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Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, Ogden’s dynamic and vibrant community will be in the spotlight. This celebration is an opportunity to share our past, our present and our future.
The Heritage Festival is an annual celebration, but this event will be a special anniversary edition spanning May 9-11. The Big Boy 4014 and 844 steam trains will be on display at Union Station. The Station will be full of exhibits celebrating the influence of the trains and rail industry. The event will also expand up Historic 25th Street for three full days of historic presentations, live music, performances, vendors, community activities and more.
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| Thursday, May 9 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | PLACE |
| 10:00
AM to 9:00 PM | Heritage
Festival: Food, Art and Culture Vendor Zone | Historic 25th Street |
| 10:30 AM to
11:30 AM | Reenactment
of Wedding of Rails (UP Trains The Living Legend #844 & The Big Boy #4014) | Steam
Meet, South of Ogden Union Station |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00
PM | Utah
State Railroad Museum, self-guided tour | Ogden Union Station |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00
PM | Ogden
City Art 150th Poster Show | Gallery at the Station,
Ogden Union Station |
| 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM | Whistlestop
Tour Lecture Series - Lincoln: Uniting a Nation | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Big Boy 4014 and The Living Legend 844 on Static Display | Ogden Union Station |
| 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Heritage Festival: Food, Art and Culture Vendor Zone | Ogden Union Station Grand Lobby |
| 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Recording for Union Station Oral History Project | Wattis - Dumke Room, Ogden Union Station |
| 1:00 PM | Live Music - Alter Billies (Ballad of the Big Boy) | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Whistlestop
Tour Lecture Series - Blackcloud: Native American Perspective on the Transcontiental Railroad | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 2:00 PM | Ogden Musical Theatre present Wedding of the Rails (melodrama) | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Whistlestop
Tour Lecture Series - Connection and Exclusion (Irish Workers) | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM | Whistlestop
Tour Lecture Series - Connection and Exclusion (Chinese Workers) | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series - Transcontinental Railroad | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM | The Living Legend #844 & The Big Boy #4014 on Static Display | Ogden Union Station Tracks 1 & 2 |
| 3:30 PM | Ogden Musical Theatre present Wedding of the Rails (melodrama) | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM | Whistlestop
Tour Lecture Series - After Promontory |Utah's Chinese Workforce | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Historic Ogden Tours | Story Tours - Book Online |
| 5:00 PM | Musical Performance - Blue Sage | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series - Telling Story Through Folk Music | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 6:00 PM | Musical Performance - RoseWood | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 6:00 PM to 7:00PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series - Lincoln: Uniting a Nation | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Musical Performance - Joshy Soul & The Cool | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| Friday, May 10 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | PLACE |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Heritage Festival: Food, Art and Culture Vendor Zone | Ogden Union Station and Historic 25th Street |
| 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM | UP Trains The Living Legend #844 & The Big Boy #4014 on Active Display | Ogden Union Station Tracks 1 & 2 |
| 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Performance - Coolies & Brothers Reading | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Utah State Railroad Museum, self-guided tour | Ogden Union Station |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Ogden City Art Call & Spike 50 Exhibit | Gallery at the Station, Ogden Union Station |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Recording for Union Station Oral Histories | Wattis - Dumke Room, Ogden Union Station |
| 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series - Lincoln: Uniting a Nation | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 1:00 PM | Ogden High School and Mount Ogden Jr. High School Jazz Ensembles | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM | Ogden 7-12 Grade Student Presentations | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Performance - Jazz a the Station Presents Heritage Jazz Festival | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Whistlestop
Tour Lecture Series - Ogden's Role as Junction City | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 2:00 PM | DaVinci Jazz Ensemble | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Whistlestop
Tour Lecture Series - Making Ogden: Junction City of the West | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series - Japanese Railroad Workers | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Ogden: Junction City of the West | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM | The Living Legend #844 & The Big Boy #4014 on Static Display | Ogden Union Station Tracks 1 & 2 |
| 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series - Female Railroad Workers | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:00 PM | Musical Performance - METRO | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 4:00 PM | Jazz Jam | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Historic Ogden Tours | Story Tours - Book Online |
| 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 4:30 PM | Ogden Musical Theatre present Wedding of the Rails (melodrama) | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 5:30 PM | Ogden Musical Theatre present Wedding of the Rails (melodrama) | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 6:00 PM | Live Music - Lars Yorgason Singers | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 6:00 PM to 7:00PM | Whistlestop Tour Lecture Series - Lincoln: Uniting a Nation | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 7:00 PM | Ales and Rails w/ Dick Kreck | Union Grill |
| 7:00 PM | Live Music - Joe McQueen Quartet & Friends | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| Saturday, May 11 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | PLACE |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Heritage Festival: Food, Art and Culture | Ogden Union Station and Historic 25th Street |
| 10:00 AM | Live Music - Shimmy Mob | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM | DocsTeach Heritage Workshops - Communication | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 10:00AM to 3:00 PM | UP Trains The Living Legend #844 & The Big Boy #4014 on Active Display | Ogden Union Station Tracks 1 & 2 |
| 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Utah State Railroad Museum Self-Guided Tours | Ogden Union Station |
| 11:00 AM | Onstage Ogden- Youth Group | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM | Chinese on the Railroad Cooking Demonstration | Wattis - Dumke Room, Ogden Union Station |
| 12:00 PM | Ogden Musical Theatre present Wedding of the Rails (melodrama) | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | DocsTeach Heritage Workshops - Oral History, WSU Special Collections | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 12:10 PM to 12:40 PM | Performance - Scariff School of Irish Dance | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 12:40 PM to 1:40 PM | Performance - WSU Ballet Folklórico and Pacific Islander (TOA) | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 1:00 PM | Divya School of Dance: Indian Classical Dance | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM | DocsTeach Heritage Workshops - Archaeology 3D | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 1:40 PM to 2:10 PM | Performance - Salt Lake Scandi Dance | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 2:00 PM | Performance - Ballet Folklorico Tutulli | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 2:10 PM to 2:40 PM | Performance - Divya School of Dance | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 2:40 PM to 3:10 PM | Performance - Pow Wow Exhibition - WSU | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:00 PM tp 9:00 PM | UP Trains The Living Legend #844 & The Big Boy #4014 on Static Display | Ogden Union Station Tracks 1 & 2 |
| 3:10 PM to 4:40 PM | Performance - Folklorico Newara | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:15 PM to 5:15 PM | DocsTeach Heritage Workshops - Preserving Documents, Video, Photos | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 3:15 PM | Ogden Musical Theatre present Wedding of the Rails (melodrama) | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Historic Ogden Tours | Grand Lobby, Ogden Union Station |
| 4:00 PM | Live Music - Celtic Beat, Feet of Fire | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 4:40 PM to 6:10 PM | Performance - Joe McQueen Quartet | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM | DocsTeach Heritage Workshops - Lincoln: Uniting a Nation | Gallery 51, Ogden Union Station |
| 6:00 PM | Live Music - Caleb & The Canvas | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 6:10 PM to 6:40 PM | Performance - Ballet Tutullí | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 6:40 PM to 7:10 PM | Performance - Karpaty Dance Ensemble | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 7:00 PM | Live Music - Brothers of September | Main Stage, Historic 25th Street |
| 7:10 PM to 7:40 PM | Performance - Al-Mustafa Foundation of Utah | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 7:40 PM to 8:10 PM | Performance - Ogden Buddhist Taiko Drummers | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 8:10 PM to 8:40 PM | Performance - 7th Infantry | Browning Theater & Annex, Ogden Union Station |
| 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Food, Art and Culture Vendor Zone | Ogden Union Station and Historic 25th Street |
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