

[@user-ff5jc4le8m]

What an experience!! So good!! Thank you for sharing

[@norcalrob2002]

Excellent. I am glad I was able to virtually tag along!

[@joyhowes999]

Thank you for representing my community #indigenous

[@bmint]

Thank you for coming and supporting this great city and province! The Calgary stampede is absolutely incredible! And so chill this year! Enjoy it and be safe! ❤

[@ed_leonardi]

Great episode, Gareth, the quality of the content and production is off the charts!!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Great stuff Gareth, looks like a super fun time and amazing editing.

[@amberbigplume4863]

Great video! Thank you for joining us at the Elbow River Camp!

[@davey_gravy]

So happy I got to meet you this trip! This video is so awesome, come back for the next stampede!!!!

[@norquay626]

I've been following you for a long time and love watching your content and your journey. I'm from Calgary and live very close to the Market Mall. There is so much happening here during the Stampede. The Stampede is amazing and I hope you were able to get to a night at the rodeo. I have always believe the heart of the Stampede though is the community events that go on continuously all over the city during the whole time. It pulls this city together through the good times and the bad and pulls alot of the rest of Alberta into it as well. I hope you have more content coming soon. Keep it up Gareth and love the hat!

[@ColleenBeattie-wt9iu]

I’m in Calgary too! Right by Chinook Mall!

[@bmint]

Calgary stampede is the most Calgary thing you could think of 😜 I love it ❤

[@Smucko1]

Love your videos, they’ve helped me make numerous decisions on my European travels! Used to live in Calgary and happy you got to experience the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth!! 😃

[@annafree1004]

Welcome to calgary!!! It really is the best time

[@aaronthedj12]

Welcome to my home. I've been a DJ in Calgary for over 25 years. Too many Stampede events to count. Lol Happy you enjoyed the Greatest Outdoor show on Earth! Yahoo

[@karenrn5607]

Great job!! ❤

[@LoveRodeoGirls]

It's nice to see people celebrating the western way. I always watch the Calgary stampede on TV

[@beverlycompertore7428]

Great video Gareth! 46 years ago we were at the stampede for our honeymoon. Things have changed a bit!

[@yellowgreen2378]

This is so well made! I really struggle with long videos cuz i get distracted/bored but i went through all of this is just one sitting!❤

[@donbrown14]

Now that was fun.

[@tacoutdoors5085]

Dude you were lit by then end. Thanks for the video and coming to Canada.

[@drewesalahor4857]

Hahaha! Funny to see Jay here, looking good bud

[@Abdullasaqer02]

Nice. Alot of fun

[@1realinvestor]

Amazing video of the famous Stampede.

[@HotelSeptember]

Hat looks dope!

[@lurategh]

The boots and hats genuinely look amazing. I'd love to own high quality and well-crafted items such as those even though I'm so far from being a cowgirl lol. Can't wait for the cowboy episode!

[@Evasiblings]

It’s awesome

[@MultiCowboy2012]

Been there.done that. Best years of my life.

[@tamathacookphr-cashrm-cp9907]

Omg. You are so cute your positivity is infectious.

[@tssnaidu]

Great information great video

[@jasonbrophy7921]

BYOW 💦💧thanks for cutting pipe inspections during your run Nenshi

[@poshshredz]

Forgot to mention all the music festival tents off the grounds around downtown

[@catherinewardwell2117]

Omg I’m going this July for the first time, and I’ve lived 3 hours away for 18 years!! No excuse. Taking my 13 year old and stoked for this review:)

[@corvoattano5313]

I loved seeing my Indigenous family represented!! Thank you!

[@Emperor_Shao_Kahn]

yeah i like how also 9/10 of the homeless drug addicts are also that same race, represent!

[@LakeConstan]

Gareth, that was just wonderful. An intelligent, entertaining video, beautifully shot and edited. I don't know whether you know this, but a lot of people in the big cities of central Canada absolutely despise Alberta and Albertans. This video shows just how wrong they are. Clearly, Calgary rocks and you'd have to be a loser NOT to enjoy yourself at the Stampede.

[@DBistrov]

Great job on promoting Great North, Calgary Alberta. As Calgarian myself, all this “greatest show on earth “ is about single people who have deep pockets. We , many as I am, mostly leave town to avoid all this crowd and expensive visit to the Stampede grounds. Yahoo

[@c.curmudgeon2834]

You beat me too this comment, I try and spend as little time as possible in Calgary during the stampede. It was fun as I first moved to Calgary, now it's an over priced night out where you're spending time around drunks. The parking is horrible if you're unfortunate to live nearby the grounds as everyone wants free parking, everyone pretends to be a cowboy as they have no clue about what's involved, and most of all it's insanely expensive with you getting less and less each year. I call it Western Halloween

[@laurencekevingarcia772]

😂😂😂 Great Editing on Dancing

[@darlawittmier1793]

How much fun. I want to go

[@brandonmoore2237]

Awesome episode, man! Not gonna lie, the Calgary Stampede isn't something that was on my radar but it looks like a lot of fun! I loved seeing the Indigenous representation there and seeing you get your hat and boots. And how awesome is it that the man Shaquille O'Neal was there?! So cool! Love this episode. Beautifully shot and so informative!

[@subspace666]

sounds like a nice weekend and a place i would go looks like great fun but i am french Canadian so i would probably get shot. :P

[@pattiphillips7082]

@subspace666 Calgary and Quebec City are sister cities. Bonhomme is even in the parade most years. All are welcome at the Stampede. Come, it is a blast

[@ColleenBeattie-wt9iu]

This is where I live!

[@tsho08]

How did I end up getting this video in my feed and I see the lovely Jay Mcdonald on my screen. Looking good fine sir!

[@chowmarina008]

Ive been in calgary for 3 years and never been to stampede cuz its either i pay my rent or go to stampede. I think what i have to do is start saving from the year before.

[@john_vowles]

Ahhh shaq and his dubstep set LOL

[@LyslScentedLife]

So geyyyyy 😂

[@MickAngelhere]

Wow that is one epic rodeo, I’ve been to rodeo’s here in Australia but nothing on a scale like that. I used to ride horses when I was kid and have had my own rodeo’s, when some horses decided to try and buck me off. Never got thrown off , just hung and enjoyed the ride and afterwards they get tired of trying to get rid of me and then start behaving.👍

[@deborahgodley6980]

Ha Ha! This is NOTHING like Coachella.You should go,Gareth,and do a video from there.❤

[@fropen3401]

I went to Coachella in 2007, 2010 and 2019. First 2 times were awesome, the last time was a completely different atmosphere. It went from music fans and hippies to way too many social media influencers and instagram models that were more interested in the perfect costume and getting photos for clout and wouldn’t even stay for the music. It was bizarre to me and the whole thing felt pretentious. I still had fun but it’s lost the original spirit

[@tgrover96]

So happy to see you showing acknowledgment to the indigenous communities !

[@stargazer5073]

Land of my people, you're surrounded by my relatives.

[@patrickcoreilly]

They do rthis in San Antonio Texas in February. Pretty much the same thing for Rodeo week.

[@pattiphillips7082]

Do 300,000 people line the parade route? . Calgary Stampede had 1,384,632 people pass through the gates over 10 days in 2023. It truly is the greatest outdoor show on earth.

[@Notimetoplaywu]

It's not the same 🇨🇦🍻

[@RSVD84]

If you want to see a lot of people gather with powwows go to Albuquerque, NM to gatherings of nations. This year the dates are April 25-27.

[@georgioantoine4194]

what G master lens is that at 19:41?

[@hughmann1908]

Gotta love Canadian women!

[@allanhijeherrera]

See you here in July?? || I am proud permanent resident here in Calgary Alberta 🇨🇦 From the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@robbalinski1606]

I cant believe I was in Calgary and completely skipped the stampede....that was a mistake.

[@terriweaver6981]

💖💘💖

[@MiikesCollectables]

The Calgary Scampede 😂

[@jasonszeto7790]

Wow shaq was there .

[@user-op5uw4hc2n]

i live in calgary

[@Ryan2bsu]

Shaq Diesel!!!

[@JonatanBarrientosHernandez]

Gotta wear jeans that go over your boots!!!

[@ronaldmiller2740]

GARETH,, WOW!!! WHAT A GREAT VIDEO,,,WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FOOD !!!! YOU MAKE A SEXY ,COW BOY!! HA!! ,, I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOU TO FEEL MUCH BETTER,, YES !! LIVE UP A GREAT LIFE ... AMEN,, G d BLESS...

[@Diamon.d]

The ice cream was the worst. No idea why they decided to make ketchup and mustard and I love ketchup lol

[@NATURE-1M.]

🌎🌍🌏🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@seap9570]

The cowgirls are killer hot

[@Rhdlm-yo1tv]

Wrap it up…plenty of STI around 😂

[@VodkaSoda]

15:20👀

[@c.curmudgeon2834]

Isn't the stampede in July, we're in April and this was uploaded 10 days ago. Maybe he can show us his time machine too.

[@Smucko1]

He mentions on the video it was from 2023. You weren’t listening. Lol

[@c.curmudgeon2834]

​@@Smucko1The video title didn't and it was posted a few days ago, back to the tine machine comment.

[@senorgato70]

So this is a year ago?

[@GarethLeonard]

Yes, this was from 2023!

[@evanlloyd2870]

bro posted this hella late

[@Fake2JZ]

Kinda like CNE

[@smokeylovesfire1589]

Been to this several times and there is not a real cowboy in sight. Just wanna be boys playing cowboy.

[@tomxander7086]

Your blind as a BAT!! Lots of real Cowboys around Stampede time.. I live here, I know. This is where the real Ranchers converge ounce a year.. (Not just Joe Public) You see them around the track and pubs and all over town... DUH!!!

[@viengkhaidaraseng8608]

Shaq 😂

[@kowkunt8710]

Yes You will need $1000.00 more dollars this year then last and get less for your money.!

[@juliopaez4516]

Great video as always but damn, the ratio of beautiful women was insane

[@FM-db3ft]

Looks like you couldn’t wear the boots for too long.

[@justkevinthings8052]

No , it’s nothing like cochella haha

[@michaeljacobs8458]

The only way your going to survive Is moving to Alberta

[@skinnflint]

Gross

[@jmaraboli1394]

Not even close to coachella lmao 😂

[@nwc3270]

Drink triples, see double, act single, yahoo

[@trollwarlord4556]

many hot chix 🔥😍

[@Satisfyingtoday]

$100 hot dog. Yeah nah

[@MyghtyMykey]

Why is he pronouncing it KELgary? its an "A" not an "E"

[@bmint]

Real cowboys wear loose boots.. not for walking, for riding.. So if you fall you don’t get dragged.. But you need Comfort for walking.. Tight boots are good for that.. But still wrong.. Nothing beats a good pair of sneakers 😂

[@pingpong9656]

Trudeau can't show his face in the stampede because he would be BOOED out of the province.... LOL

[@yannickvilleneuve3834]

Canada's coachella ? Didnt know Coachella was a country festival ?

[@MyghtyMykey]

There's more than just country music at the Stampede.

[@Ama40401]

Rodeos- a place where grown adults play dress up and watch animals being abused for entertainment… if you disagree, imagine a human in their place of the animal and tell me if it’s humane.. just a couple years ago a calf had its neck broke in the middle of a rodeo in Canada, even after the snap, the ass hole continued to wrangle the poor baby..

[@780biggz9]

I’m so sorry you had to experience this…

[@archiec8391]

Make sure you get your tetanus shot, and load up on penicillin before you come. It’s not like it used to be sadly….

[@jadebennett-jr8er]

Get soft leather boots… breakin in boots suck

[@trevor437]

Used to be fun until torontonians moved to Calgary during covid and ruined the city. Now the only way to get a real western experience in calgary is by leaving it. Pray to God that torontonians don't start buying there.

[@mrowniii]

Stampede is overrated. This is how boring people party.

[@XXLbeanz]

Shut up

[@XXLbeanz]

Shut up

[@EPiche09]

This is some straight up American cultural appropriation.

[@MyghtyMykey]

News flash, ranching culture exists all over the world.

[@bigfellaoo7]

Those hats you bought how much did they cost?.

[@suddenlysolo2170]

I lived in Calgary in the 80's and went to the Stampede one year - and left after about an hour. Not an experience I ever want to repeat.

[@jamesfowler1955]

This should be called the greatest Outdoor rip-off Show on Earth, the Calgary Stampede makes too much money to have their prices as high as they are

[@tristangross199]

That's how it should be. Imagine how jam-packed it would be if you had 2 dollar hotdogs and beers. Plus, it honestly keeps bum's.

[@YYC403NOYP]

Just ignore it and live in peace.

[@newfie-dean5803]

Everything in Canada is a rip off…

[@sassafrass241]

Same with K-Days. It’s sick what used to be a family fun event is now out of reach for so many people.

[@MrLennybach]

😂😂😂 you are poor, not our problem.

[@JamesFowler-fn6le]

The biggest and greatest rip-off outdoor Rodeo show in the world.