{"id":775540,"date":"2026-07-02T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775540\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:41:08","slug":"calgary-stampede-what-to-check-out-on-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775540\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampede: What to check out on July 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calgarystampede.com\/?_gl=1*vl0k56*_gcl_au*MTIwNzgyMzE0My4xNzgxMTI2MTA2*_ga*NTI5OTAzMjE4LjE3ODExMjYxMDY.*_ga_MF0BLW9NCG*czE3ODIyNDQ3MTgkbzUkZzEkdDE3ODIyNDQ5NDUkajYwJGwwJGgw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Stampede<\/a> officially gets started with Sneak-a-Peek on Thursday, July 2, giving visitors an early chance to experience the midway, concerts, food and entertainment before opening day. Admission is discounted, making it one of the best-value nights of the entire Stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville North<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFoxx Worthee (throughout the evening)&#13;<br \/>\n\tRobyn Ottolini (7:30 p.m.)&#13;<br \/>\n\tJosh Ross (9 p.m.)&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola Stage<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Takes (8 p.m.)&#13;<br \/>\n\tAshe (9:30 p.m.)&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Big Four Roadhouse<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tDanny Nix and The Heat&#13;<br \/>\n\tMariya Stokes&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Sneak-a-Peek specials<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tDiscounted admission from 5 p.m. to midnight.&#13;<br \/>\n\tEarly access to midway rides, games and food vendors before the official opening day crowds arrive.&#13;<br \/>\n\tOpportunity to explore Stampede Park, exhibits and entertainment zones before the full festival begins.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Other things to see<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tDueling Pianos in the BMO Centre.&#13;<br \/>\n\tLine dancing lessons and cultural performances at the Community Stage.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Grand Staircase Show featuring the Stampede Showband.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreestyle Motocross demonstrations.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFamily-friendly attractions including Gabby&#8217;s Dollhouse Dance Party and Kids&#8217; Zone programming.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Stampede officially gets started with Sneak-a-Peek on Thursday, July 2, giving visitors an early chance to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-775540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}