The PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced the 2026 competition schedule for its elite Unleash The Beast, set to bring the world’s Top 40 bull riders and rankest bovine athletes to 19 cities across 17 states.
Throughout the five-month individual season, the premier Unleash The Beast will hold 18 regular season events, highlighted by PBR’s debut in Boston, MA at TD Garden and Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium. There will also be return visits to Tampa, FL after a 14-year hiatus and in Pittsburgh, PA, following two sold out nights following PBR’s debut at PPG Paints Arena in 2024.
The PBR’s crown jewel, the 2026 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast, will return to Texas for the fifth consecutive season in May, beginning at iconic Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth on May 7-10 and continuing to crown a champion at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on May 14-17.
For the first time, the Unleash The Beast campaign will begin in Manchester, NH, when the 2026 season opens on Dec. 12-13, 2025 at SNHU Arena.
The 2026 schedule announcement follows a very strong 2025 individual campaign, with the Unleash The Beast hosting more than 516,724 fans, including selling out 29 event days.
On the dirt in 2025, Jose Vitor Leme mounted PBR’s greatest comeback – and arguably one of the most impressive in all of sports – shooting from No. 31 in the world with seven weeks remaining in the regular season to become the third bull rider to win three PBR World Championships.
Leme, out nearly half the season due to a broken hand, capped the incredible comeback by going 8-for-8 at the Championship tournament in Texas. Leme was first in all four rounds on championship weekend, including two 90-point rides. By sweeping all the rounds, the final weekend aggregate, and adding the 90-point rides, he scored 734 points – 97% of the possible points at World Finals, to join Adriano Moraes and Silvano Alves as the sport’s only three-time World Champions.
2026 PBR UNLEASH THE BEAST SCHEDULE
DATE CITY VENUE
Dec. 12-13, 2025 Manchester, New Hampshire SNHU Arena
Dec. 19-20, 2025 Chicago, Illinois United Center
Jan. 2-3, 2026 Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden
Jan. 9-11, 2026 New York City, New York Madison Square Garden
Jan. 16-17, 2026 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Fiserv Forum
Jan 23-24, 2026 Tampa, Florida Benchmark International Arena
Jan. 30-Feb1, 2026 Sacramento, California Golden 1 Center
Feb 6-7, 2026 Salt Lake City, Utah Delta Center
Feb 13-14, 2026 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PPG Paints Arena
Feb. 20-21, 2026 Jacksonville, Florida VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Feb 27-28, 2026 Bridgeport, Connecticut Total Mortgage Arena
March 6-7, 2026 N. Little Rock, Arkansas Simmons Bank Arena
March 13-14, 2026 Florida State – Tallahassee, FL Doak Campbell Stadium
March 21-22, 2026 Indianapolis, Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
March 27-29, 2026 Albuquerque, New Mexico The Pit
April 10-12, 2026 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
April 17-18, 2026 Billings, Montana First Interstate Arena at MetraPark
April 24-25, 2026 Tacoma, Washington Tacoma Dome
* May 7-10, 2026 Fort Worth, Texas Cowtown Coliseum
* May 14-17, 2026 Fort Worth, Texas Dickies Arena
* 2026 PBR World Finals
For more information about the PBR and the 2026 PBR Unleash The Beast schedule and to purchase tickets, visit PBR.com.
Stay tuned to PBR.com for the latest news and results and be sure to follow the sport on all social media platforms at @PBR.
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