Portsmouth, OH takes on a western feel during the annual Roy Rogers Festival held in downtown Portsmouth.
Cowboy & Cowgirl enthusiasts gather for a few days for memorabilia, celebrities and alot of western fun. It's like a family reunion each year. You can have lunch with western stars and top off the fun-filled days with a grand banquet.
Roy Rogers lived on Duck Run, in nearby McDermott, OH for a period of his youth and attended what was then McDermott High School. His boyhood home is privately owned now and no longer open for tours, but there's a nice historical marker in front of the home where you may take some great photos or video to capture the moments.
2010 will mark the 27th year for our annual event. As always, our festival is held the first weekend in June. Our 2010 Roy Rogers Festival will be held June 2-5, 2010 at the Ramada Inn in downtown Portsmouth, OH.
The annual auction proceeds raises money for the Roy Rogers Scholarship Fund. A scholarship is given to a deserving Scioto County, OH high school senior each year.
Cowboys and cowgirls from all over the globe will have a rip roarin' time! They will be taken back to those wondrous days of yesteryear when cowboys were king and the good guys rode off into the sunset.
We wanted a way to reach out to more Roy and Dale's fans. We decided to throw our cowboy hat into the ring and join the ranks.
Sign up at www.facebook.com , if you're not already. Type Roy Rogers Festival in the search box. Join us and start inviting all your friends and enemies.
We look forward to having our Guest Stars, Special Guests and Entertainers each festival and having them available for the fans. We do appreciate and applaud each one that grace our festival with their presence!!
We do appreciate your loyalty and patronage to the Roy Rogers Festival!!
Please mark your calendars NOW, for the 2010 Roy Rogers Festival. You won't want to miss it!!
Roy Rogers Festival: "CELEBRATING OUR 27TH YEAR"
JUNE 2-5, 2010
Get those saddles a'shinin', your spurs a'spinnin', and have your cowboy hat ready to hit the dusty trail with your "Trigger" or "Buttermilk" on June 2nd towards Portsmouth, OH for the 2010 Annual Roy Rogers Festival.
Our very first festival was in 1983. Please contact us and make your plans early to attend the 20010 Roy Rogers Festival! We'll be looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting brand new ones.
Cowboys of the Silver Screen
2010 Commemorative Stamp Announced!!
The United States Postal Service has announced there will be a 2010 commemorative stamp honoring four extraordinary performers who helped make the American Western a popular form of entertainment. Film stars from the silent era through the singing era are featured on the stamps: William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers. The stamps go on sale April 17, 2010.
The Rogers Rogers Festival will be having an official USPS event during our 2010 Roy Rogers Festival to commemorate the release of the stamp.
For further details about the commemorative stamps, Click Here.