SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Join us for Saddle Up!, a celebration of the American West, one of the featured events of Pigeon Forge Winterfest.

The four-day festival includes a variety of entertainment, presented the cowboy way, including concerts by cowboy poets and Western musicians. Genuine chuckwagons from the Southeast and beyond will feed you like a king — or at least like the King of the Cowboys—at the annual Chuckwagon Cookoff.  Your toes will be tappin’ and your boots scootin’ at the Western Swing dances.   Wrap up an exceptional weekend with a Sunday morning chuckwagon breakfast followed by
Cowboy Church at  Stages West, 2765 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37862.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

1:00 p.m.   Concert – Smith Family Dinner Theater

Ray Doyle
Jeff Gore & Silver Valley
Dave Stamey
RW Hampton

6:00 p.m.–  Chuckwagon Dinner Show –  Smith Family Dinner Theater

The Bard and The Balladeer Dinner Show
 starring Don Edwards and Waddie Mitchell

Friday, February 26, 2010

1:00 p.m.   Concert – Grand Majestic Theater

Tim Jobe/Cal Farley Youth Performer
Sisters of the Silver Sage
Waddie Mitchell 
Don Edwards

7:00 p.m.   Concert – Grand Majestic Theater

Ray Doyle
Cal Farley Youth Performer
Jeff Gore and Silver Valley
RW Hampton
Sisters of the Silver Sage
Dave Stamey

9:00 p.m.   Swing Dance*  featuring Kata Hay & The Blaze

Location: Pigeon Forge Convention Center,
Grand Ballroom adjacent to Jake Thomas Rd.

*Separate ticket required.
Proceeds to benefit Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Songwriters Workshop
 @ Grand Resort and Hotel, Atrium Ballroom

9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  -  Buckaroo Roundup - Clabough’s Campground

Join us for a fun-filled day to learn the basics of calf roping, cowboy poetry, Dutch oven cooking demonstrations, the care of Dutch ovens, and so much more! Performances by Ray Doyle, Dave Stamey, John Linville, Tim Jobe and Cal Farley’s Youth Performers.

12:00 p.m.  The Pigeon Forge Lodging Association Chuckwagon Cookoff and Lunch

Clabough’s Campground – Wears Valley Road
$5 meal ticket available onsite
All proceeds to benefit Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch.

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Customer Appreciation Concert

Location: Pigeon Forge Convention Center,
    Grand Ballroom adjacent to Jake Thomas Rd.

Stages West is hosting a free VIP Customer Appreciation concert featuring Jeff Gore and Silver Valley, Sisters of the Silver Sage, Waddie Mitchell and Don Edwards from 2:00 – 4:00pm in the Pigeon Forge Convention Center’s Grand Ballroom.  Stages West would like to extend a complimentary Special invitation to our SaddleUp weekend pass holders as a THANK YOU for your support of this wonderful event.  You may pickup your complimentary free VIP invitation at Stages West beginning Thursday, February 25th.

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  The Virginian Cast Reunion

Location: Pigeon Forge Convention Center,
    Grand Ballroom adjacent to Jake Thomas Rd.

The Virginian Cast Reunion features a meet n’ greet reception, Q & A with the stars, film clips from the series, and special performances by RW Hampton throughout the reunion. Join us for a star studded evening with James Drury, Roberta Shore, Gary Clarke, and Randy Boone. Enjoy an art exhibit by Russ Mills.

9:00 p.m.   Swing Dance*  featuring Kata Hay & The Blaze

Location: Pigeon Forge Convention Center,
Grand Ballroom adjacent to Jake Thomas Rd.

*Separate ticket required.
Proceeds to benefit Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch

Sunday, February 28, 2010

8:30 a.m.   Chuckwagon Breakfast– Stages West -2765 Parkway

$5  meal ticker available on site.
All proceeds to benefit Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch

10:00 a.m.    Cowboy Church – Stages West. 
Join us for special performances by our featured performers and a
special Cowboy Church service led by Pastor Doug Stokes of Porterville, MS.

Tickets:
Ages 17 and younger admitted free
Day pass: $20 plus tax
Weekend pass: $50 plus tax
Chuckwagon breakfast: $5 per plate
Chuckwagon cookoff lunch: $5 per plate
Western Swing Dance: $5
Cowboy Church: FREE!

Saddle Up!  is presented by the City of Pigeon Forge
Saddle Up! has been named a Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Society.