Personalities Attending the Festival

Ernest Marsh – Portrays Deputy US Marshall Bass Reeves

Ken Farmer – Author, actor, and teacher

Christopher Mitchum – Actor, producer, son of Robert Mitchum

Cindy Mitchum – Niece of Robert Mitchum and daughter of John Mitchum 

Jim Drury – Son of James Drury – the Virginian

Martin & Murray – Western Singers

Charles “Smokey” Culver – Award-winning Cowboy poet

Fletcher Jowers – Award-winning singer, poet, and songwriter

Matt Tindell – Western, wildlife, and Native American portrait painter

Chris Mullen – Award-winning Author and Teacher

Janine & Brett of Brunson & Young Breakout Artists, Western