PBR Teams Head to Ridgedale for Thunder Days
NXTbets Pro | Published On: September 3, 2026
PBR Thunder Days
Bass Pro Shops PBR Thunder Days presented by DoorDash will put all 10 PBR Teams in one place at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri, for the sixth event of the PBR Teams season. The stop will bring the league to the Ozarks for five-on-five bull riding, with every team scheduled to take part across the weekend. That setup will give the event a full-field feel from the start, because the same venue will host the entire league action instead of a smaller subset of clubs or a split schedule. The Missouri Thunder will also get a clear home-market spotlight, since they will compete at home for the first time this year.
The setting will matter here. Thunder Ridge Nature Arena will give the league a single stage for a weekend built around team competition, and the Missouri location will add local interest to the biggest matchups on the card. The format will keep the focus on the team side of the sport, with each club sending five riders into the mix and trying to gain ground in one concentrated stretch. That will create a busy weekend for the teams and a strong showcase for the host venue. For the Missouri Thunder, the home appearance will add another layer to the event.
Streaming and coverage
The action will start Friday at 7:45 p.m. Central Time and continue Saturday at 6:45 p.m. Central Time. Both days will stream live on Paramount+, giving viewers a direct path to the weekend’s action. Sunday will start at 2:15 p.m. Central Time, and the first game will stream exclusively on The CW App at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time before coverage moves to The CW channel for Games 2-5. That split will give the final day a layered broadcast plan, with the first game handled digitally and the rest carried on television.
The broadcast setup will stretch beyond the main PBR Teams stop. Additional Western sports coverage will be available on RidePass and the PBR App, which will carry the PBR Stockyards Showcase and the Stockyards Championship Rodeo. Those offerings will give the weekend a wider reach and keep the attention on Western sports throughout the same stretch of days. The result will be a multi-platform schedule, with streaming services and television working together across the weekend. Paramount+, The CW App, The CW channel, RidePass and the PBR App will all play a role in how fans can follow the action.
Missouri concert weekend
The Missouri stop will also include live music. Chris Janson and Miranda Lambert will both perform at the venue during the weekend, adding another draw to a schedule already built around team bull riding. The concerts will give Thunder Days a broader entertainment footprint without shifting the focus away from the bull riding. They will sit alongside the competition rather than outside it, which fits a weekend that blends sports, live performance and a single host venue in the Ozarks.
That mix will give the event a strong local identity. The concert lineup will bring two more major names to the same site, while the PBR schedule will keep the sporting core intact. The setting, the home-team angle and the live performances will all point in the same direction, with Ridgedale serving as the center of the action for the weekend.
