HOURS Friday & Saturday – 7
a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday – 7 a.m. to 8
p.m.
Victorville, CA --Huck Finn Jubilee,
the Largest Bluegrass Jam in the World, combines the best of
country music entertainment with a
themed weekend of games, activities,
contests and non-stop fun to make for a
annual family event that people return to time
& again. Grab your dulcimers,
your fiddles, banjos, guitars and
singing voices, and prepare to find a
home among the stars of Bluegrass.
Concerts and clinics are just the start
of the fun at Huck Finn Jubilee where
kids sometimes show up dressed likeTom
Sawyer and Becky Thatcher. Events during
the weekend include contests and
activities right off the pages of the
books by Mark Twain such as the
adventures of Tom Sawyer. and a guest
appearance is made on stage by the famed
author (a look- alike Twain).
Huck Finn's 35th Jubilee – Mark
Twain's America Revisited is relived in
Victorville, Calif. with jumping
frogs, hot air balloons and the arrival
of a small town circus. During the
three-day festival families can
whitewash fences, build river rafts and
climb a greased pole. Nearly all 1880's
style contests are free to enter, and
winners receive not only bragging
rights, but ribbons too!
In a return to Hannibal, Missouri,
Tom & Becky help select a boy to be Huck
during Saturday's Huck Finn look-a-like
contest. The threesome then assists in
running activities, which continue
through Sunday, and Injun Joe's Treasure
Hunt. Kids can also join the antics of
the Russell Bros. Circus, learn how to
make rope and "Sing for a Pie" in the
Mountain Man Village.
On Main Stage, Mark Twain Live is
presented through the considerable
talents of Mike Randall. He travels from
New York to spin tales of Tom and Huck,
bad habits, political elections, and a
famous frog from California on Friday at
9 p.m.
FRIDAY - The music is amazing! Beginning at
Friday at noon and till 9 p.m. the
concerts and acts include bluegrass
non-stop. On Friday night there's a barn
dance put on by The Riley Family, known
for their Oak Glen Apple Farm that hosts
many festivals and shows throughout the
seasons. "Old Fashion Barn Dance"
on Friday night from 8:30 to 11 p.m. is
an event that you can only appreciate by
experiencing it. It's low tech,
old-fashioned and includes live music,
dancing and an incredibly good time in a
community atmosphere. Then on Sunday,
The Rileys return for an Old-Time Gospel
Sing at 9 a.m.; They even provide the
hymnbooks.
Friday's band line up is an all star
cast but it just continues each day.
Among the Friday performers are
Grasslands, X-Train with Peter
McLaughlin & Ross Nickerson, The Gibson
Brothers, Bluegrass Etc., Doyle Lawson &
Quicksilver, guitar and mandolin
workshops, Line Dance workshops, and the
Deering's Bluegrass Jam School for kids
age 8 to 15 years.
Blind Bogie Fish Derby begins on
Friday and goes through Saturday, and
includes prizes.
SATURDAY - Music includes
Scott Gates & Salty Suites, Sierra Hull & Highway 111, New Found Road, Rodney Dillard and the
Dillard Band, Grasslands and hours upon
hours of bluegrass from morning till
night on several stages.
Other activities include Arm
Wrestling, Frog Jumpin' Contest, Huck
Finn Look Alike Contest, Line Dancing,
Kids Bluegrass Jam School, Dulcimer
Workshop and Liar's Contest. Huck Finn
contests include the Greased Pole climb,
Fence Painting Contest and River Raft
Building, Cowchip Throwing Contest, a
Carnival and more, more!
Route 66 Car
Show is held both Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday
includes bands, clinics, Arm Wrestling,
and many of the same activities held on
Saturday.
Directions: South of Victorville, exit
I-15 at Bear Valley Road, go east on
Bear Valley Road four miles to
Ridgecrest Ave., turn north three miles
to the park.
Where to stay: Hotels
located nearby offer overnight lodging
in Victorville. Mojave
Narrows Regional Park where the jubilee
is held, is surrounded by woods, meadows
and lakes along the Mojave River. It
offers camping, horseback riding and
fishing .
Huck Finn Jubilee
P.O. Box 56419
Riverside, CA 92517
(951) 780-8810
