17th Annual Cowboy Festival & Symposium

Thursday, October 24, 2019

9:00 am – 8:00 pm Museum Open
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Passport to the West School Program SOLD OUT – only students who are pre-registered for this event will be admitted.
7:00 pm Lecture with artist and illustrator James Warhola – Bergman Theatre

Friday, October 25, 2019

9:00 am – 5:00 pm Museum Open
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Passport to the West School Program SOLD OUT – only students who are pre-registered for this event will be admitted.

Art History Symposium – Bergman Theatre
10:30 am Billy Schenck – “Pop Goes the Western”
11:30 am Seth Hopkins – “Warhol’s Influence on Today’s Western Artists”  
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch – enjoy lunch at the Booth Cafe’ or stroll downtown to one of the local eateries
2:00 pm Andrew Patrick Nelson – “Warhol’s Western Movies”
3:00 pm James Warhola – “Remembering Visits at Uncle Andy’s”

Saturday, October 26, 2019
ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED WITH FESTIVAL TICKET

10:00 am – 6:30 pm Museum Open
10:00 am Jim Sawgrass, Native American Culture – Wild West Stage
10:00 am – 1:00 pm High School Chalk Art Competition – North Gate Roadway
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Photo opportunity with Woody & Jessie from “Toy Story” – Cowpoke Corner (bring your camera)
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Art activities, petting zoo and bouncy house – Cowpoke Corner
10:00 am, 1:00 & 3:00 pm  Square dance demonstrations from Bartow Dixie Grands – Cowpoke Corner
10:30 am & 1:30 pm James Warhola presents a book reading and illustration of “Uncle Andy’s” – Candice Alexander McNair Store
11:00 am Potshot Parker, The Art of the Bullwhip – Wild West Stage
11:30 am  & 2:30 pm Campfire Entertainment, Western Music – Wild West Stage
12:00 – 4:00 pm Center for Puppetry Arts Puppet Factory – Cowpoke Corner
12:30 & 3:30 pm Scenes from “Tombstone” & Gunfight at O.K. Corral, Reenactment – Wild West Stage
1:00 & 4:00 pm Traditional Native American Dancing – Wild West Stage
2:00 pm Bruce Brannen, Trick & Fancy Roping Demo – Wild West Stage
7:00 pm Entertainer Concert – Sons of the Pioneers – The Grand Theatre

Sunday, October 27, 2019
ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED WITH FESTIVAL TICKET

11:00 am Cowboy Church with Jim Dunham, Bruce and Vernelle Brannen – Wild West Stage
11:00 am – 5:00 pm Museum Open
12:00 & 2:30 pm Catherine Thompson and Phil Helton, Western Singers & Songwriters – Wild West Stage
12:00 – 4:00 pm Professional face painting – Cowpoke Corner
12:00 & 3:00 pm Square dance demonstrations from Bartow Dixie Grands – Cowpoke Corner
12:00 – 5:00 pm Art activities, petting zoo, hay bale calf roping and bouncy house – Cowpoke Corner
12:30 pm  Bruce Brannen, Trick & Fancy Roping Demo – Wild West Stage
1:00 & 3:30 pm Scenes from “Tombstone” & Gunfight at O.K. Corral, Reenactment – Wild West Stage
1:30 & 4:00 pm Traditional Native American Dancing – Wild West Stage
2:00 – 4:00 pm Sweet Pea and Markey/Giant Bubbles – Cowpoke Corner

Demonstrators

Leslie Bronson – Spinning
Louis Varnell – Rough Riders
Sam Reed – Wet Collodian Photography
Andrew Lee – The Primitive Arts
Bill Posey – Bill’s Bee Farm
Christina (Tina) Rhoades – Country Rhoades Crafts
Dave Helton – Possum Creek Leather
Forest Mana Chuckwagon
Sharon Camp Pottery
Joseph (Pinky) Rosada – J & D Leather Crafts
George Shelton Chair Caning
Rockin’TP Chuckwagon
Karen Joyner, Okra Gil & Mountain Man – Lotions & Soaps
Keven & Jay Gehring – 1865 Cowboys
Randy Drumond – Starvin’ Pilgrims
Wayne Ahl – Archery Demonstrator
Carl Ethridge – Flintknapper
Jeff Shubert – Powder Horn Peddler
Allan Clark – Shadows of the Past
Etowah Cattle Company Chuckwagon
Keith Hester – Blacksmith

Museum Admission:

Adults – $12 plus tax
Seniors (65 and over) – $10 plus tax
Students – $9 plus tax
Children 12 & Under – FREE
Booth Museum Members – FREE
Active Military with I.D. – FREE
1/2 price admission for active duty dependents with ID

Thank You To Our Cowboy Festival Sponsors