Experience the pioneer spirit and rich agricultural history of Florida’s heartland with the Immokalee Cattle Drive and Jamboree at the Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch.
The cattle drive starts along Main Street in Immokalee led by cattle boss Heather Cleckler, descendant of the Roberts family, and leads to Roberts Ranch, a former farmstead listed on the National Register of Historic Places and part of the Collier County Museum Division. Activities and entertainment kick off when the cows come home and includes traditional trade demonstrations, music, craft and food vendors, alligator wrestling, a raffle, and so much more! Bring the whole family to the Kids’ Korral, featuring Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Petting Zoo, games, & kid-friendly crafts.
Our next Immokalee Cattle Drive and Jamboree is scheduled for March 8, 2025. Please take some time to appreciate our sponsors!
7:30 AM — Parking Opens
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM — 4-H Pancake Breakfast, $8 Cash Only
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM — Road Closures on Main Street and Shuttle Running
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM — Cattle Drive
11:15 AM – 3:00 PM — Jamboree
11:05 AM – Cowboy Shoutout & Welcome Address
11:15 AM -Introduction of the Honored Jumper Family
11:30 AM – Lost Rodeo Band
12:00 PM – Alligator Wrestling: Billy Walker
12:30 PM – Seminole Storytelling with Pedro Zepeda
12:50 PM – Immokalee Cattle Drive Queens Talent Show
1:00 PM – Traditional Mexican Dances: Ballet Folklórico
1:30 PM – Alligator Wrestling: Billy Walker
2:00 PM – Cattlemen Storytelling with Dallas Townsend
2:20 PM – Traditional Dances with Billy Walker
2:45 PM – Immokalee Middle School Orchestra
Cowpoke Cantina:
Kids Korral Presented by Lipman Family Farms:
Traditional Trades:
Other Exhibitors:
If you would like to become a food or craft vendor, please use the link below for more information.
The new millennium has seen many Immokalee Pioneer Museum cattle drives — expanding to include alligator wrestlers from the Seminole tribe and demonstrations of pioneer trades like whip-making and blacksmithing — and this year Roberts Ranch will again welcome the cows home after the hundred head of cattle parade down Main Street Immokalee with an honorary procession including dignitaries from the Seminole Tribe of Florida and descendants of one of Immokalee’s cattle ranching families. Roberts descendent Heather Cleckler will lead the ceremony as cattle boss.