2001 Entertainment Schedules
Below are the entertainment schedules for the most recent Gold Rush Days. Download the official Gold Rush Days 2011 map (PDF) and get an idea of the fun we had!
2011 DAILY STREET PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES
Embarcadero Tent City (Front and I Streets)
Patent Medicine Show 10:15, 1:30, 3:15
Band of the California Battalion 10:00, 4:30 (Sat & Sun only)
Red Circle Dancers 10:30, 12:30, 2:30
Alta California Band (Sat only) 11:30
Jack Convery Banjo (Sun & Mon) 11:30
Cannon Firing 12:00, 2:00, 3:00
French Bride Auction 4:15
Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation 4:45
Pony Express Rides Again (J Street)
James Barrera Trick Roper & Whip Master 10:30, 12:45, 2:15, 4:15
The Pony Express delivers the U.S. Mail 11:30, 1:30, 3:30
Road Raising Rally 12:30
Gun Fights and Gatherings (K Street)
Women’s Suffrage Rally 10:00
Re-creations of Historic Gunfights 10:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:15, 4:30
Abolitionist Anti-Slavery Rally 1:15
Band of the California Battalion 2:00
Old Sacramento Police Paddy Wagon 2:30
Sacramento Hook & Ladder Fire Brigade Saves the Burning Brothel 11:00, 3:45
Parades (Second Street to I Street to Front Street)
The Massed Military Parade 11:15
The Road Raising Parade and Rally 2:30
The Abolitionists Parade and Rally 1:15
The Grand Parade of Wagons 2:00
Funeral Procession honoring President Abraham Lincoln 4:30
DAILY STAGE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES
EAGLE THEATRE STAGE
10:15 Cozy & Mez Illusionists
11:00 Romeo and Juliet (Sat), Radio Raid (Sun) DulciMates (Mon)
11:45 Mark Twain pontificates
12:00 Patent Medicine Show
12:30 The Golden Melodeon Revue
1:15 Saloon Piano Sing-a-long
2:15 Alta California Orchestra (Sun & Mon only)
2:30 Abolitionist Singers “Songs of Freedom” (Sat only)
3:00 Romeo and Juliet (Sat), Smokey Knott Singing Miners (Sun & Mon)
4:00 Saloon Piano Sing-a-long w/Can Can Bijou
4:30 The Bandit Chief Melodrama
WELLS FARGO STAGE
10:00 Smokey Knott Singing Miners
10:45 The Liquor Cake String Band (Sat), Ballet Folklorico (Sun & Mon)
11:30 Brass Farthing Men’s A cappella
12:15 Alta California Orchestra
1:00 The Bobby West Band (Sat), Ballet Folklorico (Sun & Mon)
1:45 DulciMates (Sat & Mon), Radio Rail (Sun)
2:30 The Liquor Cake String Band
3:15 The Bobby West Band
4:00 Brass Farthing Men’s A cappella
4:45 Alta California Orchestra
PASSENGER STATION STAGE
10:30 DulciMates (Sat & Mon) Radio Rail (Sun)
11:30 The Kondor Bros Juggling Duo
12:30 The Liquor Cake String Band
1:15 Romeo and Juliet (Sat), The Bobby West Band (Sun & Mon)
2:00 Cozy & Mez Illusionists
2:30 “California Station” Theatrical Railroad Adventure
3:45 The Kondor Bros Juggling Duo
4:30 Mark Twain Pontificates
DELTA KING STAGE
10:30 Brass Farthing Men’s A cappella
11:30 Smokey Knott Singing Miners
12:30 Dale Shin Hurdy Gurdy (Sat & Mon), Radio Rail (Sun)
1:30 Liquor Cake String Band
2:45 Dale Shin Hurdy Gurdy (Sat & Mon), Radio Rail (Sun)
3:45 DulciMates
RIVERFRONT STAGE
11:00 Liquor Cake String Band (Sun & Mon)
12:00 The Bobby West Band
1:00 Smokey Knott Singing Miners
2:00 Brass Farthing Men’s A cappella
3:15 Liquor Cake String Band
4:15 The Bobby West Band
PIONEER PARK CHILDREN’S STAGE
11:00 Punch and Judy Puppet Show
11:45 The Pioneer Shakespearean
12:00 Punch and Judy Puppet Show
1:00 The Kondor Bros Juggling Duo
2:00 Punch and Judy Puppet Show
2:45 The Kondor Bros Juggling Duo
3:45 Cozy & Mez Illusionists
SAVE MART BBQ PATIO & LIVE MUSIC ROUNDUP
Saturday
11:00-Noon Billy Buckman (solo)
12:20-1:05 Dry Creek Rounders
1:15-2:00 Dry Creek Rounders
2:20-3:05 Bathtub Gins
3:15-4:00 Bathtub Gins
4:20-5:05 Billy Buckman & Friends
5:15-6:00 Billy Buckman & Friends
Sunday
11:00-11:50 Rupert Duncan Band
12:00-12:40 Rupert Duncan Band
1:00-2:00 Cash Tribute
2:15-3:15 Cash Tribute
3:45-4:45 Buck Ford
5:00-6:00 Buck Ford
Monday
11:00-11:45 Rhythm Riders (Patsy Cline tribute)
12:00-12:45 Rhythm Riders (Patsy Cline tribute)
1:00-1:45 Rhythm Riders (Johnny Cash tribute)
2:00-2:45 Rhythm Riders (Johnny Cash tribute)
3:05-4:00 Kristy O. (of country duo Bomshel)
4:15-5:00 Kristy O.
Additional Activities and Entertainment, and Information
Take a Ride!
Care for a train ride? How about a river cruise? You’ll find these at Gold Rush Days, along with stagecoach and wagon rides—even pony rides! Purchase tickets for wagon and stagecoach and pony rides at any Information/Ticket Sales location (see Event Map), and board at the locations shown on the event map. Purchase train ride and river cruise tickets at their respective boarding points only.
Food and Drink
Old Sacramento is known for its many restaurants and eating & drinking establishments. In addition, a special Gold Rush Days menu of delectable food and libations is available at the Embarcadero Tent City, including sarsaparilla. Mouth-watering BBQ and beverages can also be found at the Save Mart BBQ Patio and Live Music Roundup (Front & L Streets).
California Indian Exhibit
The California Gold Rush through the eyes of Native Americans. The exhibit “Discovery, Devastation and Survival: California Indians and the Gold Rush” has toured throughout the state. During Gold Rush Days, it is located in the Embarcadero Tent City, at the Stanford Gallery (next door to the Huntington & Hopkins Hardware Store).
Old Sacramento Museums
Old Sacramento’s museums are open FREE Saturday-Monday during Gold Rush Days 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m!
- Sacramento History Museum
- California State Railroad Museum
- Califironia State Military Museum
- Wells Fargo History Museum
- Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
Little Buckaroos Day at the Crocker (Monday)
Monday, September 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., you and your little buckaroos are invited to celebrate Gold Rush Days—at the Crocker Art Museum! (Located on O Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, just south of Old Sacramento and accessible on foot via the Riverfront Promenade/O Street Bridge.) Dance performances, puppet shows, miniature horses, fun activities, games, and art-making for little hands. Free admission 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday only at the Crocker Art Museum.
Premier: New Film about Sacramento’s Early Years
Narrated by Timothy Busfield, “Rising Above: Building the Indomitable City” is a fascinating cinematic look at the forces, people, and events that helped shape Sacramento in its early years. Showing daily on the half-hour (10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at the California State Railroad Museum, this is the world premier weekend for the 20-minute film.
Evening Activities
Old Sacramento will remain lively even as the daily schedule of Gold Rush Days activities and entertainment concludes each evening. Friday evening, enjoy a Pub Crawl and dining discounts. The Save Mart BBQ Patio offers live music Saturday and Sunday evening through early evening. Enjoy dinner at one of Old Sacramento’s fine dining establishments, and sip a drink at one of the many bars and saloons that the area is famous for—then and now.
Lost & Found/First Aid/ATMs/Restrooms
Lost and Found is located at the Old Sacramento Visitors Center (on Second Street near J, next door to Wells Fargo History Museum). First Aid services are at the CM&T Co. building, next door to the Eagle Theatre (on Front Street near J). ATMs are located at the Wells Fargo History Museum (Second and J Streets) and just south of the Delta King Landing (Front and K Streets). Restrooms are conveniently located throughout Old Sacramento.
