Main Street Shootouts

by Deadwood Alive
Address: 
Main St., Deadwood, SD

Come along with the Deadwood Alive Gunslingers as they track down some trouble.
Experience the melee of free, historically accurate reenactments of Deadwood’s unusual gunfights and affrays during the summer months with Deadwood Alive.
Three times a day, six days a week, (no killin' on Sundays) gunshots ring out on Deadwood's Historic Main Street. Don't fret none though, it's just the Deadwood Alive gunslingers comin' out to play. Each street performance is realistic; fun for the whole family and FREE!

Spring schedule:
Fridays and Saturdays only
Begins Friday, March 19, 2021 and runs until Saturday, May 15, 2021

· 12:00 - “Lawman's Patrol” Walking Tour $15/person Call 1-800-344-8826 to book this tour. Must book 24 hours in advance.
This tour requires walking, long periods of standing and navigating stairs and must be booked 24 hours in advance.
· 1:00 - “Gold, Guns and Grubstake” (the evolution of pre-1900 firearms) - at Outlaw Square
· 2:00 - SHOOTOUT - “A Shooting Affray” at Outlaw Square - Main Stage
· 2:20 “Hangin' with the Shootists” (meet the gunslingers, ask questions and get their autographs) – Outlaw Square
· 4:00 - SHOOTOUT - “Showdown on Gold Street” at Outlaw Square - Main Stage
· 4:20 - “Hangin' with the Shootists” (meet the gunslingers, ask questions and get their autographs) – Outlaw Square
 
Show times/dates subject to change.
Please refer to www.deadwoodalive.com for updates.

Fall schedule:
Fridays and Saturdays only
Begins Friday, September 24 and runs until Saturday, November 20, 2021
 
· 12:00 - “Lawman's Patrol” Walking Tour $15/person Call 1-800-344-8826 to book this tour. Must book 24 hours in advance.
This tour requires walking, long periods of standing and navigating stairs and must be booked 24 hours in advance.
· 1:00 - “Gold, Guns and Grubstake” (the evolution of pre-1900 firearms) - at Outlaw Square
· 2:00 - SHOOTOUT - “A Shooting Affray” at Outlaw Square - Main Stage
· 2:20 “Hangin' with the Shootists” (meet the gunslingers, ask questions and get their autographs) – Outlaw Square
· 4:00 - SHOOTOUT - “Showdown on Gold Street” at Outlaw Square - Main Stage
· 4:20 - “Hangin' with the Shootists” (meet the gunslingers, ask questions and get their autographs) – Outlaw Square
 
Show times/dates subject to change.
Please refer to www.deadwoodalive.com for updates.

Summer schedule:
Saturday, May 22, 2021 through Tuesday, September 21, 2021
No shootouts on Sundays!
 
· 12:00 “Lawman's Patrol” Walking Tour $15/person Call 1-800-344-8826 to book this tour. Must book 24 hours in advance.
· 1:45 “Pre-spectacle Tomfoolery” - Outlaw Square / Franklin Hotel
· 2:00PM – The Strange Case of David Lunt - See one of the strangest shootings in Deadwood’s early history. David Lunt made his way to Deadwood to make his fortune in the gold fields. Little did he know, he would leave his mark on Deadwood history in a saloon, and not in a sluice box. Sixty-seven days after the incident, things came to a surprising end for old David Lunt - Outlaw Square / Franklin Hotel
· 2:30 “A Rootin' Tootin' Card Game for Kids” - Outlaw Square / Franklin Hotel
· 2:30 “Gold, Guns and Grubstake” (the evolution of pre-1900 firearms) - Gold Street Courtyard
· 3:30 “Dr. Stan Dupp’s Travelin' Medicine Show” - Gold Street Courtyard
· 4:00PM – Showdown on Gold Street - Two gamblers disagree about the outcome of a poker game and decide the best way to settle this is to pull their six guns and shoot it out. Things don't go as either gambler expected, and the result is a Deadwood legend. Come watch this “shootout at high noon” (well, it’s noon somewhere) and see who comes out on top - Bodega / Holiday Inn Express
· 4:30 “Hangin' with the Shootists” (meet the gunslingers, ask questions and get their autographs) - Gold Street Courtyard
· 5:45 “More Tomfoolery” - Wild Bill Bar / Celebrity Hotel
· 6:00PM – Boone May and Prescott Webb Affray - Shotgun messenger and head hunter, Boone May, catches up with the men who robbed the stagecoach he was guarding a few short weeks back. Boone May and Ike Goldman are strolling down the street when…who does Ike see in front of them, but the same three robbers from just a couple weeks prior. Witness how many shots are exchanged with an unusual outcome - Wild Bill Bar / Celebrity Hotel
· 7:35 Capture of Jack McCall - in front of the Saloon No. 10
· 7:50 “Even More Tomfoolery” - Wild Bill Theatre
· 8:00 TRIAL OF JACK McCall - Wild Bill Theatre

In addition to the Main Street shootouts, the shooting of James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok is held daily inside Saloon No.10 at 1:00PM, 3:00PM, 5:00PM and 7:00PM - all free admission!

Show times/dates subject to change.
Please refer to www.deadwoodalive.com for updates.