A crew from Knife River Materials delivers dirt to a parking lot on the north side of The Mill Casino on Wednesday. The casino is preparing for the 13th-annual Bay Area Bull Bash, which kicks off Saturday as part of a Wild West Days celebration. Knife River was expected to deliver 1,200 cubic yards of dirt for the event.-World Photos by Alex Powers

The Bay Area Bull Bash will celebrate its 13th year this weekend at The Mill Casino-Hotel.

The event is part of Wild West Days and will feature professional bull riders, dancing horses, trick roping and bullwhip and shooting demonstrations.

The family friendly, all-ages event will begin at 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, with an admission of $20 per person. Members of the casino’s free-to-join Player’s Club and/or the Millionaire$ Club, will receive a discount of $5 on the purchase of up to four tickets.

“It’s going to be one wild, western weekend at The Mill,” Larry Close, general manager of The Mill Casino-Hotel, said in a press release. “We’ll be offering hay rides, a sharp shooting gallery, a mechanical roping horse and country and Western dances.”

One of the highlights of the Bull Bash will be the annual bull poker competition, when community members will try to stay at a poker table while a bull charges.