40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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

Cedar Creek Ranch

Owner

Sandy, Oregon

9:30am PST

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

1:00pm PST

Crittering Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDW Groethe • Darrell Holden • Betty Lynne McCarthy • Jonathan Odermann • Dick Warwick

6:00pm PST

Cowboy Schoolin' Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDoris Daley • Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright • Hot Club of Cowtown • Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong

8:00pm PST

California Gold Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumMargo Cilker • Ismay • Trinity Seely • Dave Stamey

9:00am PST

Diehards Ride Hard for the Gathering Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumDoris Daley • Hot Club of Cowtown • Waddie Mitchell • Brigid & Johnny Reedy

1:00pm PST

Cattle Calling & Mountain Hollering Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumGary & Kurin Haleamau • Kristyn Harris • Wylie & the Wild West

6:00pm PST

Everything Old Is New Again Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterKristyn Harris • Lone Piñon • Annie Mackenzie • Brigid & Johnny Reedy

8:00pm PST

Play It Right Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterAdrian Brannan • Sterling Drake • Sam Platts & the Plainsmen • Dick Warwick

1:00pm PST

Ranch Family Show Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumJuni Fisher • Brenn Hill • Andy Nelson • Kye Rieff • Sandy Seaton Sallee

2:45pm PST

Cowboy Songs Elko Convention Center - AuditoriumMichael Martin Murphey

6:00pm PST

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