Seminole Shootout Battle Reenactment on Saturday, March 3 in Immokalee; 5-Star PRCA Rodeo Set for Friday and Saturday Nights, March 2 and 3.

Two-Day Series of Events Includes Concert, Alligator Wrestling, Live Music, Craft and Food Vendors
IMMOKALEE, Fla., (Feb. 13, 2018) – Seminole Shootout Battle Reenactments and a 5-Star Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo highlight a two-day series of special events presented by the Seminole Tribe of Florida on March 2 and 3, 2018 in Immokalee.
The Seminole Shootout was first performed in the late 1990s and brings together reenactors in soldier and warrior attire with authentic weapons and tactics, plus pyrotechnics to simulate cannon blasts.  They reenact a typical battle from the Second Seminole War, which raged from 1835 through 1842 and is the longest and costliest Indian conflict in U.S. history.
Reenactment events are slated for 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 3.  This is the first year they will be held on the Immokalee Seminole Reservation, about 30 minutes east of Naples and southeast of Fort Myers.  All events will be held at the John Jimmie Memorial Arena and the Immokalee Youth Camp, 1195 East Main Street, Immokalee, adjacent to the Seminole Casino Immokalee.
PRCA Rodeo events will be held beginning at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, March 2 and 3, at the John Jimmie Memorial Arena.  The rodeos will include bareback bronc riding, bull riding, steer wrestling, tie down calf roping, team roping, ladies roping and saddle bronc riding.
On Saturday, March 3 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Grammy Award nominee Manny Diquez and the Manny Diquez Band will perform an outdoor concert with tunes that range from rock to country, blues to funk, and 80s to contemporary pop sounds.  A live DJ will perform both before and after the concert.
In addition, the Seminole Shootout and Rodeo will include alligator wrestling, craft and food vendors, historical and cultural displays, as well as Seminole and soldier camps.
Activities for kids will include an archaeological dig, knife making and tomahawk throwing events, as well as a game called chunkey stone, in which one player throws a stone and another player tries to throw a spear near the stone.
Combo tickets including the Saturday battle reenactments, rodeo, concert and all other activities are $25 and are available on line at www.seminoleshootout.com, where tickets may also be purchased for the reenactments at a cost of $10 for adults and $6 for children.  Tickets for the Friday 5-Star PRCA Rodeo are $12.  Tickets for the Saturday concert are $12.  Special VIP seating tickets, including lunch Saturday with the battle reenactors, are $45.  The purchase of any ticket also includes free same-day admission to the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, about 45 minutes east of the Immokalee Seminole Reservation.
The Seminole Reservation is located 30 minutes east of Naples via County Road 846 (Immokalee Road) or just over 30 minutes southwest of Fort Myers via State Roads 82 and 29.
For more information, visit www.seminoleshootout.com or email [email protected].