40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

The 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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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

9:30am PST

Poetry Open Mic 5 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

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

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

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

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 Cowboys Without Borders Northeastern Nevada Museum

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

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 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

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