Presidential historian Jon Meacham will deliver the keynote address, and the musical “As One” will be presented on May 10. Organizers expect 50,000 visitors over the three-day weekend.
The schedule for that day looks like this:
8 a.m. Golden Spike National Historic Site Opens to the Public
8:15 a.m. Jupiter and No. 119 Replica Steam Engines Arrive
11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Sesquicentennial Celebration Ceremony, Keynote Address & As One Performance
1:30 – 7 p.m., Spike 150 Festival: music, performances, storytelling, historical reenactments, locomotive demonstrations, frontier village, innovation summit, re-enactments
May 11 schedule:
9 a.m.- 7 p.m. Spike 150 Celebration Festival: music, performances, storytelling, historical reenactments, locomotive demonstrations, frontier village, innovation summit, re-enactments
May 12 schedule:
9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Spike 150 Celebration Festival: music, performances, storytelling, historical reenactments, locomotive demonstrations, frontier village, innovation summit, re-enactments
For information on ticket purchases, visit spike150.org/events.
I wish there would have been an announcement about the first group of tickets that was MORE PROMINENT! I just stumbled across this information today 3/12. Did not see anything about tickets on the Spike 150 site! Sheesh!
Other than a sloppy written article, it has no links to purchase the tickets.