3rd Annual Autauga County Sheriff's Rodeo at R.H. Kirkpatrick Arena Feb. 27-28

The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office Foundation staged the 3rd Annual Autauga County Sheriff’s Rodeo over two nights at the R.H. Kirkpatrick Agricultural Pavilion in Autaugaville, with performances Feb. 27 and Feb. 28, 2026, and organizers promoting the event as a fundraiser for the sheriff’s office. Instagram promotional copy noted, “All proceeds go to the Autauga County Sheriff's Office,” tying the rodeo directly to county law-enforcement fundraising.

Promotional materials used mixed naming for the site, calling it the R.H. Kirkpatrick Agricultural Pavilion and the R.H. Kirkpatrick Agricultural Arena; a Facebook post supplied a street address of 2224 AL-14, Autaugaville, AL 36003. County calendar listings used the tagline, “The Greatest Show on Dirt is back at the R.H. Kirkpatrick Agricultural Arena,” and encouraged advance purchase through a poster QR code that links to an online ticket page.

Ticketing messages on the Autauga County calendar advised advance purchase via the poster’s QR code and included a specialized in-person option: military and law enforcement tickets are available at the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office with ID required. The county listing also repeated a call to get tickets through the online ticket vendor referenced in the promotion and emphasized the QR-code route to the ticket page.

Family programming included nightly mutton-busting sessions priced at $20 per rider with a 60-pound weight limit; promotional copy urged participants to “bring a helmet!” The weight limit and helmet instruction are explicit in county materials, but promotional text did not enumerate medical staffing, helmet rental options, or other on-site safety protocols, leaving those operational details to be confirmed by organizers or the venue.

Past production context appears in local rodeo-producer materials: 3R Rodeo Productions’ website lists a prior “2nd Annual Autauga County Sheriff's Rodeo” at the R.H. Kirkpatrick facility and profiles the company’s history. The 3R site states, “3R Rodeo was founded in 1990 by Dale and Gene Ray,” and that “in 1994 we joined the professional cowboy’s association, We have been apart of the P.C.A ever since.” Contact numbers on the 3R site include (205) 389-0585, (251) 747-5413, and (205) 389-6728, and the company lists a Jemison address at 3298 Hwy 191, Jemison, AL 35085.

As a county-linked fundraiser staged by the sheriff’s office foundation, the rodeo places fundraising, public safety and youth-participation issues in close proximity. The event’s explicit proceeds designation and the military and law enforcement ticketing option focus attention on how community events supplement public budgets and on transparency about how raised funds are used. Organizers promoted the poster QR code for ticketing and the listed phone numbers for producer contact; residents seeking production or safety details can follow those channels for clarification.