1/5/2008: Details on plans for 2008 will be posted to this site in coming months. Merchants interested in vending here can sign up to our mailing list to receive e-mail when an announcement is made. For entertainment, casual planning has the event going in a more family oriented direction for 2008 instead of being a music festival.

Publicity and Media Mentions

Here are a few places that have (or will be) talking about the Des Moines Wild West "Family Fun" Fest.

Radio

Newspaper

Appearances

Watch for our "wild west" stunt actors to make appearances at various places in Des Moines. If you'd like some western characters to help out at one of your events, let us know. If we can hand out some flyers, we may be able to send you some outlaws for free.

Television

FROM LAST YEAR: See our second TV ad, which features Erik Anderson's Medicine Show and Flea Circus (new to our entertainment lineup):
FROM LAST YEAR: We were on WOI-TV 5 (ABC) Monday morning (6/25) during the 11 o'clock hour.
FROM LAST YEAR: The TV commercial is now done and has been delivered to the local cable company. Unfortunately, we've had to make a change which may delay it getting on the air. You can see Version 2 below. You can also see some goofy raw footage posted to YouTube.com.

Web Mentions

Past

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