40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

The 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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9:00am PST

Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver RoomDoug Groves

9:00am PST

Leather Carving Elko Convention Center - Cedar RoomMark Barcus Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver RoomDoug Groves Wiegand Gallery & Gift Shop

7:00pm PST

Words With Heart Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterDarrell Holden • Terry Nash • Ed Peekeekoot • M.L. Smoker

9:00am PST

The Art of Recitation Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterWaddie Mitchell Sourdough, From Starter To Finish First Presbyterian ChurchDan & Lauren Landa Stamped Leather Valet Tray Elko Convention Center - Gold RoomJonelle Nutting Leather Carving Elko Convention Center - Cedar RoomMark Barcus Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver RoomDoug Groves Silver Cuff Bracelet Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab, Arts & Music Annex (Bldg 22 on map)Rodney Mike Wiegand Gallery & Gift Shop

1:00pm PST

Beef ala Argentina First Presbyterian ChurchJordan Wright Patchwork By Hand Elko Conference Center - Lamoille RoomYvonne Hollenbeck

3:00pm PST

Perfect Pour Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery BarNick Heguy

7:00pm PST

Nevada On My Mind Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterRichard Elloyan • Ross Knox • Katie McCall-Owen

9:00am PST

Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater A Meatball Comeback First Presbyterian ChurchElko County CattleWomen The Spirit of Place Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomPatricia Frolander A Day at the Ranch Western Folklife Center - Pioneer SaloonShane Sutton Cinchmaking Elko Convention Center - Gold RoomJudy Hatch Leather Carving Elko Convention Center - Cedar RoomMark Barcus Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver RoomDoug Groves Silver Cuff Bracelet Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab, Arts & Music Annex (Bldg 22 on map)Rodney Mike Wiegand Gallery & Gift Shop

10:15am PST

Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

10:30am PST

Story Time Elko County MybraryDarrell Holden

10:45am PST

Indian Relay Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

12:00pm PST

First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

12:30pm PST

Cowboys Without Borders Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

1:00pm PST

Western Songwriting Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomWylie Gustafson • Dave Stamey Chiles Rellenos First Presbyterian ChurchYolanda Rosales

2:15pm PST

Bring Them Home Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

3:00pm PST

Perfect Pour Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery BarNick Heguy

5:00pm PST

Come & Get It! (Dinner Show) Elko Euzkaldunak Club (Basque House)Sam Platts & the Plainsmen • Jordan Wright

7:00pm PST

Kicking Up a Ruckus Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumYvonne Hollenbeck • Dave Stamey • Wylie & the Wild West

TBA

Between Grass & Sky: Rhythms of a Cowboy Poem Western Folklife Center - Wiegand Gallery

8:30am PST

Music Open Mic Signups Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Poetry Open Mic Signups Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

9:00am PST

Wiegand Gallery & Gift Shop

9:30am PST

Keynote Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumPainted Horse • Gail Steiger • Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr.

11:00am PST

First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room Adrian Brannan Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomAdrian Brannan Dave Munsick Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDave & Tris Munsick Andy Hedges Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageAndy Hedges Why the Cowboy Sings Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Poetry Open Mic 1 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Finding Your Place Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterPatricia Frolander • Lone Piñon • Sam Platts & the Plainsmen • M.L. Smoker Have I Told You About My Horse Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumMaria Lisa Eastman • Doug Figgs • Dakota Holdaway • Jarle Kvale

11:15am PST

Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room

11:45am PST

Cowboys Without Borders Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room

12:15pm PST

Dom Flemons Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterDom Flemons Juni Fisher Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomJuni Fisher Cowboy Poets Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Music Open Mic 1 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage The Bull Got Out Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomYvonne Hollenbeck • Katie McCall-Owen • Andy Nelson • Tom Sharpe

12:30pm PST

Matt Robertson Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumMatt Robertson Poetry Open Mic 2: Reciting the Classics Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

1:00pm PST

Indian Relay Northeastern Nevada Museum Crittering Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDW Groethe • Darrell Holden • Betty Lynne McCarthy • Jonathan Odermann • Dick Warwick

1:30pm PST

Let Me Show You How It's Done Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterDave & Tris Munsick • Ed Peekeekoot • R.P. Smith Don't Touch My Hat Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomVenessa Carpenter • Melanie LaRue • Annie Mackenzie • Olivia Romo Bring Them Home Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room Deep West & Ranch Communications Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater

1:45pm PST

Sam Platts & the Plainsmen Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumSam Platts & the Plainsmen Music Open Mic 2 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Between the Silences Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomMaria Lisa Eastman • Amy Hale • Henry Real Bird • M.L. Smoker

2:00pm PST

Poetry Open Mic 3 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

2:45pm PST

Lara Manzanares Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumLara Manzanares • Lone Piñon Wylie & the Wild West Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumWylie & the Wild West Thrown but Not Broken Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMarleen Bussma • Jarle Kvale • Kye Rieff • Sandy Seaton Sallee

3:00pm PST

Buffalo Kin Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomBuffalo Kin Semblances Western Folklife Center - Wiegand GallerySean Sexton

3:15pm PST

Sterling Drake Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageSterling Drake Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room Making the Ordinary Heroic: The Story of John A. Lomax Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomHal Cannon

3:30pm PST

Poetry Open Mic 4 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

4:00pm PST

Wild Women Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumJuni Fisher • Patricia Frolander • Amy Hale • Kristyn Harris

4:15pm PST

Brigid & Johnny Reedy Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageBrigid & Johnny Reedy Collaborative Cowpokes Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomBrenn Hill • Darrell Holden • Zach Martinez

5:30pm PST

Young Buckaroo Open Mic Signups Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

6:00pm PST

Class of '85 & That Other Guy Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterDick Gibford • Ross Knox • Waddie Mitchell • Gail Steiger Cowboy Schoolin' Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDoris Daley • Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright • Hot Club of Cowtown • Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong

6:15pm PST

Young Buckaroo Open Mic Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

8:00pm PST

California Gold Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumMargo Cilker • Ismay • Trinity Seely • Dave Stamey Now That's Classic Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMarleen Bussma • Andy Hedges • Bill Lowman • Jake Riley • Tom Sharpe

10:00pm PST

Saloon Session: Jessie Veeder Western Folklife Center - Pioneer SaloonJessie Veeder

8:30am PST

Music Open Mic Signups Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Poetry Open Mic Signups Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

9:00am PST

Dave & Tris Munsick Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumDave & Tris Munsick Doug Figgs Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageDoug Figgs The Lost Cowboy Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomGail Steiger • J.B. Zielke Celebrating Landscapes of the West Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterAmy Hale • Matt Robertson • Dick Warwick • Wylie & the Wild West The Little Things Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomDW Groethe • Betty Lynne McCarthy • Henry Real Bird • Sandy Seaton Sallee Bring Them Home Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room Diehards Ride Hard for the Gathering Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDoris Daley • Hot Club of Cowtown • Waddie Mitchell • Brigid & Johnny Reedy Wiegand Gallery & Gift Shop

9:30am PST

Poetry Open Mic 5 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

10:00am PST

Rodeo Swing Flag View Intermediate SchoolAmy Mills • Sam Platts & the Plainsmen Makila Carving Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 150Bob Echeverria

10:15am PST

Music Open Mic 3 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage More Banjo Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumBuffalo Kin • Hal Cannon • Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright • Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong

10:30am PST

Brenn Hill Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomBrenn Hill Test Our Mettle Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMaria Lisa Eastman • Lara Manzanares • M.L. Smoker • Jessie Veeder Nature Calls Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDick Gibford • Jonathan Odermann • Kye Rieff • Jake Riley

10:45am PST

Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room

10:55am PST

First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room

11:00am PST

Poetry Open Mic 6 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Bones Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 132Dom Flemons

11:30am PST

Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room

11:45am PST

A Horse Tougher Than Me Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomDoug Figgs • Henry Real Bird • Tom Sharpe Music Open Mic 4 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

12:00pm PST

Just a Little Misunderstood Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDakota Holdaway • Melanie LaRue • Katie McCall-Owen Michael Martin Murphey Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMichael Martin Murphey Cowboy Connections Great Basin College - Greenhaw Tech Arts Room 130 (Bldg 8 on map)Gail Steiger

12:15pm PST

Pretty Good Help Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumAdrian Brannan • Doris Daley • Darrell Holden • Dave Stamey

12:30pm PST

Poetry Open Mic 7 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Deep West & Ranch Communications Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater

12:45pm PST

Indian Relay Elko Conference Center - Lamoille RoomM.L. Smoker

1:00pm PST

Tip of the Hat Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomMarleen Bussma • Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright • Zach Martinez Cattle Calling & Mountain Hollering Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumGary & Kurin Haleamau • Kristyn Harris • Wylie & the Wild West Cowboys Without Borders Northeastern Nevada Museum Baile with Lone Piñon Flag View Intermediate SchoolLone Piñon Harmony Singing Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 132Dave & Tris Munsick

1:15pm PST

Music Open Mic 5 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Grace & Grit Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomMaria Lisa Eastman • Patricia Frolander • Betty Lynne McCarthy • Sandy Seaton Sallee

1:30pm PST

Yvonne Hollenbeck Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterYvonne Hollenbeck

1:45pm PST

Don't Squat With Your Spurs On Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumJarle Kvale • Andy Nelson • Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong

2:00pm PST

Don Weller Western Folklife Center - Wiegand GalleryDon Weller Poetry Open Mic 8: Reciting the Classics Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

2:15pm PST

Cow Sense Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomVenessa Carpenter • Amy Hale • Trinity Seely

2:45pm PST

Ed Peekeekoot Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageEd Peekeekoot Cowboy Poets Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Here's a Story for You Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDick Gibford • Ross Knox • Bill Lowman Tale of the Jackalope Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMichael Branch • Fil Corbitt

3:00pm PST

Margo Cilker Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumMargo Cilker

3:30pm PST

Shootin' the Sh*t Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomDW Groethe • Olivia Romo • R.P. Smith Poetry Open Mic 9 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

4:00pm PST

Why the Cowboy Sings Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Music Open Mic 6 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage The Stories Behind the Art Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomKevin Jones • Jack Malotte • James Shoshone • Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr.

4:15pm PST

Tris Munsick Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumDave & Tris Munsick

6:00pm PST

Cohorts & Collaborators Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumJuni Fisher • Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright • Andy Hedges • Brenn Hill • Waddie Mitchell • Trinity Seely • Dave Stamey • Gail Steiger Everything Old Is New Again Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterKristyn Harris • Lone Piñon • Annie Mackenzie • Brigid & Johnny Reedy

8:00pm PST

Get Ridin', When You Get the Blues Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumBuffalo Kin • Dom Flemons • Andy Hedges • Jessie Veeder Play It Right Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterAdrian Brannan • Sterling Drake • Sam Platts & the Plainsmen • Dick Warwick

10:00pm PST

Saloon Session: Matt Robertson Western Folklife Center - Pioneer SaloonMatt Robertson Friday Night Dance Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomHot Club of Cowtown

8:30am PST

Music Open Mic Signups Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Poetry Open Mic Signups Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

9:00am PST

Doris Daley Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDoris Daley Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room Why the Cowboy Sings Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Growing Up at the Gathering Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomRiata Brown • Brenn Hill • Terri McCall Knight • Katie McCall-Owen • Chaz Mitchell Huevos Rancheros Christmas Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumMargo Cilker • Lone Piñon • Lara Manzanares • Olivia Romo Dusty Vaquero Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumSterling Drake • Dave & Tris Munsick • Matt Robertson • Dave Stamey Music Open Mic 7 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Creeks & Communities Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterSteve Boies • Kathryn Dyer • Agee Smith • Sherman Swanson Wiegand Gallery & Gift Shop

9:30am PST

Poetry Open Mic 10 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

10:00am PST

Kī hōʻalu: Slack-Key Guitar Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 150Gary & Kurin Haleamau Two-Step & Jitterbug Flag View Intermediate SchoolAmy Mills • Wylie & the Wild West

10:15am PST

Cowboy Poets Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Indian Relay Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room The Stories Behind the Art Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomKevin Jones • Jack Malotte • James Shoshone • Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr. Chronicling the Cowboy Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumBuffalo Kin • Hal Cannon • Andy Hedges • Forrest VanTuyl

10:30am PST

Kristyn Harris Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomKristyn Harris

10:45am PST

Rebel Rousers Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterPatricia Frolander • Yvonne Hollenbeck • Annie Mackenzie • R.P. Smith

11:00am PST

Jessie Veeder Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageJessie Veeder

11:30am PST

First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room Stories from the Workshop Elko Convention Center - Silver RoomMorgan Buckert Deep West & Ranch Communications Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater

11:45am PST

Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomSourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong Cowboy Cult Classics Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomKatie McCall-Owen • Terry Nash • Brigid & Johnny Reedy • Dick Warwick

12:00pm PST

Hot Club of Cowtown Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumHot Club of Cowtown Thought Is Like a Cloud Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterDarrell Holden • Jonathan Odermann • Henry Real Bird • Olivia Romo

12:10pm PST

Cowboys Without Borders Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room

12:30pm PST

Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StagePipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright

1:00pm PST

Dave Stamey Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumDave Stamey DW Groethe Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomDW Groethe Been There, Done That Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomRoss Knox • Bill Lowman • Tom Sharpe Whip Law Elko Convention Center - Silver RoomFil Corbitt Ranch Family Show Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumJuni Fisher • Brenn Hill • Andy Nelson • Kye Rieff • Sandy Seaton Sallee Bring Them Home Northeastern Nevada Museum Line Dance (Beginner) Flag View Intermediate SchoolJeff Cunningham

1:45pm PST

Lone Piñon Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageLone Piñon

2:00pm PST

Ranch Parenting 101 Elko High School Performing Arts Building - AuditoriumJake Riley • Jessie Veeder • Wylie & the Wild West On the Trail of the Jackalope Elko Conference Center - Lamoille RoomMichael Branch Rancher-to-Rancher—Interactive, Entertaining, Regenerative Rangeland Management Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterBuffalo Kin • Amy Hale • Lara Manzanares • Henry Real Bird • Brigid & Johnny Reedy • Kent Reeves • Sean Sexton

2:15pm PST

Trinity Seely Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomTrinity Seely

2:30pm PST

Tall Grasses & Big Skies Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomMarleen Bussma • DW Groethe • Jarle Kvale • Jonathan Odermann

2:45pm PST

Who Says Cowboys Don't Rock 'n' Roll? Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageDoris Daley • Ed Peekeekoot • Sam Platts & the Plainsmen • Kye Rieff Cowboy Songs Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumMichael Martin Murphey

3:00pm PST

Line Dance (Advanced) Flag View Intermediate SchoolSherry Hooper

3:30pm PST

Well-Weathered Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomVenessa Carpenter • Maria Lisa Eastman • Gary & Kurin Haleamau Highlights of the Open Mic Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium

4:00pm PST

How the West Is Sung Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music StageJuni Fisher • Kristyn Harris • Melanie LaRue • Zach Martinez It Didn't Seem Funny at the Time Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomBill Lowman • Annie Mackenzie • Betty Lynne McCarthy • Andy Nelson

6:00pm PST

Bellyaches & Heartbreaks-A Humor Show? Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDoug Figgs • Yvonne Hollenbeck • Jarle Kvale • Jake Riley • R.P. Smith I Held You as a Pup Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterAdrian Brannan • Dick Gibford • Dave & Tris Munsick • Jessie Veeder

8:00pm PST

Be The Poem, Be The Song Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMargo Cilker • Sterling Drake • Lara Manzanares • Ed Peekeekoot Cow Trails & Cowboy Tales Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDom Flemons • Ross Knox • Matt Robertson • Trinity Seely • Gail Steiger

9:30pm PST

Saloon Session: Sam Platts & the Plainsmen Western Folklife Center - Pioneer SaloonSam Platts & the Plainsmen

10:00pm PST

Saturday Night Dance Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomWylie & the Wild West

10:30pm PST

Open Jam Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater