40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: Full Schedule

The 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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11:00am PST

Adrian Brannan

Thursday January 30, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PST

Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

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Adrian Brannan

Adrian Brannan is a chart-topping singer-songwriter who is equally at home in the branding pen, on stage, or on a bucking horse. An author and musician, she is also known for her successful series of publicly written “Dear Cowgirl” letters on social media that spurred an online... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PST
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

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11:00am PST

Dave Munsick

Thursday January 30, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PST

Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

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Dave & Tris Munsick

Father and son Dave and Tris Munsick hail from northern Wyoming, where they have ranched and made music together for most of their lives, often as The Munsick Boys with Dave’s other two sons Sam and Ian. Tris trains horses and works in the ag industry, while Dave has run mountains... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PST
Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

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12:15pm PST

Dom Flemons

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST

Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

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Dom Flemons

Dom Flemons is a GRAMMY-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar, slam poet, podcaster, and creator and host of the American Songster Radio Show on WSM in Nashville. Carrying on the songster tradition, Flemons strives to mix a repertoire covering over one hundred years... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

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12:15pm PST

Juni Fisher

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST

Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

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Juni Fisher

Growing up in a central California farming family, Juni Fisher participated in 4-H and FFA. She captained her college horse show team, then worked for a reined cow horse trainer before hanging her own shingle and winning her first Snaffle Bit Futurity. While working for a cutting... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm PST
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

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12:30pm PST

Matt Robertson

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:15pm PST

Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium

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Matt Robertson

Raised in Wyoming, Matt Robertson grew up on the back of a horse, starting colts as a young teen and riding broncs through his youth. He has been writing and playing music since the age of 16 and credits Ian Tyson and Chris LeDoux for his inspiration. In his earlier years, Matt made... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:15pm PST
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium

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1:45pm PST

Sam Platts & the Plainsmen

Thursday January 30, 2025 1:45pm - 2:30pm PST

Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium

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Sam Platts & the Plainsmen

Sam Platts and the Plainsmen is an energetic Americana band that brings traditional country and western swing to modern audiences. Sam’s songwriting is in the vein of “old” country music, and his inspiration comes from rural, agricultural life and his family’s western heritage... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 1:45pm - 2:30pm PST
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium

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2:45pm PST

Lara Manzanares

Thursday January 30, 2025 2:45pm - 3:30pm PST

Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium

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Lara Manzanares

Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter from Northern New Mexico. She grew up singing the traditional New Mexican boleros, rancheras, and corridos of her sheep-ranching childhood, and composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. Through a combination of storytelling... Read More →

Lone Piñon

Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or orquesta típica, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region’s multicultural and rural roots. The group spurs creativity around the oldest sounds of the region's traditional string music, which had all but disappeared... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 2:45pm - 3:30pm PST
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium

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2:45pm PST

Wylie & the Wild West

Thursday January 30, 2025 2:45pm - 3:30pm PST

Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

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Wylie & the Wild West

Wylie Gustafson is an American original. He was born into a fourth-generation ranching family on the empty sprawl of northern Montana. A singer, songwriter, rancher, horseman, and world-famous Yahoo! Yodeler, Wylie has led the musical outfit known as Wylie & the Wild West for over... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 2:45pm - 3:30pm PST
Elko Convention Center - Auditorium 700 Moren Way, Elko, NV 89801, USA

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3:00pm PST

Buffalo Kin

Thursday January 30, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST

Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

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Buffalo Kin

Seldom will you find a duo weaving high and lonesome sounds with such ease as Buffalo Kin. The West comes alive with their blending of traditional cowboy folk tunes and haunting original pieces. At home in rural Oregon, Buffalo Kin is Seth Brewster on guitar, banjo, and vocals, and... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

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3:15pm PST

Sterling Drake

Thursday January 30, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm PST

Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

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Sterling Drake

Steeped in the traditions of roots music, songwriter Sterling Drake’s journey has taken him from the Big Cypress of south Florida to the mountains of western Montana and everywhere in between. With a penchant for honest storytelling, Sterling weaves his own perspective into the... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm PST
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

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4:15pm PST

Brigid & Johnny Reedy

Thursday January 30, 2025 4:15pm - 5:00pm PST

Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

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Brigid & Johnny Reedy

Brigid Reedy is a singular young voice representing her beloved home state of Montana. A charismatic performer since the age of two when she first yodeled at the Pioneer Saloon, she has traveled widely, carrying with her boundless enthusiasm, grace, passion, and soul. An accomplished... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 4:15pm - 5:00pm PST
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

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10:00pm PST

Saloon Session: Jessie Veeder

Thursday January 30, 2025 10:00pm - 10:45pm PST

Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

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Jessie Veeder

Jessie Veeder writes and sings about the Badlands of western North Dakota where she grew up as the fourth generation on her family’s cattle ranch. She released her first original album at 16 and has gone on to tour nationally, releasing five more original albums and two books about... Read More →

Thursday January 30, 2025 10:00pm - 10:45pm PST
Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

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