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Upcoming Events in Tombstone Arizona

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February

1 - 28 Quilt Show & Sale - Quilts, quilt tops, show, sale & skill sharing, all month, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm.

Address: Tombstone Art Gallery , Tombstone, Arizona
Ph: 520-457-2380 (Always call and confirm events)
Fee: Free

March

13 - 14 Territorial Days - Territorial Days is held to honor Tombstone's founder Ed Schiefflin. Stagecoach rides, street performers, log sawing and spike driving contests, duck racing, and pet parade. Sponsored by Tombstone Office of Tourism, the celebration features a fireman's fun muster, with fire departments from around the area, including Tucson, taking part in horse cart races, barrel squirts and other fire fighting activities of the 1880s. The Fireman's Ball is held each year at this time, sponsored by the Tombstone Volunteer Fire Department.

Ph: 888-457-3929 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: info@tombstone.org
Fee: Free

April

26 - 27 Annual Cruisin' Tombstone - This auto show will feature vintage, classic custom cars and trucks competing in 12 trophy classes. Entrants must preregister. Partnering with the Friends of the Courthouse and Tombstone Unified School District #1, the show will be gated, beginning with arrivals to the football field at the Tombstone Union High School on Friday. There will be a burger burn Friday night. Judging, raffles and other activities will be on Saturday until 4pm.

Address: Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park , Tombstone, Arizona
Ph: 520-457-3311 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.carnuts.org/events.htm#cruise

9 - 11 Tombstone Rose Festival - Held in remembrance of Nellie Cashman, Tombstone's Angel of the Mining Camp, and the World's largest Rose Bush, which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being over 8,000 square feet. The celebration, sponsored by the Tombstone Chamber of Commerce, features a fashion show by the Tombstone Vigilante's, a picnic basket raffle, a parade and an appearance by the Rose Queen.

Address: Allen Street , Tombstone, Arizona
Ph: 520-457-9317 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.tombstone.org

May

29 - 31 Annual Wyatt Earp Days - Held every Memorial Day Weekend, Wyatt Earp Days is sponsored by the Tombstone Lions Club to raise money for youth activities. The celebration consists of a chili cook-off, gunfights, public hanging, saloon girls, fashion show, parade, dancing, live band, 9 am - 5 pm.

Ph: 520-457-3197 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.tombstone.org
Fee: Free

June

18 - 20 Annual Tombstone Sweet Onion Festival - Don't miss the Sabbar Shriner's Annual Tombstone Sweet Onion Festival. It kicks off with Casino Night on Friday, the Taste of Tombstone on Saturday, then wraps up with a parade on Sunday.

Ph: 520-457-9327 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.tombstone.org

July

2 - 4 Family Style 4th of July Weekend - A traditional celebration of our Nation's birthday, features a barbecue by the Tombstone American Legion and an hour-long fireworks display, sponsored by the Tombstone Lions Club.

July 2 - Miniature Golf Tournament at Helldorado Town & Craft Faire, Renegade Gem and Mineral Show, Quilting "B" begins.

July 3 - Starting at 8:00 a.m.: Softball Tournament, Presenting of the Colors, & Renegade Gem and Mineral Show begins, Pet Costume Contest & Merchants Fashion Show begins, Water Balloon Toss, Pie Eating Contest, Whip Cracking Demonstration, Steve Troncale Lecture, Stick Horse Race, Pet Costume Awards, Watermelon Eating Contest, & Water Bucket Relay Race.

July 4 - Craft Faire, Quilting "B", Renegade Gem & Mineral Show, Live Music in City Park Gazebo, 12:30 p.m. Parade-6th & Allen Street to 3rd Street

Firework Display at dusk July 4th put on by the Tombstone Fire Dept.

Ph: 520-457-3420 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.tombstone.org

3 - 31 AZ0402024e016 - TombstoneTombstone Tuff Enuf Bull Riding - Thrill to the excitement of the toughest sport on dirt. Bull Riding. Every Saturday night at 7 pm beginning July 3rd and ending Sept. 4th. Helldorado Town is located at 4th Street and Toughnut Streets in Tombstone. Come early for the Cowboy BBQ and stay late for the arena Dance. The Kids will enjoy the Calf Scramble and the antics of the clowns. For more information call or check out the website.

Address: Helldorado Town in Tombstone, AZ , Tombstone, Arizona
Ph: 520-508-2446 (Always call and confirm events)
Fax: 520-842-2002
Email: 4helldoradotown1@earthlink.net
Web: www.Tuffenuffbullriding.com
Fee: Adults $10.00 Adv. $12.00 at door. Discount for Military

August

6 - 8 Vigilante Days - Features gunfight re-enactment shows, 1880's fashion shows, kids games, a 10-kilometer run, concert, chili cook-off, saloon girls, sponsored by the Official Ambassadors of Tombstone, Tombstone Vigilantes and the Tombstone Vigilettes.

Ph: 520-457-3291 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: reekor@theriver.com
Web: www.tombstonevigilantes.com

September

4 - 6 Rendezvous of Gunfighters - Sponsored every Labor Day Weekend by the Wild Bunch, features gunfight shows from re-enactment groups around the Southwest United States and the Wild Bunch. 5 shows daily in the O.K. Corral. An 1880's walking costume parade, featuring costumes worn by people in the Old West during the Age of the Gunfighter, is held on Allen Street on Sunday during the celebration.

Ph: 520-457-3456 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.tombstone.org/
Fee: $7.50 includes Historama & more, 4 shows daily

October

15 - 17 Helldorado Days - In July 1881, a dusgruntled miner writes the Tombstone Nugget newspaper stating that instead of finding their "eldorado" of riches, many men ended up washing dishes or other menial jobs, finding instead, their "Helldorado". The term stuck. Helldorado is Tombstone's oldest festival celebrating its rip-roaring days of the 1880's. Helldorado, started in 1929, is sponsored by Helldorado, Inc. whose membership is composed of residents in Cochise County. Helldorado is held every third weekend in October and consists of gunfight re-enactment shows, Indian dancers, a chili cook-off, fashion shows and a variety show, sponsored by the Tombstone Vigilantes, in addition to the Annual Helldorado Parade. 10a-4p.

Ph: 520-457-3291 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.tombstone.org
Fee: Free

November

1 - 2 Annual Wings & Spurs - Tombstone holds its Annual Wings & Spurs event at the Tombstone Municipal Airport. Featuring a Fly-In, airplane rides, vintage aircraft, music, food and entertainment. Benefits the Tombstone Food Bank.

Ph: 520-457-3287 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.sonrisesportaviation.com

5 - 7 Annual Tombstone Western Music Festival - The Tombstone Western Music Festival's headliners include Dave Stamey and The Texas Trailhands. In addition to our Two Star Packed evening shows on Friday and Saturday night, there will be two free outdoor stages on Saturday, one on Allen Street, and another in the Fountain Court. The Allen Street Stage will be during the day on Sunday right after Cowboy Church under The Rose Tree! This will be another Western Weekend to remember! So Bring the whole family!

Ph: 520-457-2295 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: buckskin@theriver.com
Web: tombstonewesternmusicfestival.com
Fee: Adults $12.00; Students w/ H.S.I.D. $10.00; Under 12, Free

11 - 13 Notorious Clanton Gang Rendezvous - Held the third weekend each November by Terry "Ike" Clanton, leader of the Notorious Clanton Gang. The weekend consists of symposiums, presentations by Old West authors and historians, the "Cowboy Side of the Gunfight at The OK Corral" and look alike contests of Old West characters who walked the streets of Tombstone.

Email: clantonranch@hotmail.com
Web: clantongang.com

13Emmet Kelly, Jr. Days - Held the second weekend each November to honor Tombstone's resident and famous Clown. The celebration, put on by Emmett Kelly, Jr. Committee, is held to raise funds for the Committee's scholarship fund, which is given each year to a deserving Tombstone High School graduate who desires to enter the performing arts. The celebration consists of a clown school, puppeteers, cart rides, a parade and gunfight re-enactment shows by the Tombstone Vigilantes.

Email: info@tombstonevigilantes.com
Web: www.tombstonevigilantes.com

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