2025 Pageant performances:
Friday, August 1st at 8:30 PM
Saturday, August 2nd at 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 3rd at 1 PM.
Included in your ticket price is a concert:
Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd
Our pre-pageant entertainment will be provided by Austin Van from Ponderosa, New Mexico. Follow Austin Van on Facebook at Austin Van & Austin Van and the VanLiners or find him at his website
https://www.austinvanmusic.com/
https://www.billyslastescape.org/2025-pageant-dates
Tickets are only available at the gate beginning at 10 am. We are excited to now be able to offer credit card ticket purchases at the gate. Although we do now accept credit cards, the nearest ATM is in Capitan, NM. We do suggest you do bring cash to cover your purchases just in case the internet decides to cut out and several of the vendors in town may not have access to the internet.
Admission:
$10 for adults
$6 kids 6-12
Kids five and under are free!!!!!!
"The Last Escape of Billy the Kid” is a Folk Pageant centering around the life of the legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid. This Pageant was first presented in the year 1940.
The episodes of the pageant are based on historical facts of the notorious Lincoln County War, and in particular its focus is centered upon the best remembered of its fighters, Billy the Kid. The Pageant portrays many scenes to include the killing of John Tunstall which precipitated Billy's wrathful vengeance, the Battle of Blazer's Mill in which the courageous "Buckshot Roberts" stood off Billy and his twelve cohorts, the siege of the McSween House, up to Billy's incarceration in the Lincoln County Courthouse and his remarkable escape.
Many of the players are descendants of the original Pageant participants. The players still live the Western life they portray in the Pageant. Every person involved in the pageant from start to finish are volunteers. These people have gladly donated their time, energy and possessions. They are the real heroes of this Folk Play - one of the very few remaining in the United States made up entirely of local players without any professional help.
This is unique and living Folk Art.
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