Pioneer Days Rescheduled For Expanded 2027 Celebration
Overton County’s annual Pioneer Days festival will get a facelift when it returns in 2027 after a one-year hiatus. Pioneer Days Committee Chair Tena Rogers said she determined the existing timeline was insufficient to organize the event for the current year. Rogers said the decision to move the celebration to April was made in coordination […]
Livingston Set To Host Pioneer Days Friday And Saturday
Pioneer Days returns to Downtown Livingston, to celebrate Overton County’s past and pioneer spirit. Pioneer Day Committee Chairman Gene Gant said people will enjoy an artifact show, an antique car show, country and bluegrass music. Gant said there will also be re-enactments and people dressed in old-fashioned outfits. “We’ve had a lot of great politicians […]
Pioneer Days Committee Planning For A Return This June
The Livingston Overton Chamber of Commerce expects Pioneer Days to happen this year. The event highlighting the past times of Overton County has been cancelled two years in a row due to COVID. Executive Director Shannon Cantrell said the plan is to return the third weekend of June. “We had a good six months of […]
Return Of Livingston Pioneer Days Pushed Back To 22
The return of one of Overton County’s most historic events has been pushed back another year. It has been 24 years since Pioneer Days has taken place in the Livingston Square. Chamber of Commerce Director Shannon Cantrell said the goal is to have the homecoming in June 2022. “We were really hoping that we would be […]
Return Of Overton’s Pioneer Day Postponed
Overton County’s historic Pioneer Day will not return in 2020 because of COVID-19. Chamber Marketing and Tourism Director Shannon Cantrell said cancelling Pioneer Day was the easiest and safest decision for the community. “We didn’t want to do it,” Cantrell said. “We knew under the circumstances and concerns of COVID-19 that we really didn’t have […]
