40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

The 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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10:30am PST

Story Time Elko County MybraryDarrell Holden

12:15pm PST

The Bull Got Out Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomYvonne Hollenbeck • Katie McCall-Owen • Andy Nelson • Tom Sharpe

1:45pm PST

Between the Silences Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomMaria Lisa Eastman • Amy Hale • Henry Real Bird • M.L. Smoker

2:45pm PST

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

8:00pm PST

Now That's Classic Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterMarleen Bussma • Andy Hedges • Bill Lowman • Jake Riley • Tom Sharpe

10:30am PST

Nature Calls Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDick Gibford • Jonathan Odermann • Kye Rieff • Jake Riley

1:15pm PST

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

9:00am PST

Doris Daley Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomDoris Daley

10:45am PST

Rebel Rousers Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterPatricia Frolander • Yvonne Hollenbeck • Annie Mackenzie • R.P. Smith

11:45am PST

Cowboy Cult Classics Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomKatie McCall-Owen • Terry Nash • Brigid & Johnny Reedy • Dick Warwick

12:00pm PST

Thought Is Like a Cloud Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar TheaterDarrell Holden • Jonathan Odermann • Henry Real Bird • Olivia Romo

1:00pm PST

Been There, Done That Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomRoss Knox • Bill Lowman • Tom Sharpe

4:00pm PST

It Didn't Seem Funny at the Time Elko Convention Center - Turquoise RoomBill Lowman • Annie Mackenzie • Betty Lynne McCarthy • Andy Nelson