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ROY ROGERS HAPPY TRAILS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION Apple Valley, California Proceeds support the Happy Trails Foundation Website: http://www.happytrails.org/calendar.html |
Various events throughout the year including a Roy and Dale Film Festival fund raiser. Check their website. | |
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BONANZA 60th ANNIVERSARY February, 2019 At Lorne Greene's former home, the Ponderosa II, in Mesa, Arizona Website: http://ponderosa2.com/ |
February 24-26, 2017 | February 22-24, 2019 |
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WILLIAMSBURG (Virginia) FILM FESTIVAL Colonial Plaza Williamsburg (Formerly Holiday Inn - Patriot), Williamsburg, Virginia 2017 event was the 21st and last Williamsburg Film Festival. Website: http://www.williamsburgfilmfestival.org |
March 8-11, 2017 | |
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HIGH CHAPARRAL REUNION Tucson, Arizona From their website - appears that no further reunions/events are planned. Website: http://thehighchaparralreunion.com |
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SANTA CLARITA (California) COWBOY FESTIVAL Santa Clarita, California Website: http://www.cowboyfestival.org/ |
April 19-23, 2017 | |
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GENE AUTRY, OKLAHOMA MUSEUM 47 Prairie Street, Gene Autry, Oklahoma Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gene-Autry-Oklahoma-Museum/159237214106784?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal Website: https://geneautryokmuseum.org/ |
May 5-7, 2017 | May 4-6, 2018 |
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AUDIE MURPHY DAYS Fletcher Warren Civic Center and Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, Greenville, Texas Websites: http://cottonmuseum.com/calendar.html http://www.amacmuseum.com/ |
May 13, 2017 | |
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JOHN WAYNE ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Winterset, Iowa, the birthplace of John Wayne Website: http://johnwaynebirthplace.museum/ |
May 26-27, 2017 | |
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MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL Sam's Town Resort, Tunica, Mississippi (30 miles south of Memphis, TN) Website: http://www.thememphisfilmfestival.com |
June 8-10, 2017 | June 7-9, 2018 |
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WESTERN FILM FAIR AND NOSTALGIA CONVENTION Hawthorne Inn, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Website: http://www.westernfilmfair.com |
July 12-15, 2017 | |
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ANNUAL ROY ROGERS FESTIVAL Portsmouth, Ohio The Facebook page below is for the RR Museum in Beaver, Ohio which is about 35 miles from Portsmouth. When I checked their Facebook page on March 24, 2017, there was info that the RR Festival is August 2-5, 2017 at the Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, Ohio. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyRogersMemorysMuseum |
August 2-5, 2017 | |
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WESTERN LEGENDS CELEBRATION Kanab, Utah (Utah's Little Hollywood) Website: http://www.westernlegendsroundup.com/ |
August 24-26, 2017 | |
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M7 CON AND OLD WEST FILM FESTIVAL Old Sacramento, California Website: http://www.m7con.org/ |
September 1-3, 2017 | |
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MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION Hunt Valley, Maryland (near Baltimore) Website: http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com |
September 14-17, 2017 | |
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ANNUAL SILVER SPUR AWARDS Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, California Website: http://www.reelcowboys.org/ |
September 15, 2017 | |
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THE HIGH CHAPARRAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Marriott Burbank, Burbank, California Website: http://www.50thanniversarythehighchaparral.com/ |
September 15-16, 2017 | |
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TOM MIX FESTIVAL/WESTERN HERITAGE WEEKEND Dewey, Oklahoma (Home of the Tom Mix Museum) City of Dewey, OK website: http://www.cityofdewey.com/Residents/Community_Calendar.aspx Tom Mix Museum website: http://www.tommixmuseum.com/ |
No 2017 event posted on the websites when I checked on July 10, 2017. | |
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ANNUAL REX ALLEN DAYS CELEBRATION in conjunction with the Annual Western Music, Cowboy poetry and Old West Film Festival in Willcox, Arizona Websites: http://www.rexallenmuseum.org/ http://www.rexallendays.org/ Chamber of Commerce special events: http://www.willcoxchamber.com/event_special.shtml |
October 5-8, 2017 | |
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LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL Lone Pine, California Lone Pine Film Festival website: http://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/ |
October 6-8, 2017 |
Film fests and events that are no longer active. |
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SPIRIT OF THE COWBOY Hico, Texas Event held in 2015. Website: http://www.spiritofthecowboy.net/ FESTIVAL OF THE WEST WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona Last event was held in 2013. Website: http://www.festivalofthewest.com/ FIRST ANNUAL WESTERN HERITAGE FESTIVAL Boise, Idaho Event held in 2015. Website: http://idahowesternheritagefestival.com/ WILD WESTERN FESTIVAL Glendale, Arizona Website: http://www.wildwesternfestival.com/ According to their website, 2015 was the last Wild Western Festival. HOPALONG CASSIDY FESTIVAL Cambridge, Ohio 2015 was the 25th Hoppy Festival ... and the last: http://www.daily-jeff.com/local%20news/2015/05/01/hopalong-cassidy-festival-riding-off-into-the-sunset WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FILM FESTIVAL Asheville, North Carolina Website: http://www.cometwesterns.com/filmfest.htm Last festival was held in 2012. GOLDEN BOOT AWARDS The last Golden Boot Awards program occurred in 2007 and was the 25th anniversary of the awards program. Website: http://www.mptf.com/goldenbootawards ANNUAL GENE AUTRY DAYS Kenton, Ohio Hardin County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce announced that the 2013 Gene Autry Days was the last. JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN FESTIVAL Dothan, Alabama Last held in 2011. Website (no longer working): http://www.johnnymackbrownfestival.com WILD WEST COWBOY ROUND-UP Annual Cowboy Round-up, Downtown Garland, Texas Website (no longer working as of October 1, 2011): http://www.garlandcowboyroundup.com DEAN SMITH CELEBRITY RODEO Expo Center of Taylor County, Abilene, Texas Benefits the John Wayne Cancer Institute Website (no longer working as of January, 2008): http://www.celebrityrodeo.org RED RIVER WESTERN FESTIVAL Shreveport, Louisiana Website (no longer working as of 2005): http://www.redriverwesternfestival.com TOMBSTONE WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL Tombstone, Arizona Website (no longer working as of January, 2006): http://tombstonewesternfilm.com/ BUCK JONES FESTIVAL 2004 Buck Jones Festival was cancelled due to illness and passing of Dom Marafioti. Website (no longer working as of January, 2006): http://www.buckjones.org/ KNOXVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Nothing scheduled. Website: http://www.cometwesterns.com/knoxvle.htm TOM MIX FESTIVAL DuBois, Pennsylvania March 8, 2006 update from Tom Mix expert Bud Norris: the final TM Festival event was held in 2004. Tom Mix Festival Website (no longer working as of September, 2005): http://www.tommixfestival.com DuBois Area Historical Society website: http://www.duboishistoricalsociety.com/ |