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2026 Dates | 2027 Dates |
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ROY ROGERS HAPPY TRAILS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION Apple Valley, California Proceeds support the Happy Trails Foundation Website: http://www.happytrails.org |
various events and fund-raisers. | various events and fund-raisers. |
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2ND ANNUAL CINECON POP-UP! Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, California Website: https://cinecon.org/ |
March 21, 2026 | |
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Exhibit: COWBOYS - HISTORY AND HOLLYWOOD Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum Simi Valley, California Website: https://www.reaganfoundation.org/library-museum/special-exhibits/cowboys |
Exhibit open thru April 19, 2026 | |
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TV WESTFEST Tucson, Arizona No event held in 2024 or 2025 Website: https://www.tvwestfest.com/ Website no longer working / abandoned. |
Unknown status. | Unknown status. |
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SANTA CLARITA (California) COWBOY FESTIVAL William S. Hart Park in Old Town Newhall, California Website: https://cowboyfestival.org/ |
April 18-19, 2026 | April 17-18, 2027 |
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COLUMBUS MOVING PICTURE SHOW Columbus, Ohio Website: https://www.columbusmovingpictureshow.com/ |
May 21-24, 2026 | |
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AUDIE MURPHY DAY Fletcher Warren Civic Center and Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, Greenville, Texas Website: https://cottonmuseum.com/calendar/ |
May 15-16, 2026 | |
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JOHN WAYNE ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Winterset, Iowa, the birthplace of John Wayne Website: https://johnwaynebirthplace.museum/ |
May 22-23, 2026 | |
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MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL re-named to FLASHBACK FILM & TV FESTIVAL Olive Branch, Mississippi Website: https://midsouthnostalgiafestival.com |
July 16-18, 2026 | |
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ANNUAL ROY ROGERS FESTIVAL Portsmouth, Ohio No event held in 2024 or 2025. Website: https://royrogersfestival.com/ Website no longer working / abandoned. |
Unknown status. | |
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WESTERN LEGENDS CELEBRATION Kanab, Utah (Utah's Little Hollywood) Website: https://www.littlehollywoodwildwestfest.com |
September 10-12, 2026 | |
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CINECON CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL #62 Writers Guild of America Theater, Beverly Hills, California Website: https://cinecon.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Cinecon-Classic-Film-Festival/100057518115014/ |
September 3-7, 2026 | |
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MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel, Towson, Maryland 21204 Website: https://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com |
Unknown status. | |
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REX ALLEN DAYS Willcox, Arizona Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RexFest.org/ Rex Allen Museum website: http://www.rexallenmuseum.org |
Unknown status. | |
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COWBOY WAY FEST/JUBILEE Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, San Angelo, Texas No 2024 or 2025 events held. Website: https://www.cowboywayjubilee.com/ Website no longer working / abandoned. |
Unknown status. | |
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LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL Lone Pine, California Websites: https://lonepinefilmfestival.org/ https://museumofwesternfilmhistory.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lonepinefilmfestival/ |
October 8-11, 2026 | |
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WILD BUNCH FILM FESTIVAL Tucson, Arizona Website: https://www.thewildbunchfilmfestival.com/ |
October 21-25, 2026 | |
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SILVER SPUR AWARDS Airtel Plaza Hotel, Van Nuys, California 2024 and 2025 events were cancelled. Website: https://reelcowboys.org |
Unknown status. |
Many filmfests and nostalgia events are no longer active. |
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HIGH CHAPARRAL ROUNDUP Tucson, Arizona Website (no longer working): http://chaparralroundup.com/ When I checked in July, 2022, there was a message that the website had expired and the domain name was for sale. M7 CON AND OLD WEST FILM FESTIVAL was in Old Sacramento, California; 2023 event location was to be Fort Worth, Texas 2018 event was cancelled; no event in 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022 Checked their website on February 9, 2023, and it was no longer working and their domain name had expired. Website (no longer working): https://www.m7con.org/ WILLIAMSBURG NOSTALGIA FEST Williamsburg, Virginia Website (no longer working): https://www.williamsburgnostalgiafest.com/ January 25, 2023 announcement on their website that 2022 was the 26th and last Williamsburg Nostalgia Fest. TOM MIX FESTIVAL/WESTERN HERITAGE WEEKEND Dewey, Oklahoma (Home of the Tom Mix Museum) Website (no longer working): https://www.westernheritageweekend.org City of Dewey, OK website: https://www.cityofdewey.com/calendar Tom Mix Museum website: https://www.tommixmuseum.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomMixMuseum74029/ THE HIGH CHAPARRAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Marriott Burbank, Burbank, California Event was held in 2017. Website (no longer working): http://www.50thanniversarythehighchaparral.com WESTERN FILM FAIR AND NOSTALGIA CONVENTION Hawthorne Inn, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2017 event was the 40th and last Western Film Fair. Website (no longer working): http://www.westernfilmfair.com WILLIAMSBURG (Virginia) FILM FESTIVAL Colonial Plaza Williamsburg (Formerly Holiday Inn - Patriot), Williamsburg, Virginia 2017 event was the 21st and last Williamsburg Film Festival. Website (no longer working): http://www.williamsburgfilmfestival.org HIGH CHAPARRAL REUNION Tucson, Arizona From their website - no further reunions/events are planned. Website: http://thehighchaparralreunion.com SPIRIT OF THE COWBOY Hico, Texas Event held in 2015. Website (no longer working): http://www.spiritofthecowboy.net FESTIVAL OF THE WEST WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona Last event was held in 2013. Website: http://www.festivalofthewest.com FIRST ANNUAL WESTERN HERITAGE FESTIVAL Boise, Idaho Event held in 2015. Website (no longer working): http://idahowesternheritagefestival.com/ WILD WESTERN FESTIVAL Glendale, Arizona 2015 was the last Wild Western Festival. Website (no longer working): http://www.wildwesternfestival.com HOPALONG CASSIDY FESTIVAL Cambridge, Ohio 2015 was the 25th Hoppy Festival ... and the last. Website (no longer working): http://hopalongcassidyfestival.com WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FILM FESTIVAL Asheville, North Carolina Last festival was held in 2012. Website (no longer working): http://www.cometwesterns.com/filmfest.htm GOLDEN BOOT AWARDS Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation, Woodland Hills, California The last Golden Boot Awards program occurred in 2007 and was the 25th anniversary of the awards program. ANNUAL GENE AUTRY DAYS Kenton, Ohio Hardin County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce announced that the 2013 Gene Autry Days was the last. JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN FESTIVAL Dothan, Alabama Last held in 2011. Website (no longer working): http://www.johnnymackbrownfestival.com WILD WEST COWBOY ROUND-UP Annual Cowboy Round-up, Downtown Garland, Texas Website (no longer working as of October 1, 2011): http://www.garlandcowboyroundup.com DEAN SMITH CELEBRITY RODEO Expo Center of Taylor County, Abilene, Texas Benefits the John Wayne Cancer Institute. Website (no longer working as of January, 2008): http://www.celebrityrodeo.org RED RIVER WESTERN FESTIVAL Shreveport, Louisiana Website (no longer working as of 2005): http://www.redriverwesternfestival.com TOMBSTONE WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL Tombstone, Arizona Website (no longer working as of January, 2006): http://tombstonewesternfilm.com BUCK JONES FESTIVAL 2004 Buck Jones Festival was cancelled due to illness and passing of festival coordinator Dom Marafioti. Website (no longer working as of January, 2006): http://www.buckjones.org KNOXVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Website (no longer working): http://www.cometwesterns.com/knoxvle.htm TOM MIX FESTIVAL DuBois, Pennsylvania Last TM Festival was held in 2004. Website (no longer working as of September, 2005): http://www.tommixfestival.com When I checked in April, 2023, the DuBois Area Historical Society website was no longer working and the domain name was for sale: http://www.duboishistoricalsociety.com |
