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“Festival Of The Horse & Drum”©
August 17 – 18, 2013
at the Kane County Fairground in St. Charles Illinois.
Tickets For The Festival Of The Horse & Drum
Available at the Gate or Online
Cost: $15.00 Adult / $7.50 Children 6 – 16 / Free Children Under 5
For All Day Pass
Tickets For The 1st Equus Film Festival At The Arcada Theater
Will Be Available ONLY At The Door.
Cost: $6.00 For All Day Pass or $20.00 For A Full Festival 4 Day Pass
Hours
Saturday Festival 9am to 7pm
Saturday Evening – Mario Contreras Equestrian Extravaganza 7pm – 10pm
Sunday Festival 9am – 6pm
Traditional Inter Tribal
American Indian Pow-Wow and Drum
Tanner and Glaze
Western Horse Games Festival
“Grand Tournament of St Charles” International Jousting and Games Tournament
Mario A. Contreras
Equestrian Extravaganza Show
1st Equus Film Festival©
in Downtown St Charles’s Historic Arcada Theater
Equine Assisted Abilities Pavilion
Horses Used Every Day in Equine Assisted Therapies
African American Cowboy and Military Pavilion
Kids Corral – Pony Rides – Model Horse Contest
Children’s Horse Art Contest – Ice Cream Eating Contest – Costume Contest
cowboys and cowgirls – Knights and Princesses – Forest Elfs and faries
Horsemen of Spain, Portugal and Mexico Fiesta
with Chon Macedo from Ran-Chon
Horses Of The Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval Era
Featuring
Jill McCrae of McCrae Farm
&
Laura Amandis With Her Dancing Stallions
Horses of Holland in the Baroque Pavillion
with
Enrique Martinez of Monte Cristo Equestrian
&
Tiana Ng of Classical Baroque
Multicultural Food Vendors
Equine Vendors &
Authentic and Diverse Ethnic goods and crafts
Juried Equine Art Show
“Horses of A Different Color”
Hosted by the St Charles Arts Council
Farm to Barn – Farm To School – Farm To Table
Agricultural Educational Interactive Area
This will be the first “Equestrian Multicultural Multimedia Event” of its kind!
This Equestrian event promises to be the most “ fun at a horse fair” the public will ever have!
This is just the beginning…….
So, please join us by visiting and supporting the 1st Annual Festival Of The Horse & Drum©!
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