Welcome to California Days February 15-16, 2025
The Calico California Days event celebrates the historical timeline of the early settlements when California became the 31st state on Sept. 9, 1850. The event will coincide with National California Day that recognizes the Golden State every year on February 22. Calico Ghost Town will host this new event with educational displays about California’s history, games and contests for the entire family, live entertainment and more.
California Days is back February 15-16, 2025
San Bernardino County Regional is excited to commemorate the fourth annual California Days event at Calico Ghost Town over Presidents’ Day weekend on Feb. 15-16, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event celebrates early California history with a focus on California’s admission to the union as the nation’s 31st state on Sept. 9, 1850, and celebrated on February 22 every year.
This family-friendly event celebrates the people and culture of early California by hosting family activities, gunfighter shows by the Calico Mountain Volunteer Gunfighters, butter churning, and reenactments along with educational displays on the state’s Bear Flag, Pony Express Trail, and Butterfield Overland Trail.
Serving as a natural backdrop to the Old West, Calico will travel back in time with a beard and mustache contest, arts & crafts, games and contests for all ages, stories from the Pony Express, and a Pony Express relay for kids under 11.
There will be live music and entertainment with the Victorian Muse Theater at the Town Hall, classroom reenactment sessions from the 1800s at the schoolhouse and some Wild West street skits performed by the “Scoundrels Alley” Calico troupe.
The popular Dorsey Dog Delivery Game also returns and is a doggie scavenger hunt where owners and their furry friends search for clues throughout town to win the ultimate prize of a treat goodie bag and first-place ribbon from Dorsey’s Dog House.
Eventgoers can enjoy our fair-style food lineup with for very hungry appetites, the Calico Restaurant and Lil’s Saloon will be open. All the Calico attractions will be open, including Maggie Mine and the Calico Oddessa Railroad. Attractions are an additional charge. For attraction prices, visit www.calicoattractions.com.
Calico will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prices are $10 per adult, $5 children ages 4-11, and 3 years and under are FREE.
Calico Ghost Town offers full and partial camping at the park. Reservations may be booked directly online at www.sbcountyparks.com.
Cabins and bunkhouses are also available. Please call 800-862-2542 to reserve. Calico Ghost Town is located off I-15 at Ghost Town Road in Yermo, just 10 miles north of Barstow.
California Days 2025 Schedule
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025
Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025
Delivery Game for Dogs
Bring along your furry friend and enter the doggie scavenger hunt that will take you and your pal through town looking for clues. Each participating team will end up at Dorsey’s Dog House and the first to collect all the clues will receive a doggie goodie bag and a blue ribbon.
In 1885, U.S. Mail Dog Carrier “Dorsey” had a 3-mile route that led him up and down the mountain from Calico to Bismark. A special mailbag and leather booties were custom made for Dorsey. Dorsey retired in 1886 and was given to the Bismark mine owner and later moved to San Francisco.
The border collie has been memorialized by both Kenny Rogers in a 1972 song and by Walt Disney in a TV movie in 1974.
Saturday & Sunday
- 1:45 p.m. (begins at Park office)
Live Bands
Above, The Storytellers performing onstage.
Listen to live music while strolling through town. Musical performances include:
Saturday & Sunday:
2025 Schedule Coming Soon!
Games & Contests
Strike up some competition by entering in one of our games or contests. There is something for the entire family to enjoy.
Games include:
- Egg Toss
- Butter Churning
- Pin the Tail on the Donkey
- Pony Express Relay (kids under 11)
- Beard & Mustache Contest
- Face Painting
- Horseshoe Toss
- Roll a Cowboy Relay (Sunday)
2025 Schedule Coming Soon!
Gunfighters Show
Join us in some real ol’ gunfightin’ shows reminiscent from the wild, wild West. The Calico Mountain Volunteer Gunfighters will be staging shows throughout the weekend.
Saturday & Sunday
2025 Schedule Coming Soon!
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Calico Ghost Town Regional Park
36600 Ghost Town Road
Yermo, CA 92398
760.254.1123
Admission Prices
Adults (12 & over): $10
Youth (ages 4-11): $5
Ages 3 and under: Free admission
Camping
Visit www.sbcountyparks.com to make a reservation.
Event Contact
Heather Hill, Regional Parks Recreation Coordinator
email: heather.hill@parks.sbcounty.gov
phone: 909.387.2410