BOHEMIA NUGGET 2016
Downtown District Centennial Covered Bridge, CG Museum among the
offsite venues & free downtown parking
Event: BMD Historical Treasure Hunt [2-6 p.m.] - Sign Up at Bohemia City Train
Station
Roaming Performance: BMD Undertaker Cyrus Henderson [Actor Steve Coady]
7:00 a.m. Food: Chuckwagon Breakfast Begins – Bohemia City Chuckwagon
[next to basketball court until 11 a.m.]
8:00 a.m. BMD Grand Miners Parade Registration Begins [Taylor Ave & 10th
Street]
8:30 a.m. BMD Grand Miners Parade Judging Begins [Parade line-up on 10th
Street]
9:30 a.m. Event: BMD Gold Dash (500m) Free Fun Run for Kids [Staging at Main
& 14th Street] Presented by the Cottage Grove Jogging Club
10:00 a.m. Attraction: Bohemia City opens in Coiner Park
Living History Attraction: Oregon Aviation History Center opens
[2475 Jim Wright Way – closes at 4 p.m.]
Event: Grand Miners Parade Begins - Grand Marshals 1965-67 BMD Queens
[Parade Route: South 10th St. to Main St. to Gateway Blvd.]
11:00 a.m. Performance: One More Time Marching Band [Americana] –
Gazebo Stage [Concert start time is approximate after the parade]
Attraction: Carnival opens in Bohemia Park
Food: BMD Chicken BBQ – Trinity Lutheran Church [Quincy Ave & South 6th
St]. Event ends at 7 p.m. (or when chx runs out) Free train service from
Noon to 4:30 p.m.
11:30 a.m. BMD Express Time Traveling Train & BMD Treasure Hunt (operates
until 6 p.m.) Sponsored by City of Cottage Grove, Pacific Power &
Bohemia Sunrisers Kiwanis Club
Event: BMD Historical Treasure Hunt (11:30 - 6) Sign-up at Bohemia City Train
Station
Noon Beer & Wine Garden opens [between Main Stage and Food Court]
Historical Talk: “Passport to History” [local history topics] - Heritage Stage
12:30 p.m. Performance: Buck & Elizabeth – Main Stage Presented by the Cottage
Grove Sentinel
Historical Talk: Diana Knous, Pacific Power [electric power history] 1:00 p.m.
Attraction: Cottage Grove Historical Museum Opens [Corner of Birch
Ave. and ‘H’ St.- Closes at 4 p.m.]
Performance: Dallas McCord The Cowboy Way Show – Heritage Stage Sponsored
by Fibonacci Seed [Western Music/Cowboy Poetry]
Performance: C.A.K. Project [psychedelic alternative] - Bohemia Park
Amphitheater
1:15 p.m. Feud Contest: Costume & Beard Contests – Gazebo Stage
1:45 p.m. Performance: Calvary Creek [60s & 70s fok & soft rock] – Main Stage
Sponsored by Calvary Chapel-Cottage Grove
2:00 p.m. Feud Contest: Two Towns Tug-O-War
Gazebo Stage Performance: DJ Fyre Wolf the Dinosaur [dance music]
- Bohemia Park Amphitheater
2-6 p.m. Living History Tour: Dr. Snapp House -- 360 South River Road
[Free train service to 5th & Adams Stop and cross the swinging bridge]
2:30 p.m. Performance: Overstand [reggae] - Bohemia Park Amphitheater
2:45 p.m. Feud Contest: Pie Eating Contest – Gazebo Stage
3:00 p.m. Performance: Annie Mae Rhodes Band [country bluegrass] – Main Stage
Feud Contest: Cherry Pit-Spittin’ [Distance & Accuracy] – Gazebo Stage
3:15 p.m. Historical Talk: Fort Umpqua Muzzleloaders, Early Oregon Settlers
- Heritage Stage
3:30 p.m. Performance: Jay the Magician – Main Stage Sponsored by Smith-
Lund-Mills
Event: Lavender Green’s Historical Fashion Show - Heritage Stage Sponsored by
Starfire Lumber Company
3:45 p.m. Historical Talk: Bohemia Mine Owners Association, Early Mining
History - Heritage Stage
4:00 p.m. Historical Talk: Elkton Community Education Center, Fort Umpqua
History - Heritage Stage
Performance: DJB [80s & 90s dance music] - Bohemia Park Amphitheater
4:30 p.m. Performance: Good Karma Band - Bohemia Park Amphitheater
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5:00 p.m. Performance: Buck & Elizabeth – Heritage Stage Presented by the
Cottage Grove Sentinel
5:45 p.m. Historical Talk: Elkton Community Education Center/Ft. Umpqua -
Heritage Stage
6:15 p.m. Attraction: Pacific Power’d BMD Express Train service ends
6:30 p.m. Performance: Haywire [country rock] - Main Stage
Historical Talk: Steamworks, Steve La Riccia, Edison vs. Tesla Battles - Heritage
Stage
6:45 p.m. Historical Talk: “All that Glitters is not Gold!: The Andrew Nelson
Story” - Heritage Stage
7:00 p.m. Performance: BMD Melodrama – Cottage Theatre [700 Village Drive,
near hospital]
8:00 p.m. Feud Contest: Digging in the Dark – Gazebo Stage/Bohemia City
8:15 p.m. Presentation: Honoring Former BMD Queens - Main Stage
Amelia Dunnavin Blowers (First one, 1965) & Carolyn Cutts Rippy (1966-67)
8:30 p.m. Performance: Windy Ridge [country/blues] – Main Stage
9:00 p.m. Carnival closes in Bohemia Park (will stay open later if crowded)
10:00 p.m. Bohemia City closes in Coiner Park
SUNDAY, JULY 17
6:00 a.m. Food: 51st Annual Miners Breakfast on the Mountain – Bohemia
Saddle Park [Bohemia Mining District, 40 miles SE of Cottage Grove,
ends at 1 p.m.]
10:00 a.m. Bohemia City opens in Coiner Park
Attraction: Hit & Miss Antique Engines Exhibit [near Gazebo]
Attraction: Dunk Tank Fundraiser - Bohemia City
Performance: Almost Home with Kira Carver [Americana & Originals] – Main
Stage
Presented by KSOW Radio
Living History: Steamworks - Steve La Riccia (electrical contraptions) Sponsored
by Don Williams
Living History Attractions: Frontier Encampment featuring Pioneer-era
Demonstrations (gold panning, blacksmithing, fur trapping), Pacific
Power & EPUD displays on local electrical history - Bohemia City
11:00 a.m. Performance: Vantage [pop/rock] – Main Stage Presented by KSOW
Radio
Attraction: BMD Express Time Traveling Train & BMD Treasure Hunt 11:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by City of Cottage Grove, Pacific Power &
Bohemia Sunrisers Kiwanis Club FREE Train operates between Coiner
Park, Bohemia Park, Historic Downtown District Centennial Covered
Bridge, CG Museum among the offsite venues & free downtown parking
Event: BMD Historical Treasure Hunt [2-6 p.m.] - Sign Up at Bohemia City
Train Station Sponsored by the Cottage Grove Economic Business
Improvement District
12 - 4 p.m. Living History Tours: Dr. Snapp House -- 360 South River Road
Noon Carnival Opens in Bohemia Park
Performance: Cowboy Cadillac [country rock] - Main Stage
Beer & Wine Garden [Hours Noon - 4]
2:00 p.m. Performance: Black Powder Country [country rock] - Main Stage
2:30 p.m. Performance: BMD Melodrama – Cottage Theatre [700 Village Drive,
near hospital]
3:30 p.m. BMD 2015 Closing Ceremonies: Treasure Hunt & Feud Awards – Main
Stage
4:00 p.m. Bohemia City closes in Coiner Park Carnival closes in Bohemia Park (will
stay open later if crowded)