Utah Gay Rodeo Association

Utah Gay Rodeo Association UGRA is a nonprofit organization that supports rodeo and country lifestyle while raising money for the community and various causes.

Golden Spike Gay Rodeo Association (GSGRA) was founded in 1979 and operated as a group of local country western g**s helping out the community. They were admitted to IGRA 10 years later in 1989 as the Utah Gay Rodeo Association (UGRA, by this time Golden State Gay Rodeo Association in California, owned the acronym GSGRA) however, they didn’t produce a rodeo until 2000. The association dissolved in

2006. On January 4, 2016 the Utah Gay Rodeo Association (UGRA) was brought back to life, UGRA plans to be admitted to IGRA by Summer 2016.

06/28/2026

We would like to give a big congratulations to our President/ Trustee Steven Housley and our Mr. UGRA 2026 1st Runner-up Scott Reed on their wedding this weekend while at our 4th Annual Gay Rodeo!

We are only a few short days away from our 4th annual Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo! come on out and join us thi...
06/21/2026

We are only a few short days away from our 4th annual Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo! come on out and join us this coming weekend starting on June 25th with our welcome party hosted by "The Outlaw Saloon" kicking off at 8pm. Then you can join us on Friday June 26th at 10am with our first ever rodeo school where you can learn from some of our competitors and officals just a few of our events that we have. Afterwards come back on Saturday and Sunday June 27th and 28th where all the fun in the dirt is happening starting at 10am both days with Grand Entry. We have some amazing competitors coming in from all over the country as well as Canada.

Come on out and celebrate Pride at the 2nd ever West Valley Pride festival happening today. Come stop by, say hello and ...
06/13/2026

Come on out and celebrate Pride at the 2nd ever West Valley Pride festival happening today. Come stop by, say hello and find out about our 4th Annual "Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo" coming up June 26th-28th.

Don't forget to get registered for "Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo" coming up in just 2 short weeks.Pre-registrat...
06/12/2026

Don't forget to get registered for "Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo" coming up in just 2 short weeks.

Pre-registration closes tomorrow June 12th, 2026 at midnight. we will not be allowing late registration for any of the following events; Bull riding, Steer riding, and Ranch Saddle Bronc. There is an exception for Steer riding only for those who attend rodeo school and are new contestants within the IGRA within the last 30 days.

We hope to see ya'll in 2 weeks in beautiful Ogden, UT!

Come on out and join us at the Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo in Ogden, UT this coming June 27th and 28th, with o...
06/08/2026

Come on out and join us at the Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo in Ogden, UT this coming June 27th and 28th, with our first ever rodoe school on June 26th!

Pre-registration is open until this coming friday June 12th.

Please take the time to look at our contestant information on our website about pre-registration if you haven't decided yet.

We hope to see ya'll in a few weeks!

We want to take the time to celebrate and recognize one of our members! He is an amazing represenative of our Associatio...
06/08/2026

We want to take the time to celebrate and recognize one of our members! He is an amazing represenative of our Association across the IGRA not only as a competator but as the President of our Board as well as our Trustee! Lets celebrate him today.

Happy Birthday to the one and only Steven Housley!

06/06/2026

come on out this weekend and say hi to us at the Utah Pride festival happening all weekend. We are located on the Southwest side of the county building! hope to see ya'll out and about this weekend.

Have you ever wanted to learn the ropes of some of the events you see at a gay rodeo? We'll here's your chance to play i...
05/30/2026

Have you ever wanted to learn the ropes of some of the events you see at a gay rodeo? We'll here's your chance to play in the dirt and learn from some of the competitors and officals from within the International Gay Rodeo Association.

Come on out and join the Utah Gay Rodeo Association at our 4th annual "Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo" on Friday June 26th, 2026 as we host our first ever rodeo school. Follow the link below to learn which of our events we will be teaching and to sign-up to play along side the UGRA this coming June at the Golden Spike Event Center.

https://utahgayrodeo.com/rodeo-school/

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P. O. Box 702194
West Valley City, UT
84170

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