Music Times

Fiesta Activities Schedule

Time	Event
8:00 am	Oracle State Park gate opens. Event parking is on-site for $6 per vehicle. Annual Park Permits do not apply for this special event.
11:00 am	10th Annual Fiesta de las Calabazas begins with live music on the main stage by female duo “InAscent” with guitar, harmonica and vocals Food Vendors open: “Not Jus Doggs” (hotdogs, Italian sausage, chips, drinks & more); also Mexican burritos & carne asada by Rita Pina Aldo Leopold Archery Activity begins: Sign up for a 30-minute group lesson at the corrals by Arizona Game & Fish. Ages 8 to adult welcome. Call (520) 896-2425 to reserve a preferred start time in advance. Open slots are available day of event also. Mesquite Pod Grinding Hammer-mill opens. Grind your mesquite pods into flour for home-cooking use. $3 per run of 3lb-5lb buckets of pods benefits Friends of Oracle State Park Wild food vendors, author tables and interactive booths open. Kids activities begin
11:30 am	Guided Tour of the historic Kannally Ranch House begins (45 minutes). 30 minute Archery lesson begins for age 8 to adult. Sign up at corrals.
12:00 pm	Chautauqua Program on the Main Stage: Literary Actor Kim Stone portrays the “Father of Wildlife Conservation”, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), and answers audience questions in character.
12:30 pm	Guided Tour of the historic Kannally Ranch House begins (45 minutes). 30 minute Archery lesson begins for age 8 to adult. Sign up at corrals.
1:00 pm	“Tortolita Gutpluckers” perform live bluegrass music on the Main Stage: featuring banjo, guitar, vocals, fiddle and tub bass, until 3 pm. 30 minute Archery lesson begins for age 8 to adult. Sign up at corrals.
1:30 pm	Guided Tour of the historic Kannally Ranch House begins (45 minutes). 30 minute Archery lesson begins for age 8 to adult. Sign up at corrals.
2:00 pm	“Shrinking Habitat” Environmental Education trail program begins. Sample activities from the interactive Oracle Adventure & Oracle Odyssey Programs (30 minutes). 30 minute Archery lesson begins for age 8 to adult. Sign up at Friends of Oracle State Park booth near the music stage.
2:30 pm	Last chance for 30 minute Archery lesson for age 8 to adult. Sign up at corrals .
3:00 pm	Event closes
4:00 pm	Park closes

Vendors, Authors and More…

Skeleton Creek-Natural selections from the Sonoran Desert: jellies & syrups made from prickly pear fruit; mesquite jelly & syrup, mesquite pancake mixes, and blue corn pancake mixes
Charlie Kane, with useful wild roots & second edition of his book, Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest
Fred Terry, favorite local beekeeper with products made from bees
Margaret Guyton, prickly pear jelly, homegrown squash bread and sweets
Ellie Mattausch introduces a new book by Gary Every
Evaline Auerbach, books by Aldo Leopold and more
David E. Brown, ASU Professor and Aldo Leopold Scholar, book signing
Arizona State Parks: Gift-shops, Research & Marketing, Natural Resources Management & Interpretive Education displays
Friends of Oracle State Park: At the Pumpkin Patch: Gourds to decorate and take home, Plant Sale, and More…
Also, more hands-on activities for kids, including live reptiles by Tucson Herpetological Society

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