First 2025 Cheyenne Frontier Days Free Pancake Breakfast Monday

The first of three free Cheyenne Frontier Days 2025 Pancake Breakfasts is scheduled for Monday, July 21 from 7-9 am in the Cheyenne Depot Plaza.

Pancake breakfasts have been a CFD tradition since the early 1950s.

It's More Than Just  A Free Breakfast

Besides offering a free meal to Cheyenne Frontier Days visitors and Cheyenne residents, the breakfasts serve as a Kiwanis Club of Cheyenne drill in feeding large numbers of people in case of a natural disaster or other large-scale emergency situations.

Wednesday will be Cheyenne Day at Cheyenne Frontier Days, and that day typically draws the biggest crowds for the breakfasts, with the number of breakfasts served ranging over 15,000 some years.

The single-day record was registered during the Wednesday 1996 feeding frenzy, where 16,897 people were served.  The weekly record was broken that same year when 39,111 people were fed in a combined serving time of eight hours and ten minutes.

The Cheyenne Frontier Days Breakfast website includes the following the following  Since 1952, this beloved tradition has become a highlight of the celebration, drawing locals and visitors alike to the Cheyenne Depot for a morning of great food and community spirit.

It's hosted by the Cheyenne Kiwanis Club with help from the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

The pancake breakfast is one of several free events that are part of Cheyenne Frontier Days, along with the Grand Parades and the performance by the Air Force Thunderbirds. The first parade was held on Saturday, and additional Grand Parades are slated for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in downtown Cheyenne.

The Thunderbirds, who have traditionally taken to the air on Wednesday of CFD week will this year instead be performing on Saturday, July 26.