Grab your cowboy boots….

Posted on Aug 28, 2009 by Paul Kaplan

Another new draw for Palm Springs tourism is on the boards…

Plans are in the works to bring a new rodeo and a Western lifestyle festival to Palm Springs that harkens back to the city’s Desert Circus, an annual Western celebration that ran several decades until the 1970s.  Plans could include a Saturday morning parade too.

“It’s recapturing a part of our past, and we’re really bringing something back and updating it to today’s standards,” said former Palm Springs Mayor Ron Oden, who sits on Spur of the Moment’s board of directors. “It will be good for tourism and the economy. So what’s not to like?”

Read the full article here.