Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend August 15-17, 2025

Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend
August 15-17, 2025

Prescott Western Heritage Foundation presents "Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend" on August 15th, 16th and 17th, 2025, with most events taking place at the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, Arizona. Tickets for the full weekend of events are $95, available by going online to www.visitwhc.com, calling the Western Heritage Center at 928-910-2307, or visiting the Center at 156-C S. Montezuma, Prescott, AZ 86303. The direct link is https://whcmercantile.square.site/.
The weekend is a celebration of John Henry "Doc" Holliday's time in Prescott prior to his fateful move to Tombstone. In 2024, Whiskey Row Historian Bradley G. Courtney and researcher D. Sue Kissell learned the exact location of the house where John Henry "Doc" Holliday lived during his time in Prescott. It was located off Montezuma Street in what is now the parking lot between Bashford Courts and Yavapai Title. A fundraising effort was launched to create a bronze plaque commemorating the location, and the plaque was placed by the City of Prescott in their easement. A wildly successful unveiling event followed, and the committee elected to continue to celebrate Doc Holliday's Prescott tenure with an annual event on the weekend closest to Doc's birthday of August 14th.
The weekend will begin with a Welcome Reception at the Western Heritage Center on Friday evening, August 15th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, followed by a Speakeasy Crawl. One special "Doc HolliDaze" drink ticket is included.
A History Forum is planned for Saturday morning, featuring expert Doc Holliday historians, authors and artists. The Wild West History Association will also have representatives in attendance.
Scheduled speakers for the History Forum include Bob Boze Bell, executive editor of True West magazine. Also known as BBB, Bob Boze Bell is a historian, author and painter who is known as America's Western Storyteller. Michael Paul Mihaljevich is an author, historical researcher and art photographer. He recently published the book The Bird Cage Theater: The Curtain Rises on Tombstone. Victoria Wilcox is Founding Director of Georgia's Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum, the antebellum home of the family of Doc Holliday. Her work with the museum led to two decades of original research, making her a nationally recognized authority on the life of Doc Holliday.
The History Forum will take place from 9:00 to 12:00 on Saturday, August 16th, in the Marina Room at the Hassayampa Inn, and a light breakfast is included. The History Forum is included with the full weekend pass, but if guests want to attend only the Forum, that price is $20.
Later that afternoon at 1:30 PM will be a "Behind the Scenes" tour of Sharlot Hall Museum, provided by Executive Director Stuart Rosebrook. Museum admission is included; show your weekend pass ticket at the gate for entrance.
A highlight of the weekend will be the Grand Victorian Party held at the Hassayampa Inn on Saturday evening, August 16th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, with Old West entertainers and country music by Lonesome and Busted. 1880's attire is encouraged, but not required. Wear your finest period or Western outfit to participate. An additional raffle ticket will be provided to all those who come in 1880's attire! Enjoy refreshments and a no-host bar, Old West games and a photo booth with a Western backdrop. Do you think you look like John Henry Holliday? A Doc Holliday lookalike contest will be judged by "Doc" impersonator Cory Allen from Tombstone. Theer will also be a "Big Nose Kate" lookalike contest for the ladies. Meet dozens of re-enactors from groups such as the Prescott Regulators and Their Shady Ladies, the Whiskey Row Renegades, the Whiskey Row Social Club and Historical Society, Arizona Frontier Legends and many others.
A commemorative booklet, "Doc Holliday in Prescott", written by Bradley Courtney, will be available at the event, as will books and artwork by the History Forum presenters. Stuart Rosebrook, executive director of Sharlot Hall Museum, will emcee the Grand Victorian Party.
The weekend will conclude with a no-host brunch on Sunday morning at 10:00 AM at the Hassayampa Inn's 1927 Salon, with attendees ordering from the menu.
The host hotel is the Hassayampa Inn, 800-322-1927. Mention Prescott's Doc HolliDaze weekend for special pricing on room rates. The Hotel St. Michael is also a historic lodging option within walking distance of all events.
The raffle prize is "Doc at OK Corral", a framed print signed by the artist Buck Taylor. One raffle ticket is included with the weekend pass, and additional raffle tickets are available for $5 each. The raffle drawing will take place Saturday evening during the Grand Victorian Party.
All proceeds benefit the Prescott Western Heritage Foundation. "The intention is for Prescott's Doc HolliDaze to become an annual event celebrating local and Old West History," said Dennis Gallagher, founder of the Prescott Western Heritage Foundation.

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