Taft Oildorado
"Drilling Ahead in 2005"
Oildorado Days Schedule of Events
Friday, Oct. 14 Location Time
Taft High Football vs Golden Valley Martin Memorial Stadium 7:30
Demolition Derby Petroleum Club 6:30
Lions Club Barbecue Petroleum Club 5:30
Petroleum Club Dance Petroleum Club 10:00
First Day Issue Stamp Oildorado Store TBA
Old Timers Registration West Kern Oil Museum 10-4
Movie: “Rebel Without a Cause” Fox Theater 4:00
Classic Car Cruise Night Center and Kern streets 6:00
50’s Cruise-In Ollies on 33 6-midnight
Saturday, Oct. 15
Oil Field Skills Contests Westec Training Center 8 a.m.
(Breakfast and lunch served by Kern Trail Riders)
Dodgeball Tournament The Foundry 11 a.m
Black-Gold Rush 2K Fun Run, 5/10K Run A Street Park 9:00
Family Fun Day Veterans Park 10-4
Old Timers Registration West Kern Oil Museum 10-4
Horseshoe Pitching Tournament Petroleum Club 2:00
Coed Softball Tournament Franklin Field 8 a.m.
Chamber of Commerce Gala Midway-Sunset Trading Post 6:00
Teen Dance Community Center 7:30
Sunday, Oct. 16
Whiskerino, Costume & Tessie Garratt
Ponytail and Hairbun Contests & Barbecue Historic Fort 1:00
(Barbecue 11:30 a.m., contests begin at 1 p.m.)
Dinner Theater (Light-hearted comedy) 1000 Sixth St. 6:30
World Record Sandwich Reunion Original Hacienda Grill 2-6
Monday, Oct. 17
Dinner Theater 1000 Sixth St. TBA
Movie: “Five Easy Pieces” Fox Theater 4:00
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Oildorado Queen Pageant Taft High Auditorium 7:00
Wednesday, Oct. 19
Oildorado Melodrama Taft High Auditorium 7:00
Movie: “Absent Minded Professor” Fox Theater 4:00
Thursday, Oct. 20
Oildorado Melodrama Taft High Auditorium 7:00
Carnival begins 4-day run K-Mart Center Noon-10
Friday, Oct. 21
Oildorado Civic Luncheon` OT Cookhouse 11:30 a.m.
Oil Derrick Dedication Oil Museum 3:30
Kiwanis Club Casino Night/Kow Plop Contest Petroleum Club 6:00
Carnival K-Mart Center Noon-10
Arenacross Motorcycle Races Franklin Field 3-9
Saturday, Oct. 22
Art show Trading Post 12-6
Oildorado Grand Parade Sixth Street & Center Street 10 a.m.
Deep Pit Barbecue 600 Block of Center Street After parade
Aircraft Exhibit and Fly-in Taft Airport 12-5
Mechanical Bull Riding & Rodeo Roping Foundry Noon-8:30
Barbecue Foundry 2-9
Jazz concert (Warren Hill & Jeff Kashiwa) Historic Fort 4-7
Oildorado Melodrama Matinee Taft High Auditorium 4:00
Oil field tours (Ço-generation plant, lease) West Kern Oil Museum 1:00
Rotary Club Peddlers Fair Tenth Street soccer field All day
Carnival K-Mart Center Noon-10
Pioneer Day and Barbecue West Kern Oil Museum All day
Arenacross Motorcycle Races Franklin Field 6:00
Barn Dance (young adult) The Foundry 9-midnight
Soroptimist Club Dance Community Center 8:00
Sunday, Oct. 23
Aircraft Exhibit and Fly-in Taft Airport 10-5
Art Show Trading Post 10-5
Oildorado Melodrama Matinee Taft High Auditorium 2:00
Carnival K-Mart Center Noon-10
Rotary Club Peddlers Fair Tenth Street soccer field All day
Soap Box Derby Races 3rd St. between Main/Center 4:00
Venue locations
A Street Park, A Street & Hillard OT Cookhouse, 205 No. Tenth St.
Community Center, 500 Cascade Pl. Petroleum Club, 450 Petroleum Club Rd.
Foundry, 301 Main St. Taft Airport, Taft Hwy & E. Kern Street
Fox Theater, 514 Center Street Taft High Auditorium, 701 Seventh St.
Franklin Field Arena, Taft Hwy & Ash Street Veterans Park, Taft Hwy & E. Kern St.
Hacienda Grill, 1015 Fourth St. Westec Training Center, 210 E. Center St.
Historic Fort, 915 No. Tenth St. West Kern Oil Museum, Hwy 33 & Wood St.
K-Mart Center, Gardner Field Rd. & Taft Hwy.
Martin Memorial Stadium, Tenth & San Emidio
Midway-Sunset Trading Post, 201 Supply Row
Oildorado Store, 306 Center St.
Ollies on 33, Second & Kern
Updated 9/21/05