Crash Test Dummies to headline Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede night shows

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The rodeo will take over on Friday night.

Canadian blues-based rock band Wide Mouth Mason will open for the Crash Test Dummies on Saturday, July 26.

Night show package tickets go on sale Thursday at an early bird price of $109. The cost will bump up to $129 on March 14.

A price drop compared to the $199 ticket package price of last year should mean a successful slate of concerts, Stampede General Manager Ron Edwards told reporters.

“We really feel that we’re going to do really good there,” Edwards said.

Stampede Princess Charlie Christie unveiled poster boards showing the organization’s events. Eli J. Ridder/CHAT News

Edwards said the number of events taking place over 2025 shows the Stampede is thriving.

“Since COVID…it was tough to start coming back but I think (2023) and (2024), we did everything we did in (2019),” he said.

“And this year it’s even bigger for us because we’ve added three more major events to our calendar. And it takes a lot of staff and a lot of volunteers to do that.”

Stampede Princess Charlie Christie carried out a Stampede tradition by showcasing the Stampede’s events throughout the year by flipping poster boards around.

While most of the events have already been announced, the night shows and the summer fair’s theme were not previously made public.

The Stampede’s spring rodeo runs from April 25 to 27. The World Professional Chuckwagon Association returns to Medicine Hat from June 12 to 15.

Ron Edwards, general manager of the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede, speaks to reporters Tuesday. Eli J. Ridder/CHAT News

The Summer Pro Rodeo will take place at the Stampede week on July 24, 25 and 26.

Two events introduced last year are making a return. Cars and Guitars is taking place Aug. 9 and Indian Relay Racing runs from Aug. 23 to 24.

by Eli J. Ridder

Crash Test Dummies to headline Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede night shows

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