Arizona America250 Events Calendar
Explore our Arizona America250 Events Calendar, your hub for commemorating America’s 250th anniversary in Arizona. This calendar highlights both signature events hosted by Arizona America250 and community-led events taking place across the state.
If your organization or community is planning an event that aligns with the spirit of America250, we invite you to be part of the celebration. Help us build a vibrant calendar that reflects the richness of Arizona’s past, present, and future. Submitting your event is easy and free!
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Wild West Days
Saddle up and step back in time for Wild West Days, a two-day festival packed with Old West action, entertainment, and history — all set in the original 1800s mining town of Vulture City Ghost Town.
Saddle up and step back in time for Wild West Days, a two-day festival packed with Old West action, entertainment, and history — all set in the original 1800s mining town of Vulture City Ghost Town.
This family-friendly celebration brings the frontier to life with live Old West reenactments, thrilling gunfight shows, comedy skits, and authentic characters roaming the town. Six different performance groups from across the Southwest come together to deliver non-stop entertainment from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day.
In between the action, explore over 16 original buildings dating back to the 1800s, try your luck at an authentic faro card table, and experience hands-on history at our blacksmith shop and interactive gold panning station.
Enjoy delicious food from local food trucks, sip a cold drink at our Old West Saloon, and browse a variety of vendors offering handmade goods, art, and collectibles.
This is a ticketed event. Tickets can be purchased here or at the door.
What is included:
Highlights:
– Old West Fashion Show – Saturday at 12:00 PM
See how men and women dressed in frontier times with this lively, crowd-pleasing show!
– 6 performer groups doing shootouts and skits all day.
– Vendors selling jewelry, leather goods, clothing, arts and crafts, and many more.
– Kids zone with play area and animal pen.
Check in details:
– Reservations not required
– Leashed Dogs Welcome