In 1883 in Nebraska, William Frederick Cody founded the "Buffalo Bill Wild West Show," a circus-like attraction that since has toured the United States annually and which has finally made it to the continent. This year for the first time he will perform with his troups in London in celebration of the Jubilee year of Queen Victoria. Each show begins with a parade on horseback, with participants from horse-culture groups that included military, Native American and show performers from North and Central America in their best attire. In addition to this there are Turks, Gauchos, Arabs, Mongols and Cossacks, each showing their own distinctive horses and colorful costumes. Visitors to this spectacle will see main events, feats of skill, staged races and sideshows. Many authentic western personalities are part of this extravaganza.

Bill uses real working cowboys and real Indians. His best performers are well know in there own right and tremendously famous across the ocean. People like Annie Oakley and Frank Butler shall put on shooting expeditions, while Sitting Bull and a band of twenty braves appear in the show. Other well known contemporaries such as 'Calamity' Jane and 'Wild Bill' Hickock are to join the show at a later time. One can experience reenactmens of the Pony Express or Indian attacks on wagon trains or stagecoach robberies. Cody's performance typically ends with a melodramatic reenactment of Custer's Last Stand in which Cody himself portraying General Custer.