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

Doris Daley Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDoris Daley Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room 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

9:30am PST

Poetry Open Mic 10 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

10:15am PST

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

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 Bring Them Home Northeastern Nevada Museum

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

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

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