This Event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society

The roots of modern entertainment can be found in Minstrel Music. Always entertaining...never boring! Civil War music stirred both sides in the 1860’s and continues to excite and please audiences today!

So come one..come all for a full 2 days Musical Extravaganzo! See and Hear music the way it was when the Tune was “king”! You’ll enjoy over 15 different acts performed without amplification on 2 natural stages in the Ft. Washita barracks. These songs will make you tap your foot and clap your hands.
. Music... the way it ought to be and still is at Ft. Washita!

WHAT YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR!

MINSTREL PERFORMERS- acts as well as songs

CIVIL WAR PERIOD PERFORMERS

FIFE AND DRUMS

CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT

PERIOD DANCE LESSIONS- Virginia Reel, etc.

JAM SESSIONS- throughout the Fort grounds

PERIOD CHURCH WITH GOSPEL MUSIC ON SUNDAY

TOUR HISTORIC 1842-1865 FT. WASHITA

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ADMISSION ONLY $5.00
Proceeds go toward Ft Washita restoration projects

Performances will be held on 2 stages inside the Barracks -RAIN OR SHINE

SATURDAY- performances 9:30-5:00

SUNDAY-performances 9:30-3:00 (morning Gospel with period church service)

BANJO • BONES • FIDDLE • JAW HARP • FIFE • DRUMS

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PERFORMERS WILL BE IN 19TH CENTURY ATTIRE

FOR AUTHENTIC SOUND REPRODUCTION, ONLY PERIOD INSTRUMENTS OR REPRODUCTIONS WILL BE USED

ALL MUSIC WILL BE PERIOD MUSIC FROM 1842-1889