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It’s time once again to celebrate the Cowboy life at the annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival April 13-14, 2019 at William S. Hart Park in the town of Newhall. This free admission event offers incredible entertainment, but you have to pre-purchase tickets for some of the enhanced offerings such as special tours, dinners and concerts that often sell out.

If you think cowboys are out of style just turn on your TV (if you still have one,) and watch Westerns daily — Bonanza, The Lone Ranger and Gunsmoke — are several staples. On Saturdays classic Westerns are broadcast all day long — The Big Valley, Have Gun – Will Travel, Wagon Train, Maverick, The Rifleman, Rawhide, Trackdown — and the list goes on. California’s film studios created and produced these epic shows that continue to entertain fans of the Old West genre more than 50 years later.

For contemporary entertainment that kids and adults can embrace in a hands-on manner, California serves up Western-themed festivals and events such as the Cowboy Festival in Southern California. If you’re looking for fun, here are a just a few…

California Cowboy Festivals

• National Day of the Cowboy July 27, 2019
• LOS ANGELES:  Masters of the American West Feb.9-Mar.24, 2019 at The Autry National Center. This is considered the finest Western art show in the nation.
• VINTON: : Sierra Valley Grange Cowboy Poetry and Music Show Mar.15-16
• OAKDALE: Oakdale Testicle Festival where you’ll “have a ball” on Mar.25
• OAKDALE: Cowboy Museum Cowgirl Luncheon Apr.10
• NORCO: Horse Week Apr.12-21
• SANTA CLARITA: Cowboy Festival Apr.13-14
• RED BLUFF: Red Bluff Round-Up Apr.19-21
• PLYMOUTH: Days of 49 Wagon Train Apr.24-28
• ELK GROVE: Elk Grove Western Festival May 3-5
• BANNING: Wild West Festival May 18-19
• BISHOP: Bishop Mule Days May 21-26

There’s so much more in Vacaville, McKinleyville, Valley Center, Loomis, Yreka, Middletown, Placerville, Yucaipa, Willits, Sutter Creek, Death Valley…