Activities
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.
Mark Twain “In Person” was a rare treat indeed. Mark Twain returns to the Jubilee and offers an encounter with America’s greatest author and humorist through considerable talents of Mike Randall. After 2000 performances, Randall is compared by some to be “…as good, if not better than Holbrook”. Randall’s re-creation of Twain begins Friday evening June 15th, at 8:00 PM.
There’s a Friday night barn dance in 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 barbecue 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, and cash as prizes.
Music continues into the evening, and all night picking parties are held in special campgrounds on the park. Named 2001 Bluegrass Event of the Year by the International bluegrass Music Association the Jubilee also provides many informal “chat sessions”, music workshops and band showcases that bring both artist and fan together.
Hot air balloons rise early each morning to give a bird’s eye view of Pelican Lake and campgrounds in Mojave Narrows. The regional park offers fishing, horseback riding and water splash area.
