It's time to party with your boots on, because today is opening day! Who's excited that rodeo season has finally returned?
HOUSTON, Texas -- After COVID-19 caused a shake-up the past two years, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is officially back! Tonight is opening night.The parade this past weekend was just a tease for what is to come over the next few weeks.ABC13 got a chance to speak to show opener, Cody Johnson, as he rode a horse through downtown Houston this weekend."It's an amazing honor. I worked a long time for this, to be doing this, to be part of the great city of Houston.
"I don't care where you are coming from, you could be from New York, you could come from England, but we put on our cowboy hat, our jeans and our cowboy boots and we show up," Turner said."It just reflects who we are as a community." Rodeo officials say more than 150,000 people attended the Bar-B-Que cookoff over the weekend, and the Rodeo Uncorked Wine tasting event brought in nearly half a million dollars just from the top two wines.Gates open to the public at 2 p.m. Monday. The rodeo events start at 6:45 p.m., and Cody Johnson will hit the stage around 8:45 p.m.For more on this story, follow Jeff Ehling on