40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

The 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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9:30am PST

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

11:00am PST

Adrian Brannan Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain BallroomAdrian Brannan

1:00pm PST

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

2:45pm PST

Thrown but Not Broken Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMarleen Bussma • Jarle Kvale • Kye Rieff • Sandy Seaton Sallee

3:15pm PST

Making the Ordinary Heroic: The Story of John A. Lomax Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomHal Cannon

6:00pm PST

Class of '85 & That Other Guy Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterDick Gibford • Ross Knox • Waddie Mitchell • Gail Steiger

1:00pm PST

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

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

2:00pm PST

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

6:00pm PST

I Held You as a Pup Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterAdrian Brannan • Dick Gibford • Dave & Tris Munsick • Jessie Veeder