The rumors of the death of the Fiesta rodeo might be premature. A post at Facebook late Monday night stated, “Fiesta Stock Horse Show and Rodeo Concludes Historic 100-Year Run” and then doubled down on Tuesday, with a post stating, “Unfortunately, this is not an April Fools’ joke.”
However, this year’s El Presidente, Fritz Olenberger, told the Independent more positively if cautiously, “We may have a rodeo this year.”
A press release from both Old Spanish Days, which puts on Santa Barbara’s Fiesta celebrations, and Earl Warren Showgrounds, which hosts the rodeo, stated they were “saddened to share that the Fiesta Stock Horse Show & Rodeo will not be producing a rodeo this year. The event, under this entity, is no longer viable for a variety of reasons…