NEWS ADVISORY
May 31, 2011
Cave Creek, Arizona – Wild West Days, Arizona’s largest western venue and a Cave Creek signature event, will be held from November 3-6, 2011 in downtown Cave Creek. The four-day venue kicks off with a golf tournament at Rancho Manana Golf Club followed by three days of non-stop family entertainment, mutton bustin’, dances, a period costume competition, musical performers, period vendors, a western parade and Walk for 100 benefit, bathtub races, the Trainer’s Challenge, Miss Wild West Days and various horse-related activities and other festivities have made Wild West Days a renowned annual western experience. This year’s title sponsor is Sanderson Ford, Sanderson Lincoln on Bell Road and Sanderson Volvo of Phoenix.
This year’s Wild West Days features an Arizona first, Gun Down by Sundown. Led by the town’s entertainment company, Six Gun Entertainment, the two-day event will feature gunfighting groups from throughout the country that will perform in a gunfight competition twice per day, per group, all day long, on November 5 and 6. Six Gun Entertainment also will give several award-winning performances on the evenings of November 5 and 6. In addition, this year’s Wild West Days will host a meet and greet at a local resort that will feature several prominent Wild West characters that will be present to sign photos, book and mingle with visitors.
Other exciting Wild West Days activities include:
- Walk for 100 (Saturday during the parade): Hundreds of firefighters, police and service men and women on horseback and on foot walk in silence to honor and pay tribute to colleagues who have fallen in the line of duty. The events winds up with a western cowboy church and breakfast at the Buffalo Chip.
- Western parade (Saturday, 9:00 a.m.): numerous non-vehicular entries bring the true spirit of the west to Cave Creek visitors
- Bathtub races (Saturday): Homemade bathtubs race down the street for the grand prize
- Pig races (Saturday): Pigs race as fast as they can to show their personal best to festival visitors
- Thieves Market (Saturday): The popular Thieves Market showcases western goods, attire and more
- Wild West chili cook-off
- Wild West bull fest – live bull riding competitions
- Best-dressed horse competition
- Headlining country music at many locations throughout the town
Visitors also will experience wildlife exhibits, western art, bull fest finals, a cowboy jail, pie eating contest, team horse events, chuck wagon cook-offs, mechanical bull riding, cowboy poetry and more. During Saturday’s activities, one side of Cave Creek Road will be closed to vehicular traffic. Only wagons, horses and foot traffic will be permitted.
Wild West Days, now in its ninth year, is an annual experience hosted by the Cave Creek Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit business-to-business entity that serves the businesses and organizations of Cave Creek, a prominent Arizona destination locale. A portion of the proceeds from the event will benefit the chamber, Luv Shack Horse Rescue, the 100 Club of Arizona and the non-profit Desert Foothills Community Association. In addition, the event will provide charitable support to several horse-related organizations in community, which help to preserve the community’s Western heritage. A comprehensive list of scheduled events and activities will be updated at: www.wildwestdayscavecreek.com.
- Event contact: Jean Glass, 602-680-0101
- Media contact: Fran A. Booth, ABC, 480.945.6333
