The 2022 Calgary Stampede has officially arrived with the annual Stampede Parade celebration winding its way through the downtown core. The parade is underway and CTV News Calgary is covering the festivities on TV and online. The live stream is available here. Kevin Costner, star of countless films as well as the critically acclaimed television series Yellowstone, is the grand marshal of this year’s Stampede Parade. More than 90 entries, including marching bands, floats and teams on horseback, travel the horseshoe-shaped route west along Ninth Avenue, north three blocks on 10th Street, then east on Sixth Avenue. More than 200 horses and 4,000 people participate in the parade. Details on the parade route, road closures, parking lot closures and Calgary Transit detours are available here. Retired CTV News meteorologist David Spence will select the best of the best among the contestants in his role as the Stampede Parade’s celebrity judge. The Calgary Stampede offers free admission to Stampede Park on parade day from 11am. to 1:30 p.m.
