Huck Finn Jubilee returns to Victorville, Friday 17 – 19 Sunday 2011. The 35 year old self proclaimed “great American party” annually celebrates the life and times of Tom and Huck, Mark Twain’s popular storybook characters.
The Jubilee is held at the 800 acre Mojave Narrows Regional Park where unlike its high desert surroundings, is an oasis bordering the Mojave River and resembles parkland near the Mississippi River. Parking is free and camping is offered.
During the three day festival you can find games that include building river rafts, climbing a greased pole, searching for nickels in a haystack and tossing horseshoes. All are free to enter, and ribbons are given to winners.
There’s a Friday night barn dance at the mountain man village, a Huck Finn look-a-like contest on Saturday and the Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Championship Sunday afternoon.
A crafts village offers items that are hand- made and uniquely American, and there are barbeque ribs, ice cream and corn on the cob in the Vittles village.
A Route 66 Car Show offers pre-1982 show car entries one free admission with one paid when arriving Saturday and Sunday. The California State Arm Wrestling Championships and the Deering Banjo Championships both are held at noon on Saturday and offer t-shirts, trophies, titles, cash and a Deering Eagle II banjo as prizes.
Main stage hosts a Mark Twain Live performance on Friday and old time country and bluegrass music with “Hee Haw’s” Roy Clark, Rodney Dillard from the Andy Griffith Show, and RFD Television’s Leroy Troy and the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band. They headline more than 30 hours of music Friday, Saturday and Father’s Day.
Music continues into the evening, and all night picking parties are held in special campgrounds on the park. The Deering Banjo Company offers a free music jam school Friday and Saturday, and workshops in fiddle, banjo, guitar, vocal harmony and songwriting continue all three days. Named 2001 Bluegrass Event of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association, the Jubilee also provides many informal “chat sessions” that bring both artist and fan together.
Hot air balloons rise early each day and provide aerial views of Pelican Lake, and campgrounds in Mojave Narrows. Some campsites have electrical hookups for RVs. The regional park offers fishing, horseback riding and a water splash area.
Families can also camp at Mojave Narrows Regional Park campgrounds. Camping w/electrical hook-ups + Jubilee entry package available.
Huck Finn Jubilee
Hours: Fri 17 & Sat 18, 7am – 11pm; Sun 19 7am – 8pm
Admission: General $20; Children 6-12, $5; Children under 6, FREE
3-day Jubilee + 2-night camping w/ electric hook-up pass: General $75, Children 6-12, $20; Children under 6, FREE
Details: http://huckfinn.com/
Additional info: (951)-780-8810 • huckfinn@huckfinn.com
Mojave Narrows Regional Park
18000 Yates Road, Victorville 92307 [MAP]
images: courtesy Huck Finn Jubilee • content: Huck Finn Jubilee • post Ry N.
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