The Old West Festival is entering its 7th year this fall and draws more than 20,000 visitors every year to its permanent site located just 15 minutes from I-275, east of Cincinnati. If you’ve ever imagined yourself to be an Old West outlaw, frontier lawman or saloon girl then this is the place to live out that fantasy! Period music, medicine and saloon shows, can-can dancers, gunfights, jailbreaks, and so much more. You’ll truly feel as if you’ve stepped back in time to the Dodge City of the Old Wild West!
I wanted to try this out last year, but it didn’t work out. I am SO excited to go this year. I think the boys will LOVE it!! We enjoy exploring our city and this will be something truly unusual and a new experience for us all!
When
September 6 to October 12, 2014. Saturdays & Sundays only. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Rain or shine)
Location
1449 Greenbush Cobb Rd. Williamsburg, Ohio 45176 (just off U.S. Rt. 32, near Greater Cincinnati)
Cost: $12 adults, $6 kids ages 6 to 12, Kids 5 and under are FREE, Parking is FREE. You can save $2 on adult admission and $1 on children’s admission when using code YEEHAW14 at checkout. This is a 17% savings on admission…a great deal!
2014 Highlights:
- New Entertainer—Wild Riders’ Abigail Petersen will perform Wild Trick Riding! Abigail will star in the Old West Festival Circus Riding Show, performing along with the Pickled Brothers.
- New weekend—Old West Festival has extended its season to include an extra weekend in October!
- New Themes—Themed weekends are back and better than ever! Cowboy Hero Weekend Sept. 6-7; Outlaws Weekend Sept. 13-14; Romance Weekend (New in 2014) Sept. 20-21; America’s Pastime Weekend Sept. 27-28; Steam Punk Weekend Oct. 4-5; Halloween Weekend (New in 2014) Oct. 11-12.
- Gun Fights now break out all across the Old West Festival
Entertainment:
- Wild trick riding with Abigail Petersen and daily sessions on how she does her tricks
- World champion performer, Rider Kiesner with his Old West Performing Arts Show
- Pickled Brothers Sideshow at the Mockingbird Theatre
- 1870s Western Traveling Medicine Show by the Mockingbird Theatre
- Gun fight re-enactments and trick shooting by the Big Iron Rangers
- Old West Festival Saloon Show with dancing girls four times daily
- 1800s period music performed throughout the day
- Old-fashioned melodramas performed daily
- Cowboy Church Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 a.m
For Kids:
- At 10:15 a.m. each day, kids can be sworn in by the cowboys as a deputy
- Locomotive, covered wagon, horse and pony rides
- Games and panning for gold
- Daily magic shows and sing-a-longs
- Costume contes
- Photos with their favorite cowboy or other strolling historic interpreters
- Learn about life as a cowhand twice daily from demonstrations and hands-on activities by Fred Shaw
- Halloween Weekend includes a Halloween costume contest, vendor pumpkin carving contest and trick-or-treating through town
Other Attractions:
- Historically accurate store fronts include a dance hall, clothing store and western-themed souvenirs
- All patrons can dress up in historic clothing and have their photos taken in the photo emporium
- Great food and drink in the Long Branch Saloon, Wright and Beverly’sRestaurant and around town
- Old west and western-themed crafts such as pottery, brooms, walking sticks, baskets, wood carvings, leather products, hand knitted items, cowboy hats and other paraphernalia available for purchase
Sounds like SO much fun and you can get some FREE tickets here by entering my giveaway! Woohoo!! Good Luck!
I was provided free tickets to experience the Old West Festival with my family. The Old West Festival also provided this giveaway for the readers of Motherhood Support. However, all ideas and opinions are my own! You can read more about my Disclosure & Disclaimer Policy here. Feel free to contact me with any questions! Thanks for reading!
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I have been wanting to take Connor!! Want to win!!
Liam would love this!
Sounds like fun!!!