Tuesday, October 15, 2024
LAKE WORTH — This year’s Bullfrog West Fest brought bull riding, good food and the spirit of the west to Tarrant County once again.
This isn’t Bullfrog West Fest’s first rodeo and they certainly proved it this year by raising more money than ever before for the Northwest Tarrant Lions Club. This year marked 12 years for the annual Bullfrog West Fest, always hosted by the Northwest Tarrant Lions Club.
The club puts on this annual event to raise money and awareness for its philanthropy work. Some of the philanthropies include helping the visually impaired, special needs and more.
Renee Kolar is the fundraising queen for the Northwest Tarrant Lions Club and reports money raised from the event is still being counted —typically a good sign the number will be big.
There were 30 vendors including food trucks like Getty Chids Cafe’ and Kona Ice. Kidwell’s BBQ, Chick-fil-a plus Julies and Marlene’s Sweets also had stands. A big hit with people was the freshly squeezed lemonade that Getty’s served up, with multiple flavors of lemonade like peach, mango and passion fruit.
The big event of the night was the bull riding and mutton busting that Chute 2 Productions hosted at the event. Chute 2 Productions is a choreographed rodeo show that has been around for 15 years; it’s been performing at Bullfrog West Fest since the beginning.
The event was from 3-9 p.m. with the rodeo show starting at 7:30 p.m. and the kids’ mutton busting started at 5 p.m. Mutton busting is where kids ride of the backs of sheep and try to stay on as long as possible.
