Live from the site of this weekend’s Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

LECLAIRE, Iowa (KWQC) – It’s going to be a weekend full of history, cowboys, live music and good old fashioned family fun June 29-30 at the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.

Kyle Kiel checks in live during Friday’s Quad Cities Live to interview some of the artists who will be featured during the weekend’s festivities.

The event at Cody Elementary School is to raise money for the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. The festivities will run from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 29 and from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 30.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet cowboy re-enactors of the era’s legends, including Annie Oakley, Buck Taylor and Buffalo Bill. Performers will perform a daily show filled with trick shots, saddle riding, arena shows and much more. Activities and games suitable for children will also be offered during the festivities.

The event aims to raise funds for the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors 65 and older and $8 for children under 12. You can find tickets online by clicking here.

The reenactors will live in a “Boomtown” camp on the school grounds at 2100 Territorial Road. The cowboys, their families and their horses will live there for three days. There will also be ongoing demonstrations of pioneer life.

For more information, visit the Facebook event page here.

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