DAYTON–Plans are under way for hooves and horsehide in Dayton this coming Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 and 27, for the 2023 Dayton Days-Columbia County Fair Assoc. Rodeo.

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Dayton Days will put on a two-day rodeo on May 26-27 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds.

Officers and board members of Dayton Days Inc. met earlier this week to discuss details surrounding the Memorial Day celebration. The nonprofit corporation, which put on a weekend of pari-mutuel horse racing for over nine decades, collaborates with the local fair association to put on the rodeo.

In the works is a two-day rodeo, the first round beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 26, for the evening show, and the final round getting going at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 27, shortly after the Dayton Days Parade, set for 10 a.m. on Main Street downtown.

Admission will be $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and youth (8-16), and seven and under are free.

Plans are in the works for numerous vendors, a beer garden and mechanical bull.

Rodeo contractor will be Bar X Ranches, LLC and Shamrock Rodeo.