2023 Cowboy Festival Program

2023 Cowboy Festival Preliminary Program

(Updated September 26, 2023)

ARENA DEMONSTRATIONS

• B Troop 4th U.S. Cavalry Demonstration
• Sarah Ogilvie Cow Dog Demonstrations
• Joel Eliot & George Masek Cattle Demonstration

MUSIC STAGE

• Carol Markstrom
• Mountain Saddle Band

WESTERN SKILLS DEMONSTRATIONS

• Anza Trail Color Guard
• Blacksmithing/Chuckwagon— Ron Applegate
• Hat Making — Mike Marsh
• Power from the Past — Charlie Bub
• Silversmithing — Byrd Moss
• Telegraph Operation — Joe Mortimer
• Trick Roping — Jesse Forbes

COWBOY CONVERSATIONS

• Sunshine Arrington “Ranching From the Teenager’s Perspective”
• Rick Collins “Quirky Episodes of Death and Danger in the Santa Cruz Valley”
• Bunker DeFrance, Marty Freese, Gene Freese “In Front & Behind the Camera”
• Dawn Hawkins “History of the Mescal Movie Set”
• Doug Hocking “Prospecting and Mining”
• Dan Judkins “Through Arizona to California for Gold, 1848-1849”
• Faith Boice McCabe “The Boice Family Legacy”
• Jay Van Orden “There’s No Such Thing as an Apache”
• Dawn Moore Santiago—“’One of the Coolest & Bravest Men in the Southwest Country’: Estevan Ochoa, Hispanic-American Entrepreneur of Arizona & New Mexico.”
• Mark Santiago—“Who Are You & What Are You Doing Here?: Daily Life in a Spanish Presidio in the 18th Century.”

WESTERN AUTHORS

• John Buzzard
• Doug Hocking
• Lewis Kirts
• John McLaughlin

EDUCATIONAL/NON PROFIT DEMONSTRATIONS & BOOTHS

• Friends of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Rescue
• Forever Home Donkey Rescue & Sanctuary Inc.
• Horse’n Around Rescue
• Patagonia Area Resource Alliance
• Santa Cruz County Cowbelles
• Sahuarita Community 4-H Club/Old Pueblo Crafters
• Save the Scenic Santa Ritas
• Sonoran Plein Air Painters
• Steve Shaw Pack Goats
• Tucson Rodeo Committee
• Tucson Rodeo Parade and Museum

TRAIL RIDES

Take a 45-minute trail ride.  Riders must be age 8 or older; a parent/guardian must ride with children under 18 years of age.  Registration fee is $50.  Rides depart at 10:30 am, 11:45am, 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm, and 3:15 pm.

GREAT LUNCH GRUB

• BAM BAM BBQ (pulled pork or brisket sandwiches and nachos)
• Craving Sweets and Treats (panini sandwiches, freeze dried candy, lemonade, iced tea, italian sodas, lotus energy drinks, cotton candy)
• Fiesta Filipina (Filipino & Asian Cuisine)
• Willysphillys (Philly cheese steaks, hamburgers, hot dogs, deep fried chicken bacon pocket, fries & sides)

STEAK FRY DINNER (Saturday, November 5th from 5:30 to 7 pm)

Lucky 7 Chuckwagon will be serving up a 10 oz. T-Bone Steak, Scalloped Potatoes, French style Green Beans, Salad w/Ranch dressing, Biscuits and Apple Cobbler for dessert! Live music will accompany your meal.  Price: $35/plate.

VENDORS

• Apache ATV Tours (guided ATV tours of SE AZ)
• Avondale Pictures (DVDs, film posters, some jewelry)
• BlackJack Citrus Infusions (lemonade)
• The Candle Bunkhouse (hand-made & hand-poured soy candles, room sprays, and car air-diffusers)
• Cool Barrels (custom fire pits and lightboxes)
• Giselle Billeaudeau (sterling silver rings, purses, wallets and belt buckles)
• Kvasnicka Horseshoe and Woodworking Projects (horse shoe art and home decor projects)
• Little Green Bags (handmade purses, tote bags, back packs and wallets)
• Mescal Movie Set (film location for western movies)
• Naughty Donkey (western jewelry, wine coasters, wind glass charms)
• Sierra Sweets (freeze dried candy)
• Tombstone Pottery (handmade and wheel thrown functional pottery)
• Vera Earl Premium Beef (grass fed, grain finished premium beef)
• Western Creations (windchimes, horseshoe, railroad spike, and double claw art)
• Wild West Turquoise LLC (sterling, silver, Native American, jewelry, and accessories)
• Windsor Hats Shoppe (sun hats, fun hats, church hats, Steampunk, Cowboy and more)