Welcome to the River City Rumble!

Dates: April 15-18, 2026

Locations:

*Wednesday Team Policy Location:*
TBD

*Thursday - Saturday Location:*
Calvary Spokane Church
511 W Hastings Rd 
Spokane, WA 99218

Events:

Debate: Lincoln Douglas, Team Policy & Parliamentary 
Speech: All Speech Events
Junior Speech: Apologetics, Impromptu, Platform, Interp (Saturday Only)

Registration:

Registration Opens:  March 13th at 8:00am
Registration Closes:  March 20th at 11:59pm

*REGISTER EARLY* We do expect events to fill.  Speech is limited to 3 events per round, but may open to more after registration closes. 

Registration Fees

$50 for LD/TP/Parli
$25 for first speech event, $15 per additional speech event
Junior Speech events: $15 for first event, $5 each additional (Juniors will be limited to 3 events)

General Tournament Information:

This is a Stoa qualifying tournament.

Parent Judges:

EACH registered student needs to have their own parent judging for them every day of the tournament. Students will need to have their parent physically with them at check in.  Parents will need to remain on site for their student to be eligible to compete.

Competitor Eligibility: Any student who meets the requirements set forth in the Stoa Eligibility Rules may participate. Eligibility Rules are found at Stoausa Membership.

Meals: Student meals available for purchase at registration.  Parent/Judge meals are free and will be served in Judge Hospitality. No meals will be served on Wednesday for the Team Policy tournament or on Thursday for the Parli tournament.  

Dress Code: Standard tournament attire. The tournament dress code will be enforced.

Inclement Weather:  The tournament will proceed regardless of weather.  *We apologize, but no refunds will be made for weather-related cancellations.*