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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

• 9 a.m. in front of the Park Office (near entrance of town).

Above, The Storytellers Band.

Listen to live music while strolling through town. Musical performances include:

Saturday

• Mojave County Band (Leatherworks Porch)
  • 9 a.m. , 1:45 p.m. & 4:15 p.m.
• Blacksmith Boys (Next to Blacksmith Shop)
  • 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2:45 p.m.
• High D Boys (Mainstreet Sage)
  • 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
• Orange Town Revival (Silver Rush Burger Patio)
  • 10:15 a.m., 12 p.m. & 2 p.m.
• The Storytellers Band (Silver Bowl Stage)
  • 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
• Blue Henry’s (Lil’s Saloon Beer Garden)
  • 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.
• Holy Crow Jazz Band (Main Street Stage)
  • 1 p.m., 2 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Sunday

• Mojave County Band (Leatherworks Porch)
  • 9 a.m. , 1:45 p.m. & 4:15 p.m.
• Blacksmith Boys (Next to Blacksmith Shop)
  • 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2:45 p.m.
• High D Boys (Mainstreet Sage)
  • 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
• Orange Town Revival (Silver Rush Burger Patio)
  • 10:15 a.m., 12 p.m. & 2 p.m.
• The Storytellers Band (Silver Bowl Stage)
  • 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
• Blue Henry’s (Lil’s Saloon Beer Garden)
  • 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.
• Holy Crow Jazz Band (Main Street Stage)
  • 1 p.m., 2 p.m. & 3 p.m.

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.

Train robbery reenactments give unsuspecting train riders a glimpse into the Old West days. Wild West train robberies, peaking between 1870 and 1900, were daring heists targeting gold, cash, and express safes, with gangs, such as Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch or Jesse James, famously stopping trains in remote locations using dynamite.

Saturday & Sunday

Gunfighter Shows

• 11:15 a.m.
• 1:45 p.m.
• 4:30 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday

Train Robberies

• 10 a.m.
• 12:30 p.m.
• 3 p.m.

Train rides are an additional price. Visit www.calicoattractions.com for prices.

Strike up some competition by entering in one of our games or contests. There is something for the entire family to enjoy.

Games & Contests include:

Saturday & Sunday

• Beard & Mustache Contest: 11 a.m. at the Calico Candle Shop (Old enough to have facial hair)
• Horseshoe Toss: 11:30 a.m. in the Big White Tent (All ages)
• Pin the Tail on the Donkey: 1 p.m. in the Big White Tent (Youth 11 and under)
• Egg Toss: 3:15 p.m. in front of the Big White Tent (All ages)
• Pony Express Relay: 3:30 p.m. in front of the Rock Shop (Youth 11 and under)

California Days activities are for all ages to enjoy through the day.

Saturday & Sunday

• Pony Rides
  • All day at the Livery Stable
• Crafts
  • All day under the big white tent
• Burro Corral
  • All day behind Gold Panning
• Fabric Spinning Demos
  • All day in front of the Park office
• Blacksmith Demos
  • All day in the Blacksmith Shop (closes during band performances at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. & 2:45 p.m.)
• Plains Native American Tee-Pee Historical & Educational Display
  • All day in front of Boot & Saddle
• Are you faster than a Marshall? (Across from Main Street Stage)
  • 10 a.m.
  • 12 p.m.
  • 3:45 p.m.
• Stories from the Pony Express (Lucy Lane’s Museum)
  • 10:30 a.m.
  • 2:30 p.m.
  • 4:30 p.m.

BEWARE!  This card room is only fit for scoundrels and shady characters running confidence card table games and street games tricking unsuspecting players all across Calico Ghost Town! The Bunco Gang is reportedly hanging out in the Visitor’s Center as you enter town.

Saturday & Sunday

Visitor’s Center (by town entrance)

• All day

Street Skits Performances

Doc Pipes Johnson’s “Evils of Snake Oil” & Soapy Smith’s “Famous Prize Soap Sell” (in front of the Visitor’s Center)

• 10:30 a.m.
• 2 p.m.

Experience a real 1880s classroom and history lessons miner children learned. Calico was home to many children and teachers. Space is limited to the first 20 people each session.

School House (top of town)

• 11 a.m.
• 1:15 p.m.
• 2:45 p.m.

Magic & Mind Reading Classroom Sessions

• 11:30 a.m.
• 2 p.m.
• 3:30 p.m.

Experience living history with Victorian Muse Theater performances by Oddessa Red in the Town Hall with Annie, Calico’s Lady Miner and Funeral of Julia Bulette skits. Stick around for butter churning demos (Saturday only) for all ages.

Saturday

Annie, Calico’s Lady Miner

• 10:45 a.m.
• 2:45 p.m.

Sunday

Funeral of Julia Bulette

• 10:30 a.m.
• 1:30 p.m.
• 3:30 p.m.

Saturday Butter Churning

• 11:30 a.m.
• 3:30 p.m.

A young visitor learns how to churn butter at California Days in 2023.