Summer Festivals in Wyoming

It is a big old western state chock full of big old western festivals. If you dig the idea of cowboys, mountains, and old time music, Wyoming is the place to be during the summer festival season.

If you are up near Laramie this year from June 10^th through 18^th, you can get have a rule-breaking good time at The 1800's Western Outlaw Festival & Butch Cassidy Days. The festival is held at the Albany County Fairgrounds, and is an educational and enjoyable event that the whole family can get in on. Celebrating all of the aspects of Wyoming's past, from the railroad to the original homesteads, and from god-fearing settlers to the most rough and tumble outlaws, such as the one the festival is named for, this festival is straight out of the western expansion days. Find out how to go back in time with the rest of Wyoming at http://www.laramie-tourism.org/flash/wof.htm

If you are closer to Alpine than Laramie, Alpine Mountain Days take place from June 15 - 17, 2007, and keeps that good old western feel like the 1800's Western Outlaw Festival. Alpine Mountain Days is one of the biggest weekend festivals in Wyoming, and features a Pioneer Village, which both kids and adults will enjoy exploring, Indian dancing, arts and crafts from local artisans, exhibits, unique shopping, and lots of food choices. Find out more about it at http://www.alpinemountaindays.org/index.html

Wyoming's Big Show, also known as the Sweetwater Fair, takes place at the Sweetwater County Events Complex in Rock Springs, happening from July 26 - August 5^th. This popular festival draws nearly one hundred thousand attendees each summer with its carnival rides and games, booths, exhibits, food, musical acts, and more.

Not seeing enough music in any of the above options? Well, at the end of summer, if you have not gotten your fix, you can find all the music you could want at Curt Gowdy State Park between Cheyenne and Laramie. The Happy Jack Music Festival takes place from August 10^th through 12^th, and features music from several different genres, but is focused mainly on that good ole mountain bluegrass. Taking place in the shadow of the Medicine Bow Mountains, at the Happy Jack Music Fest non-stop music fills the air for three days, and the option to camp out on site, if you like to rough it, is available. The festival is billed as a family event, and on Saturday afternoon hosts a kids' tent, with a special performance by Bandit the Raccoon just for the little ones. Find out more about attending at http://www.happyjackmusicfestival.com/

With food, rides, live music and more you are sure to find something that peaks your interests at one of the summer festivals happening in Wyoming this year.