About the Festival
The Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival is once again coming to Melody Ranch™ Motion Picture Studio and other venues throughout Santa Clarita. Saddle up and step back to a simpler time of chaps, saddles and old-time saloons. This year’s festival will include a mix of new attractions and returning favorites, including dutch oven peach cobbler, trick ropers, authentic gear and a show stopping musical talent lineup.
Festival guests can expect to see some of the Cowboy Festival’s most beloved returning performers. Grammy nominated singer-guitarist Don Edwards will hit the stage, as well as Hot Club of Cowtown and Wylie and the Wild West. The Sons of the San Joaquin will also head back to the Cowboy Festival in 2011, entertaining guests with their fantastic Western harmonies.
In addition to the list of musical performances, guests can expect the full Cowboy Festival experience. Fun activities are set to take place for guests of all ages, including living history exhibits and leatherworking for children. Multicultural entertainment will also make its return to the Cowboy Festival. Enjoy North American Indian performances by the Eagle Sprit Dancers, accurate portrayals of Civil War era music by The Band of the California Battalion, and authentic Hispanic cultural performances.
As always, the Cowboy Festival will feature the best in Western gear, food, clothing, and living history exhibits.
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- "Wylie & The Wild West changed the water level in the cowboy entertainment aquarium." -Baxter Black, True West Magazine, August 2010
- ""Authentic is a tough word in the cowboy-song biz these days, but [Don] Edwards is warm and melodic. He makes the songs a nice reward after a long day on the trail." -New York Daily News"
- "Hot Club of Cowtown lit up the room. The band instantly brought hot-jazz and western swing to life." " -Angie Pyle, Tulsa Today, April 2010
- Sourdough Slim "There's no one else out there like Sourdough Slim. Catchy, uplifting, irresistible, jolly fun." -Darrell Arnold, Cowboy Magazine
- Chuck Pyle "Chuck is the whole package...melodic singing, witty lyrics and GREAT boots." -Mike Pengra, Minnesota Public Radio
- Sons of the San Joaquin "The Sons sing in a style as wide-open and relaxed as an afternoon loping across Montana." - - New York Daily News
- "We didn't have electricity and that meant we didn't have T.V. We had darn poor radio too. So that meant we did the strangest things at night ... we talked to each other!" -Waddie Mitchell
- Chris Isaacs "Chris Isaacs is the real deal—cowboy to the bone. The fact that he's also a great entertainer is icing on the cake….one of the best in the business." -Dave Stamey
