SANTA CLARITA COWBOY FESTIVAL arrives with the herd April 15-19, 2015

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For years, it’s been the best of all the cowboy / western music / western swing / cowboy poetry & western storytelling festivals anywhere. “The times they are a-changin” may not be a cowboy song, but this year, it could be. There will be a LOT of changes this year, engendered in just one thing: the festival will NOT be based in that fabulous Old Western town where it’s always been before, the huge movie set at Gene Autry’s old Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio.

The top-rated TALENT will still perform at the festival, but it’s going to require some moseyin’ around to four different principle venues around the town of Old Newhall, which is part of the City of Santa Clarita. And separate tickets are required for individual shows at nearly all the venues.


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The festival’s stage shows (music, cowboy poetry & storytelling) will happen at:

Canyon Theatre Guild
Repertory East Playhouse
The Vu Bar and Lounge
William S. Hart Park


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THE PERFOMERS (at one or another of those places) ARE:

Ian Tyson
Don Edwards
Waddie Mitchell
Dave Stamey
The Sons of the San Joaquin
Chris Isaacs
Kristyn Harris
The Haunted Windchimes
Mikki Daniel
The California Feetwarmers
Rosie Flores
The Lucky Stars
Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band
Deke Dickerson
Tiny and Mary
Savannah Burrows
Sons and Brothers
Old Salt Union
Allegretto & Espinoza
The Carolyn Sills Combo
The Get Down Boys
Band of the California Battalion
Joey Dillon
Wild Horse Singers and Dancers
Joe Herrington
Pop Haydn
Dave Thornbury
David Rainwater
Three Bad Jacks
Gamblers Mark
Kim Lenz and Her Jaguars
The Rhythm Shakers
Blue Collar Combo
Karling and the Kadavers
Hard Six
Silvertooth Loos
Galactic Polecasts
Six Silver Bullets
The Buckhenries


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Performances at Repertory East Playhouse warrant special attention:

Friday, April 17
Rosie Flores
at 8 pm; Award-winning girl of the century, twanging between honky tonk and rockabilly. Rosie fires up her turquoise axe with songs that tell some hard earned tales.

Saturday, April 18
California Feetwarmers
at 8 pm; Fun-lovin' masters of ragtime, Dixieland blues and early swing, The California Feetwarmers have a depth of character that sets them apart from others who have followed that throwback path to New Orleans, Circa 1920. Their hugely-entertaining and boisterous on-stage antics are solidly underpinned by playing that is as close to the source as it can be.

Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band
at 5 pm; Blending classic folk with rough-edged stories of tragedy and fate, Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band features orchestral arrangements that sound like chamber music gone folk!

Savannah Burrows
at 2 pm; A native Californian who loves to ski, surf and spend time with friends...but most of all, loves music. Savannah merges contemporary country and pop, creating a unique sound all her own.

Sunday, April 19
(at 1 pm )
Tiny and Mary
The brother and sister act is the real thing, a whole lotta Western with just a little bit of Swing. A cowboy crooner and the honey lamb of the honky tonk, Tiny and Mary hope you'll hop-along the old harmony trail!

Deke Dickerson
Incorporating country, alternative country, rockabilly, hillbilly, blues, Western swing and rock n' roll.

The Lucky Stars
The Lucky Stars play raucous, good time dance music that sets the mood for a rollicking good time, as well as their very own brand of heart-broken blues.


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Here’s the Cowboy Festival’s Schedule of other Concerts & Events…

Wednesday, April 15
An Evening with Kristyn Harris and Jim Jones

Thursday, April 16
Film Tour (Part 1)
Senses

Friday, April 17
Film Tour (Part 2)
Don Edwards
at Rancho Camulos
John Wayne and The Shootist
Friday Night Flickers
An Evening with Cow Bop
at William S. Hart Mansion

Saturday, April 18
Cowboy Festival
at William S. Hart Mansion
Cowboy Festival
at Canyon Theatre Guild
Cowboy Festival
at Repertory East Playhouse
Cowboy Festival
at The Vu Bar and Lounge
Dinner and Show with Marie Wise Hawkins
An Evening with Buffalo Bill
at William S. Hart Mansion

Sunday, April 19
Cowboy Festival
at William S. Hart Mansion
Cowboy Festival
at Canyon Theatre Guild
Cowboy Festival
at Repertory East Playhouse
Cowboy Festival
at The Vu Bar and Lounge
Santa Clarita Valley Historical Site Bus Tour
Cowboy Church


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Full details and tickets at

www.cowboyfestival.org

Box Office
Phone: 661-250-3735
Mon-Fri 8 am-5 pm


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