Cowboy Festival
The 2009 Cowboy Festival will showcase events kicking up all over Santa Clarita, California – even before the festival’s official arrival.
April 3, 2009
courtesy City of Santa Clarita, California
The 2009 Cowboy Festival will showcase events kicking up all over Santa Clarita – even before the festival’s arrival. The ancillary, off-site attractions begin Wednesday, April 22, and continue through Saturday, April 25.
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The Riders in the Sky Concert at the College of the Canyons Performing Arts Center will kick off the Cowboy Festival at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22. The Grammy Award-winning artists, famously featured in Disney’s “Toy Story 2”, are one of the most popular cowboy-country bands today. Tickets to view the Concert begin at $25 and are available for purchase at the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 661-362-5304 or at canyonspac.com.
Thursday, April 23, features two events highlighting Santa Clarita’s rich Western heritage. A Day at the Autry, a new Cowboy Festival attraction, will feature a tour, lunch and screening at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. Guests will depart for the center at 10 a.m. and return at 3 p.m. Tickets are $40 and include transportation.
A Chuckwagon Dinner Show is also scheduled for April 23 with chuckwagon cooking, entertainment, prairie lore and music by Sourdough Slim. The Dinner Show will begin at 6 p.m. at William S. Hart Park’s Heritage Junction. Tickets are $40 and benefit the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society.
Another new, highly anticipated event is the Melody Ranch Movie Night, scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio. Guests will enjoy a Western-style dinner under the stars on Main Street while viewing The Virginian on the same street where it was filmed. Seating is limited and tickets are $55.