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Time Travel Weekends

Presented by Historic Old Sacramento Foundation/Sacramento History Museum at Old Sacramento State Historic Park

June 19-August 26, 2010

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A new and exciting street theatre program continues to delight and engage visitors to Old Sacramento with a special “Independence Day” theme planned for the 4th of July holiday weekend. With this new weekend program, the streets of Old Sacramento are populated with teams of talented performers in period attire who put on spontaneous and often-elaborate skits so visitors can step back in time to the 1850s-1870s.

The street theatre performances are focused around rotating themes throughout the summer with a patriotic “Independence Day” theme planned for July 3 & 4. Old Sacramento guests will enjoy square dancing, croquet, picnics, pie-eating contests, military parades, a Grand Reading of the Declaration of Independence, period politicians enthusiastically vying for public office and even a cannon firing.

Continuing on weekends through August, visitors to Old Sacramento can enjoy free historic re-enactments complete with heroes and villains, damsels in distress, children’s pioneer craft activities, historic sports, gambling, re-enactments of the Pony Express, military encampments, parades, historic events, medicine shows, musicians, dancers and jugglers. Additionally, the New Golden Melodeon Revue performs a Gold Rush-era variety show at the Eagle Theatre at 2:30pm that features luminaries of the time such as Lotta Crabtree, Lydia Thompson, Lola Montez and Sam Brannan.

The new “Time Travel Weekends” in Old Sacramento are free to the public and are available on weekends through August from 11 am-5pm. The new program is designed to bring a lively and theatrical flair to the streets of Old Sacramento and reflect the exciting atmosphere and character of the early gold mining period.

See blue and gold posting boards at Waterfront Park Stage and Pioneer Park Stage for scheduled shows. Free children's craft activities at Front and J - look for the red, white and blue bunting!

The new street theatre program is presented by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation (HOSF) in partnership with the City of Sacramento, California State Parks, Old Sacramento Business Association and participating merchants and businesses.