Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse announces 2026 rodeo dinner and dance
The Posse’s Aug. 8 dinner and dance lands in the middle of rodeo weekend, when the parade starts at 10 a.m. and the fair runs Aug. 7-9.
The Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse will invite residents to its 2026 Rodeo Dinner and Dance on Saturday, Aug. 8, placing the gathering in the center of the county’s rodeo weekend and alongside the parade and night rodeo. The timing gives the event a clear role in the late-summer calendar, not as a side note but as part of the buildup to one of Los Alamos County’s biggest community weekends.
Los Alamos County has said the 2026 Fair and Rodeo will run the second weekend of August, Aug. 7-9, and that the rodeo parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. The county has also promoted the weekend as a “beloved community event,” underscoring how deeply the fair and rodeo are tied to local identity as well as entertainment. A county event listing described the fair and rodeo as a free community event, reinforcing its reach beyond regular rodeo fans.
The dinner and dance fits that broader pattern because the Sheriff’s Posse has long presented itself as a civic organization, with its website saying it is “Serving the Los Alamos Community.” Its recurring Cowboy Breakfast at the lodge is generally held the first Sunday of every month, with listed prices of $10 for adults and $5 for children. That steady schedule shows the Posse is not just a rodeo-season host, but a year-round presence at the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse Lodge.
The group’s events have also carried a fundraising and service component. A Cowboy Breakfast at the lodge in 2023 was set to benefit Habitat for Humanity, showing how Posse gatherings can channel local spending into other community needs. The organization has also thanked supporters for making its events “community-building successes,” a phrase that reflects how the lodge functions as both social space and fundraising engine for the rodeo tradition.
Community participation will remain part of the picture this summer. Volunteer Los Alamos listed 15 open slots for Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo parade volunteers running through Aug. 8, a reminder that the weekend depends on people showing up, not just attending. With the parade at 10 a.m., the fair and rodeo spanning Aug. 7-9, and the dinner and dance set for Aug. 8, the Posse’s invitation gives residents a concrete way to step into the season rather than watch it from the sidelines.
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