{"id":26273,"date":"2019-09-24T11:06:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T18:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26273"},"modified":"2019-09-24T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T18:06:05","slug":"cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickin&#8217; it up a notch for California Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/bcowb.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Black Cowboy Parade and Festival in Oakland, CA<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for Cowboy Country, look no further than the State of California for hot spots where cowboys aren&#8217;t just seen &#8212; they represent the lifestyle of locals who celebrate Western heritage, hard work and rural roots on a daily basis. Beyond the daily routines, even those who live and think &#8220;cowboy&#8221; take time to kick up some dust with special events.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-cowboy-festivals.html\">California Cowboy Celebrations!<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>These events are subject to change!<\/p>\n<p>WILLITS: Emandal Cowboy Poetry September 28, 2019. Includes an Apple Pie Throwdown.<\/p>\n<p>YERMO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/calico-days.html\">Calico Days<\/a>\u00a0 September 28-29. Check out the crazy burro races!<\/p>\n<p>NORCO: Norco Horse Affair October 4-6, 2019. This event is everything EQUINE with a bit of \u00a0Western lifestyle in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>OAKLAND: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oakland-black-cowboy.html\"> Oakland Black Cowboy Parade &amp; Festival<\/a>\u00a0October 5, 2019<\/p>\n<p>OAKDALE: Oakdale Cowboy Museum Dinner October 5.<\/p>\n<p>SAN JUAN BAUTISTA: Living History Days October 5. Meet mountain men&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>POWAY: Rendezvous in Poway October 6. Shadow River Regulators and the Apache Canyon Gang along with Mountain Men, Cowboys&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>LONE PINE: Lone Pine Film Festival October 10-13. \u00a0The rugged rock formations have played a starring role as Hollywood&#8217;s Western backdrop for cowboy action thrillers.<\/p>\n<p>TWENTYNINE PALMS: Pioneer Days October 17-20<\/p>\n<p>BUENA PARK: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/buena-park-silverado-days.html\">Silverado Days<\/a> October 18-20. The sheriff officiates this home-spun celebration with kids&#8217; Western themed costume contest and fun for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>ANGELS CAMP: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/angels-camp-twainfest.html\">Mark Twain Wild West Fest<\/a> October 19. Head for\u00a0Main Street, filled with action-packed excitement!<\/p>\n<p>MOORPARK: Western Weekend October 19-20 at Underwood Family Farms features Billhillyz, Banjo Cowpoke and Western Sidewalk Swindles.<\/p>\n<p>LOOMIS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/loomis-cowboy-poetry-contest.html\"> Annual Cowpoke Fall Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering<\/a> November 7-10. The Sierra foothills setting makes for a spectacular fall celebration.<\/p>\n<p>DEATH VALLEY:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/death-valley-encampment.html\"> Death Valley 49ers Encampment<\/a> November 4-10<\/p>\n<p>OAKDALE: Cowboy Christmas November 29-30<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Black Cowboy Parade and Festival in Oakland, CA If you&#8217;re looking for Cowboy Country, look no further than the State of California for hot spots where cowboys aren&#8217;t just seen &#8212; they represent the lifestyle of locals who celebrate Western heritage, hard work and rural roots on a daily basis. Beyond the daily routines, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26273"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26274,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26273\/revisions\/26274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}