Schedule 2024
Friday June, 7th
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, June 8th
8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday June 9th
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
All weekend long:
- Cowboy Fast Draw
- Children’s Activities
- Food and Merchandise Vendors
- Frontiersmen and Craftsmen
Friday, June 7th
5:00 pm Flag ceremony with national anthem by Kelsey Arrington
5:10 pm Gold Canyon Gun Fighters
5:40 pm Peter & Kathy Gibbs
6:10 pm Raffle Drawings and announcements
6:10 pm S’mores (sponsored by 21st Century Equipment and BSA)
6:30 pm Calamity Jane by Jena Sierks
***NOTE: we had to make a last minute change to this evening’s schedule. ***
7:00 pm Sandra Buckner
7:30 pm 5K Glow Run
7:30 pm Buffalo Bill by Dion Chaon
8:00 pm Phyllis Stone – Lifestyles of Lakota Women
9:00 pm festival closes down for the day
Saturday, June 8th
8:00 am Flag ceremony with national anthem by Kelsey Arrington
8:10 am Breakfast (sponsored by Safeway and Sidney Elks Lodge)
8:30 am Gold Canyon Gun Fighters
8:30 am Oktoberfest Committee Homemade Pie Contest judging
9:00 am Introduction to Cricket by Tom Melville
9:15 am Peter & Kathy Gibbs
9:45 am Phyllis Stone – Mni Wiconi: Lakota for ‘Water Is Life’
10:00 am Bicycle Ride Scavenger Hunt to the Park Leaving Peddlers corner.
10:45 am Raffle Drawings and announcements
11:00 am Sandra Buckner
11:30 am Deb Carpenter-Nolting – Hearts Compass Women on the Trail
12:00 pm Rotary Club Cornhole Tournament
12:30 pm Kelsey Arrington
1:00 pm Pony Express
1:45 pm Introduction to Cricket by Tom Melville
2:00 pm Raffle Drawings and announcements
2:00 pm homemade hand-churned Ice Cream (sponsored by 21st Century Equipment and BSA)
2:15 pm Gold Canyon Gun Fighters
2:45 pm Fashion show with Saunders Costumes
3:30 pm Phyllis Stone – Our Plains Indian Heritage
4:00 pm Poker Tournament
4:30 pm Calamity Jane by Jena Sierks
5:00 pm Peter & Kathy Gibbs
5:30 pm Gordy Wilkins
6:15 pm S’mores (sponsored by 21st Century Equipment and BSA)
6:15 pm Raffle Drawings and announcements
6:30 pm line dancing with Trévon Newman
7:30 pm Calamity Jane by Jena Sierks
8:15 pm Sandra Buckner & Kelsey Arrington
9:00 pm festival closes down for the day
Saturday Activities
10:00 am – 4:30 pm Wagon Rides
10:00am – 3:00 pm Historic, guided Bus Tours to the Fort Sidney Museum, Camp Lookout, and Boot Hill Cemetery.
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Collectables Auction
9:15 am – 6:00 pm Play Historic Cricket
9:00 am – 2:00 pm Friends of the Library Western Book Sale
Sunday, June 9th
8:00 am flag ceremony with national anthem by Kelsey Arrington
8:10 am breakfast available for $5 (sponsored by Safeway and Sidney Elks Lodge)
8:30 am church service
9:15 am Calamity Jane by Jena Sierks
9:45 am Gold Canyon Gun Fighters
10:15 am Peter & Kathy Gibbs
11:00 am Deb Carpenter-Nolting – Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
12:00 pm raffle drawings and announcements
12:15 pm Buffalo Bill & Calamity Jane
12:45 pm Gordy Wilkins
1:30 pm Sandra Buckner
2:00 pm Closing