City of Santa Clarita, CA Cowboy Festival
April 25 – 26, 2009
Posted March 20, 2009

We continually hear from Gene Autry fans who would like to visit the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio and we think that the City of Santa Clarita's annual Cowboy Festival is the best time to check it out! This year's event held on the grounds of Melody Ranch will be Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th. As you walk the streets of the Old West town, you'll enjoy great Western music and Cowboy Poetry, authentic cowboy gear and food, Film Location Tours and much, much more.

What: City of Santa Clarita, California Cowboy Festival at Melody Ranch

When: Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26, 2009

Where: Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio, Newhall, California There is no public parking at Melody Ranch. Shuttle buses from the shuttle site at 13th & San Fernando Rd. are complimentary. Read more here.

Cost: General Admission tickets for Saturday April 25th OR Sunday April 26th are $20.00 Adults and $10.00 Children. Two – Day weekend pass is $30.00 Adults and $15.00 Children Tickets can be purchased in advance or the day of the Festival at the Shuttle site. Read more here.

There are other activities earlier in the week for the Cowboy Festival not on the grounds of Melody Ranch as well. Visit the City of Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival website for details and ticket information here.

Read about Gene Autry's connection to Melody Ranch in our Places Special to Gene Autry section here.

We think Gene Autry fans will be especially interested to visit the festival's "Buckaroo Book Shop" hosted by OutWest Marketing, where authors such as Petrine Day Mitchum, Cheryl Rogers-Barnett, and the official Gene Autry biographer Holly George-Warren will be on hand to sign books. Other special events at the "Buckaroo Book Shop" will be DVD signings by Denny Miller of Wagon Train, During Buckaroo Story Time children's authors "Cowgirl Peg," Joni Harms, Jack Hannah and others will engage young and old alike with lively readings and Uncle Rock will perform. You'll find information on all the participants' appearances here.

Hide Event Schedule Buckaroo Story Time Saturday, April 25, 2009 Time Author Book Title 10:30AM – 11:30AM Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg" Cowgirl Peg Series 12:00PM – 1:00PM Uncle Rock with Holly George-Warren in Words and Music Public Cowboy #1: Life and Times of Gene Autry 1:30PM – 2:30PM Joni Harms Are We There Yet? 3:00PM – 4:00PM Janet Squires Gingerbread Cowboy 4:30PM – 5:30PM Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg" Cowgirl Peg Series

Hide Event Schedule Author Book Signings Saturday, April 25, 2009 Time Author Book Title 11:00AM – 12:00PM Holly George-Warren Public Cowboy #1: Life and Times of Gene Autry How the West Was Worn 11:00AM – 12:00PM Petrine Day Mitchum Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen 11:00AM – 12:00PM JoAnne M. Bagwell Alias Smith & Jones: The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men 11:00AM – 12:00PM Sandra K. Sagala Alias Smith & Jones: The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men Buffalo Bill On Stage Buffalo Bill, Actor 12:30PM – 1:30PM Antoinette Girgenti Lane Guy Williams: The Man Behind the Mask 12:30PM – 1:30PM Gerry Dooley The Zorro Television Companion 12:30PM – 1:30PM Denny Miller, actor and author DVD – TV Series: Wagon Train Going West Book – Didn't You Used to Be? 12:30PM – 1:30PM Cheryl Rogers-Barnett Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents Roy Rogers & Dale Evans The All-American Cowboy Grill 1:30PM – 4:30PM John Boston Santa Clarita Valley 2:00PM – 3:00PM Lorin Sorensen Old Time Rodeo: The Way It Was 2:00PM – 3:00PM Wendy Beth Baker The Healing Power of Horses: Lessons from the Lakota Indians 2:00PM – 3:00PM Peter Sheryako DVD – The Guns of Billy The Kid DVD – Cody! An Evening with Buffalo Bill DVD – At Your Service: The Poems of Robert Service 3:30PM – 4:30PM Michael F. Blake Hollywood and the O.K. Corral Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great American Westerns 3:30PM – 4:30PM Bill Wilbur Saragosa 3:30PM – 4:30PM Denny Miller, actor and author DVD – TV Series: Wagon Train Going West Book – Didn't You Used to Be? 3:30PM – 4:30PM Charlie Steel Desert Heat, Desert Cold and Other Tales of the West 5:00PM – 5:45PM Bill Wilbur Saragosa 5:00PM – 5:45PM Michael F. Blake Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great Westerns 5:00PM – 5:45PM Charlie Steel Desert Heat, Desert Cold and Other Tales of the West

Hide Event Schedule Buckaroo Story Time Sunday, April 26, 2009 Time Author Book Title 10:30AM – 11:30AM Janet Squires Gingerbread Cowboy 12:00PM – 1:00PM Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg" Cowgirl Peg Series 1:30PM – 2:30PM Jack Hannah Value Mountain Trail 3:00PM – 4:00PM Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg" Cowgirl Peg Series 4:30PM – 5:30PM Gail Heath No Time For Fishing

Hide Event Schedule Author Book Signings Sunday, April 26, 2009 Time Author Book Title 11:00AM – 12:00PM Holly George-Warren Public Cowboy #1: Life and Times of Gene Autry How the West Was Worn 11:00AM – 12:00PM Petrine Day Mitchum Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen 11:00AM – 12:00PM Denny Miller, actor and author DVD Sets – TV Series: Wagon Train Going West Didn't You Used to Be? 11:00AM – 12:00PM Cheryl Rogers-Barnett Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents Roy Rogers & Dale Evans 12:30PM – 1:30PM Antoinette Girgenti Lane Guy Williams: The Man Behind the Mask 12:30PM – 1:30PM Lorin Sorensen Old Time Rodeo: The Way It Was 12:30PM – 1:30PM Wendy Beth Baker The Healing Power of Horses: Lessons from the Lakota Indians 1:30PM – 4:30PM John Boston Santa Clarita Valley 2:00PM – 3:00PM Michael F. Blake Hollywood and the O.K. Corral 2:00PM – 3:00PM Bill Wilbur Saragosa 2:00PM – 3:00PM Charlie Steel Desert Heat, Desert Cold and Other Tales of the West 3:30PM – 4:30PM Michael F. Blake Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great American Westerns 3:30PM – 4:30PM Cheryl Rogers-Barnett Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents Roy Rogers & Dale Evans 3:30PM – 4:30PM Peter Sheryako DVD – The Guns of Billy The Kid DVD – Cody! An Evening with Buffalo Bill DVD – At Your Service: The Poems of Robert Service 5:00PM – 5:45PM Lorin Sorensen Old Time Rodeo: The Way It Was 5:00PM – 5:45PM Wendy Beth Baker The Healing Power of Horses: Lessons from the Lakota Indians

If you have questions on the authors or their books, please contact OutWest Marketing.

For general questions on the City of Santa Clarita's annual Cowboy Festival, visit their official website.

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