Old Lincoln Days

Head to where Billy the Kid’s legend began–and nearly ended… Join the festivities at the annual Old Lincoln Days

August 7—August 9, 2015

The town of Lincoln, NM, perhaps better-known as Lincoln Historic Site, comes alive during the annual Old Lincoln Days, a three day-long celebration and historic re-creation of the frontier West. Bring your family and take a trip into the historic past.

Lincoln comes alive during Old Lincoln Days. This year is the seventy-fifth anniversary of “The Last Escape of Billy the Kid,” a pageant first produced in 1940, when local artist Peter Hurd played Billy. During the weekend the village is packed with 7,000 of its closest friends, reliving the frontier West with chuck-wagon cooks, blacksmiths, dancing girls, gunfighters, speakers, a parade, and three showings of the pageant. Vendors and food concessionaires will be on the scene. Seven museums of the Lincoln Historic Site will be open, including the Anderson-Freeman Visitor Center and the Murphy-Dolan Store, now known as the Old Lincoln County Courthouse.  Call (575) 653-4025 for more information.

Old Lincoln Days begins Friday, August 7 and runs through Saturday, August 8, 2015 from 9am to 5pm both days; and on Sunday, August 9 from 9am to 3pm. Admission is $5 per adult to access the Historic Site. Children, veterans, and active military and their families are free. New Mexico residents are free on Sundays.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, August 7

8.30-4pm Food Concessions, Arts and Crafts

8:30am-4:30pm Museums open

9am-5pm Shops, Historical Center, and Courthouse open

6:30pm Concert at the Pageant Grounds

8:30pm Performance “The Last Escape of Billy the Kid” at the Pageant Grounds

Saturday, August 8

Taking place throughout the day will be:

• Food Concessions, Art and Crafts at Dr. Woods House, Pageant Grounds, and Community Church
• Friends of Historic Lincoln Brick Sale at the Community Park
• Lincoln County Fiber Guild by Arrowsmith’s Store
• Marrow Springs Bone Gunfighters at The Dolan House
• Sierra Blanca Amateur Radio Club Special Event station K5B in front of the Convento

8:30am-4:30pm Museums open

9am-5pm Shops open and Living History Demonstrations throughout town

10:30am Dr. Bob’s Old Time Medicine Show at the Amphitheater behind the Visitor Center

11am “Me and Billy the Kid” Chautauqua performed by Ralph Estes at the San Juan Church

12:30pm Pistols and Pearls Gunfights at the Amphitheater behind the Visitor Center

1pm Talk by Bob Boze Bell at the San Juan Mission

2pm Catholic Mass at the San Juan Mission

2pm 19th Century Fashion Show at the Amphitheater behind the Visitor Center

2pm Book and poster signings by Bob Boze Bell, Buckeye Blake, and Britt McInnes

3:30pm Make your own cornhusk doll at the Visitor Center courtyard

4pm Concert in the Community Park by cowboy poet Mike Moutoux

6:30pm Concert at the Pageant Grounds

8:30pm Performance “The Last Escape of Billy the Kid” at the Pageant Grounds

Sunday, August 9

• Taking place throughout the day will be:
• Blacksmith and Chuck Wagon demonstrations at the Visitor Center
• Friends of Historic Lincoln Brick Sales at the Community Park
• Marrow Springs Bone Gunfighters at The Dolan House
• Sierra Blanca Amateur Radio Club special event station K5B in front of the Convento

8:30am-4:30pm Museums open

9am-5pm Shops open and Living History Demonstrations throughout town

10am Rick Geary book signing at the San Juan Mission

11am Old Lincoln Days Parade

12pm Dr. Bob’s Old Time Medicine Show at the Amphitheater behind the Visitor Center

1:30pm Concert at the Pageant Grounds

2pm Pistols and Pearls Gunfights at the Visitor Center Amphitheater

3pm Make your own cornhusk doll at Visitor Center Courtyard

3pm Performance “The Last Escape of Billy the Kid” at Pageant Ground