Membership 
An ARGRA member will receive special pricing at many different retail outlets and on all ARGRA events and merchandise. But the most valuable benefit to an ARGRA membership is that it comes with a sense of family. ARGRA's biggest success is the culture and sense of belonging that everyone feels. It's a safe place for cowboys and cowgirls to come together and generate excitement and aware- ness for everyone in the GLBT community.
Volunteering is at the heart of ARGRA. As a volunteer run organization we can always use an extra set of hands! Any volunteer will testify to what a great organization ARGRA is. A great place to meet people, make friends, develop skills and help make our community shine. ARGRA is a family and as a volunteer you are a part of that. Everyone has pride in what they do and it shows! A couple hours of your time may be the best thing you ever did! Drop a note to and get involved!
COME PLAY AT ARGRA! GET INVOLVED!
Any questions or concerns regarding membership and volunteering (status, policy, processing, privacy, etc.) should be directed to the Membership Director. You can contact the Membership Director by:
Mail: ARGRA - Box 2, 223 – 12th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2R 0G9, Canada
Email:
Fax: 403-26-ARGRA (403-262-7472)
ARGRA is active year round and participates in the community. ARGRA is both well known and respected in our local community and well beyond those borders. We are a recognized symbol of western gay culture. Activities:
- Rodeo Clinics
- Horse Club
- Monthly country dances
- Participating in Calgary's Pride Festival
- Participating in Edmonton's Pride Festival
- Western Dance Lessons
- Supporting other GLBT Organizations
We have given back to the community more than $100,000!
Join Us!
ARGRA is a Calgary based not-for-profit society that is 100% volunteer driven. ARGRA was founded in 1991 and the first sanctioned- Canadian Rockies International Rodeo was held in 1994. After years of consistent growth we now have a membership base of over 400. This makes us the largest gay rodeo association in the world!
The Bud Light Canadian Rockies International Rodeo is an International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) sanctioned event encompassing 28 associations with close to 4000 members worldwide.
Canadian Rockies International Rodeo
We proudly boast the most unique rodeo on the IGRA circuit. We are able to offer all our events at one location, no other gay rodeo does this. This makes our event a favourite destination for many of the GLBT rodeo contestants and spectators. It is truly an international event with people coming from all corners of the globe to attend. We expect more than 4000 attendees to come to our events this year.
It all gets underway with Thursday night entertainment. This year we have 4 full nights of live entertainment and dances as well as the Bud Light stage performances. We consistently have the hottest country entertainment, each year upping the ante. Headliner's in recent years include; Emerson Drive, Aaron Pritchett, Farmer's Daughters, Gil Grand, Doc Walker, Lace, Chris Cummings and Julian Austin. The weekend continues with pancake breakfasts, great rodeo events, rodeo entertainment, retail tent, silent auction, dances, and awards partnered with our special brand of western hospitality and great food!
The rodeo has both traditional rodeo events like bull riding, team roping, and barrel racing as well as the popular camp events like goat dressing and wild drag. Getting those undies on a goat is not as easy as you’d think! Our 'Saturday Dance' is always a huge success boasting the largest GLBT event in Alberta!
