2008 Event Details

 

http://www.arizonafolklore.com/

Friday, February 1, 2008
Four shows in celebration of the
Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering
$10.00 each or $35.00 for all 4 shows
For reservations, please call: 520-378-6165 and leave a message
or email us at: reservations@arizonafolklore.com

 

 

Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering

Feb. 1- 2- 3, 2008
Buena Performing Arts Center,
Sierra Vista, AZ
www.cowboypoets.com

Trails & Rails performs
Saturday, February 2, 2008

Library Stage
11:00am

Auditorium Stage
12:00pm and 2:00pm

Headline Stage Performance
Buena Performing Arts Center
7:00 PM – Doors Open at 6:00 PM

 

 

 

National Trails Day
Rancho de los Penasquitos
Adobe Ranch House

If you didn't know this historic adobe was hiding over near Black Mountain Road,
come find this San Diego treasure! Lots happening the whole day.

Saturday June 7, 2008
Noon - 3:00 PM

12020 Black Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92129
(858) 484-7504

The first Saturday every June is designated National Trails Day (NTD) in the United States. On that day every year more than a million hikers, bikers, equestrians, and others take part in thousands of events nationwide in celebration of America's trails. These events include new trail dedications, workshops, educational exhibits, equestrian and mountain bike rides, rollerblading, trail maintenance, and hikes on America's favorite trails. http://usparks.about.com/cs/hikingtrails/a/trailsday.htm

San Diego County's first Mexican land grant includes an 1823 adobe ranch house constructed by the Commandante of the San Diego Presidio. In 1846, Rancho los Penasquitos was the first place of rest for General Stephen Watts Kearny and his Army of the West after the Battle of San Pasqual. Enlarged in 1862 as the gracious home of a celebrated Yankee river boat captain and his wife, the niece of California's last Mexican governor, Pio Pico, the building and site comprise a National Historic and Archaeological District. The beautiful canyon locale within a 3700-acre open space preserve offers hiking, biking and equestrian trails.

http://earlysandiego.org/FT00sites.html#6ranchopena

 

 

 

JOIN THE CELEBRATION!

The Sixth Annual
OLAF WIEGHORST MUSEUM
WESTERN HERITAGE DAYS

June 7th and June 8th, 2008

All authentic WESTERN music! Did you think that Western and Country music were the same? Actually they are quite different. Hear old and new Western music all weekend. Also Indian Dancing, Buffalo Soldiers, Mountain Men, Gun-Fighter Reenactments (and gun safety demonstrations!), western vendors, pony rides, the Wells Fargo Stage Coach, a children's area and much more. Free - with lots of parking in the nearby Civic Center lots. And did we mention the food and the beer garden? (They aren't free, but you might want some anyway...)

Trails & Rails to perform
Sunday June 8, 2008
11 PM and 1:15 PM

131 Rea Ave - El Cajon, CA
(619) 590-3431
www.wieghorstmuseum.org

Craft makers - Artists - Children's Pavilion
Western Reenactments
Mountain Men Encampment - Buffalo Soldiers
Blacksmiths - a custom cowboy Hat Maker
Olaf's Cantina - Good Grub

Also featuring: Ken Graydon, Jon Messenger, The Tumbling Tumbleweeds,
Tanya Rose, Tom Hiatt, Marvin O'Dell, Judy Taylor, George Dickey, Rodger Maxwell

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The 2008 Wieghorst Western Heritage Days took place in El Cajon June 7-8 under the joint sponsorship of the Olaf Wieghorst Museum and the Western Music Association.

WMA members Marvin O'Dell, Tom Hiatt, Jon Messenger, George Dickey, Rodger Maxwell, John Bergstrom, Judy Taylor, Ken Graydon and Phee Sherline, The Tumbling Tumbleweeds and Trails & Rails participated in the 2-day event. Ken Graydon was honored as the Feature Performer of the Year. San Diego area musicians were also well represented in the list of performers, including Sara Petite who wrote a couple of new cowgirl songs for the event. Jack and Voleta Hummel also joined us for the second year.

 

Our thanks to the museum for hosting the event. And special thanks to all the local musicians/poets and fans who showed up to play, to support and cheer all of us on, and to sing along with these great songs!

Of course there was much more going on at this 2-day family event. (Go to  www.wieghorstmuseum.org to get the big picture!)

Next year's date: June 6-7 (first weekend in June) Put it on your calendar!

Sam Hinton Folk Festival

June 14, 2008
FREE FESTIVAL ADMISSION

Old Poway Park
14134 Midland RD
Poway, CA

www.SDFolkHeritage.org

Music all day on the Gazebo and at the Open Mic on the Park Stage!
What a fabulous park. Good food on site as well. And a farmer's market right next door.

Trails & Rails to perform at
1:10 PM on the GAZEBO STAGE

WORKSHOP with WALT RICHARDS
"The art of learning music"
11:30 am to 12:45 pm

Lou Curtis (center) joined Trails & Rails on stage for a classic Western song.

 

 

City of La Mesa Concert Series
Sunday June 22, 2008 - 6 - 7 pm

Harry Griffen Amphitheater
9950 Milden Street
La Mesa, CA
(619) 667-1300
www.ci.la-mesa.ca.us/

The best outdoor venue in San Diego county - maybe in all of Southern California! Bring a little picnic dinner - a box (no glass) of wine - a chair or blanket, or use the amphitheater seating and enjoy a relaxing hour of fun music.

Trails & Rails playing La Mesa's 2006 "Sunday's at Six" concert series
in the Harry Griffen Amphitheater

 

 

 

At the Red Barn
Wynola Pizza Express

July 4, 2008 
6-9 PM
4355 Highway 78
(On the way to Julian from Ramona)
760 765-1004
www.wynolapizzaexpress.com  

What better way to end a beautiful 4th of July day in the mountains or visiting Julian than to have pizza (and whatever you think goes best with that!) while listening to cowboy, train and blues songs by award-winning Trails & Rails!  Americana at its best!

 

Trails & Rails Video Shoot

July 12th, 2008
7:30 PM

Channel Twelve 25
172 East Main Street
El Cajon, CA.
www.channeltwelve25.com

Steve and Odie Goward have opened a new venue on Main Street in El Cajon, CA. Called Channel Twelve 25, it is primarily a studio designed to teach performance skills to emerging musicians. But they also have a stage with lights and video capability, which they have opened to established musicians who need to create a video for their web site or promotional package.

Video Shoot at Channel Twelve 25 in downtown El Cajon, CA.

 

 

The Coffee Gallery
Backstage

July 19th, 2008 - 7:00 - 9:00 PM

The Coffee Gallery Backstage
Altadena, CA
(626) 398-7917
www.coffeegallery.com

If you are in this neigborhood, please join us for a very special evening at a very special place. Bob Stane gets great acts. We feel privileged to be included in his line-up. Seating is limited. Call for reservations! (Even if you're not in the neighborhood, come on up if you can ! Should be a great night!)

 

 

 

At the Red Barn
Wynola Pizza Express

Friday - September 12, 2008 
6-9 PM
4355 Highway 78
(On the way to Julian from Ramona)
760 765-1004
www.wynolapizzaexpress.com  

 

 

Saturday - September 20th, 2008

2:00 - 2:55 PM

Free!

Frank Lane Park
2640 Farmers Road
Julian, CA
www.julianbluegrassfestival.com

 

 

Ken Wilcox, Walt Richards, Bruce Huntington, Paula Strong and Dave Edelman
on the main stage at the 2006 Julian Banjo & Fiddle Contest.

 

Jimmy Duke's
Dark Thirty Concert Series

 

Sunday - September 28th, 2008
7:30 PM - $15.00

Dark Thirty Productions
11132 Pinehurst Drive
Lakeside, California 92040
Telephone: 619-443-9622
http://www.darkthirty.com/

 

Jimmy Duke graciously welcomed Trails & Rails
and the audience into his home.

 

 

Eleventh Annual Poway
Train Song Festival

Saturday October 4th, 2008
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
FREE!

Trails & Rails performance times:

10:00 AM - Gazebo Stage
1:00 PM - Green Park Stage

Old Poway Park
14123 Midland Road
Poway, California

The annual Train Song Festival is held at Old Poway Park in Poway, California. The free event, co-sponsored by the City of Poway and San Diego Folk Heritage, features live musical entertainment with songs inspired by the railroads. This one-of-a-kind event brings to life the history of American rails, songs that were inspired by the freedom to travel, the tragedies and triumphs of the railroad men, and the adventure of the hobos and other traveling folk, whose lives have been entwined with the trains.

During the day, in addition to the great train-related music, The Poway Midland Railroad gives train rides aboard its 1907 Baldwin Steam Engine; The Poway Station Model Railroad Club displays model trains in Templars Hall; Old Poway Park's western gun-fighting teams re-enact train robberies; children can have their faces painted, make train crafts, hear stories and see toy train displays and The Heritage Museum provides an historical train display.

 

 

Vaquero Days

Saturday and Sunday
October 18th - 19th, 2008
12:00 - 12:45 Both Days

Merigan Meadow
Descanso, California
Ranch Roping, Ranch Horse Competitions, Live Music & Cowboy Poetry, Horsemanship Demos, Cowboy Gift Show, and BBQ

www.vaquerodays.org

 

Painted Pony Arts Festival

Saturday November 8th, 2008
Rain or Shine
10:00 AM

Admission is free

The Jamul Arts and Music Council, also known as JAM, would like to invite people of all ages to the Painted Pony Arts Festival. Artistically painted live horses, genuine equine, will be on display as performance art. During the Festival, artists will be painting three life-sized foal statues. Artists will be displaying and selling their art. Children’s activities and food booths will also be a part of the Festival.

Musical performances include Trails and Rails performing cowboy and train songs along with standard folk songs at 10:00. At 12:00, Skelpin will fill the air with lyrical Irish music fused with the passions of Spain, rhythms of the Middle East, and American romantic soul. Toes will be tapping. The Burnsville Band will get us rocking and dancing at 2:00 with their blistering guitars, soulful vocals, tight-pocket rhythms, smoking keyboards, and horns.

Jamul Intermediate School
14545 Lyons Valley Road
Jamul, CA

For more information
JamulJam@yahoo.com

Sponsored by:
Jamul Arts and Music Council
P.O. Box 98 
Jamul, CA  91935 

 

 

The Coffee Gallery
Backstage

Sunday November 9, 2008

7:00 - 9:00 PM

The Coffee Gallery Backstage
Altadena, CA
(626) 398-7917
www.coffeegallery.com

If you are in this neigborhood, please join us for a very special evening at a very special place. Bob Stane gets great acts. We feel privileged to be included in his line-up. Seating is limited. Call for reservations! (Even if you're not in the neighborhood, come on up if you can ! Should be a great night!)

 

 

Trails & Rails will be performing Saturday night,
November 22, 2008

Western Music Association's
20th Annual Western Music Festival
Albuqurque, NM

 

Trails & Rails in front of Templar's Hall.

 

 

 

At the Red Barn
Wynola Pizza Express

Saturday
December 13, 2008 
6-9 PM
4355 Highway 78
(On the way to Julian from Ramona)
760 765-1004
www.wynolapizzaexpress.com