PBR | PBR announces 2026 event schedule for elite Unleash The Beast

FORT WORTH, Texas (October 14, 2025) – 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 during 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-Feb. 1, 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

Live Event Schedule click HERE.

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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PBR announces 2026 event schedule for elite Unleash The Beast