40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
The 40th
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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Sunday
, January 26
Elko Convention Center - Silver Room
9:00am •
Rawhide Braiding
Monday
, January 27
Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room
9:00am •
Leather Carving
Elko Convention Center - Silver Room
9:00am •
Rawhide Braiding
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater
7:00pm •
Words With Heart
Tuesday
, January 28
Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery Bar
3:00pm •
Perfect Pour
Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room
1:00pm •
Patchwork By Hand
Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room
9:00am •
Leather Carving
Elko Convention Center - Gold Room
9:00am •
Stamped Leather Valet Tray
Elko Convention Center - Silver Room
9:00am •
Rawhide Braiding
First Presbyterian Church
9:00am •
Sourdough, From Starter To Finish
1:00pm •
Beef ala Argentina
Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab, Arts & Music Annex (Bldg 22 on map)
9:00am •
Silver Cuff Bracelet
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater
9:00am •
The Art of Recitation
7:00pm •
Nevada On My Mind
Wednesday
, January 29
Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery Bar
3:00pm •
Perfect Pour
Elko Convention Center - Auditorium
7:00pm •
Kicking Up a Ruckus
Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room
9:00am •
Leather Carving
Elko Convention Center - Gold Room
9:00am •
Cinchmaking
Elko Convention Center - Silver Room
9:00am •
Rawhide Braiding
Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room
9:00am •
The Spirit of Place
1:00pm •
Western Songwriting
Elko County Mybrary
10:30am •
Story Time
Elko Euzkaldunak Club (Basque House)
5:00pm •
Come & Get It! (Dinner Show)
First Presbyterian Church
9:00am •
A Meatball Comeback
1:00pm •
Chiles Rellenos
Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab, Arts & Music Annex (Bldg 22 on map)
9:00am •
Silver Cuff Bracelet
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater
9:00am •
Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines
10:15am •
Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching
10:45am •
Indian Relay
12:00pm •
First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia
12:30pm •
Cowboys Without Borders
2:15pm •
Bring Them Home
Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon
9:00am •
A Day at the Ranch
Thursday
, January 30
Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room
11:00am •
First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia
11:15am •
Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching
11:45am •
Cowboys Without Borders
1:30pm •
Bring Them Home
3:15pm •
Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom
11:00am •
Adrian Brannan
12:15pm •
Juni Fisher
1:30pm •
Don't Touch My Hat
3:00pm •
Buffalo Kin
4:15pm •
Collaborative Cowpokes
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage
8:30am •
Music Open Mic Signups
11:00am •
Andy Hedges
12:15pm •
Music Open Mic 1
1:45pm •
Music Open Mic 2
3:15pm •
Sterling Drake
4:15pm •
Brigid & Johnny Reedy
Elko Convention Center - Auditorium
9:30am •
Keynote
1:00pm •
Crittering
2:45pm •
Wylie & the Wild West
6:00pm •
Cowboy Schoolin'
8:00pm •
California Gold
Elko Convention Center - Silver Room
8:30am •
Poetry Open Mic Signups
11:00am •
Poetry Open Mic 1
12:30pm •
Poetry Open Mic 2: Reciting the Classics
2:00pm •
Poetry Open Mic 3
3:30pm •
Poetry Open Mic 4
Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room
11:00am •
Dave Munsick
12:15pm •
The Bull Got Out
1:45pm •
Between the Silences
3:15pm •
Making the Ordinary Heroic: The Story of John A. Lomax
5:30pm •
Young Buckaroo Open Mic Signups
6:15pm •
Young Buckaroo Open Mic
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium
11:00am •
Have I Told You About My Horse
12:30pm •
Matt Robertson
1:45pm •
Sam Platts & the Plainsmen
2:45pm •
Lara Manzanares
4:00pm •
Wild Women
Northeastern Nevada Museum
1:00pm •
Indian Relay
Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater
11:00am •
Why the Cowboy Sings
12:15pm •
Cowboy Poets
1:30pm •
Deep West & Ranch Communications
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater
11:00am •
Finding Your Place
12:15pm •
Dom Flemons
1:30pm •
Let Me Show You How It's Done
2:45pm •
Thrown but Not Broken
6:00pm •
Class of '85 & That Other Guy
8:00pm •
Now That's Classic
Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon
10:00pm •
Saloon Session: Jessie Veeder
Western Folklife Center - Wiegand Gallery
TBA •
Between Grass & Sky: Rhythms of a Cowboy Poem
3:00pm •
Semblances
Friday
, January 31
Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room
9:00am •
Bring Them Home
10:45am •
Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching
10:55am •
First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia
11:30am •
Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines
12:45pm •
Indian Relay
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom
9:00am •
The Little Things
10:30am •
Brenn Hill
11:45am •
A Horse Tougher Than Me
1:00pm •
Tip of the Hat
2:15pm •
Cow Sense
3:30pm •
Shootin' the Sh*t
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage
8:30am •
Music Open Mic Signups
9:00am •
Doug Figgs
10:15am •
Music Open Mic 3
11:45am •
Music Open Mic 4
1:15pm •
Music Open Mic 5
2:45pm •
Ed Peekeekoot
4:00pm •
Music Open Mic 6
Elko Convention Center - Auditorium
9:00am •
Diehards Ride Hard for the Gathering
1:00pm •
Cattle Calling & Mountain Hollering
6:00pm •
Cohorts & Collaborators
8:00pm •
Get Ridin', When You Get the Blues
Elko Convention Center - Silver Room
8:30am •
Poetry Open Mic Signups
9:30am •
Poetry Open Mic 5
11:00am •
Poetry Open Mic 6
12:30pm •
Poetry Open Mic 7
2:00pm •
Poetry Open Mic 8: Reciting the Classics
3:30pm •
Poetry Open Mic 9
Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room
9:00am •
The Lost Cowboy
10:30am •
Nature Calls
12:00pm •
Just a Little Misunderstood
1:15pm •
Grace & Grit
2:45pm •
Here's a Story for You
4:00pm •
The Stories Behind the Art
10:00pm •
Friday Night Dance
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium
9:00am •
Dave & Tris Munsick
10:15am •
More Banjo
12:15pm •
Pretty Good Help
1:45pm •
Don't Squat With Your Spurs On
3:00pm •
Margo Cilker
4:15pm •
Tris Munsick
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 132
11:00am •
Bones
1:00pm •
Harmony Singing
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 150
10:00am •
Makila Carving
Flag View Intermediate School
10:00am •
Rodeo Swing
1:00pm •
Baile with Lone Piñon
Great Basin College - Greenhaw Tech Arts Room 130 (Bldg 8 on map)
12:00pm •
Cowboy Connections
Northeastern Nevada Museum
1:00pm •
Cowboys Without Borders
Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater
12:30pm •
Deep West & Ranch Communications
2:45pm •
Cowboy Poets
4:00pm •
Why the Cowboy Sings
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater
9:00am •
Celebrating Landscapes of the West
10:30am •
Test Our Mettle
12:00pm •
Michael Martin Murphey
1:30pm •
Yvonne Hollenbeck
2:45pm •
Tale of the Jackalope
6:00pm •
Everything Old Is New Again
8:00pm •
Play It Right
Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon
10:00pm •
Saloon Session: Matt Robertson
Western Folklife Center - Wiegand Gallery
2:00pm •
Don Weller
Saturday
, February 1
Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room
9:00am •
Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines
10:15am •
Indian Relay
11:30am •
First Came Collaboration: Managing for Riparia
11:45am •
Learning From the Land: Women in Ranching
12:10pm •
Cowboys Without Borders
2:00pm •
On the Trail of the Jackalope
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom
9:00am •
Growing Up at the Gathering
10:30am •
Kristyn Harris
11:45am •
Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong
1:00pm •
DW Groethe
2:15pm •
Trinity Seely
3:30pm •
Well-Weathered
Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage
8:30am •
Music Open Mic Signups
9:00am •
Music Open Mic 7
11:00am •
Jessie Veeder
12:30pm •
Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright
1:45pm •
Lone Piñon
2:45pm •
Who Says Cowboys Don't Rock 'n' Roll?
4:00pm •
How the West Is Sung
Elko Convention Center - Auditorium
9:00am •
Dusty Vaquero
1:00pm •
Ranch Family Show
2:45pm •
Cowboy Songs
6:00pm •
Bellyaches & Heartbreaks-A Humor Show?
8:00pm •
Cow Trails & Cowboy Tales
Elko Convention Center - Silver Room
8:30am •
Poetry Open Mic Signups
9:30am •
Poetry Open Mic 10
11:30am •
Stories from the Workshop
1:00pm •
Whip Law
Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room
9:00am •
Doris Daley
10:15am •
The Stories Behind the Art
11:45am •
Cowboy Cult Classics
1:00pm •
Been There, Done That
2:30pm •
Tall Grasses & Big Skies
4:00pm •
It Didn't Seem Funny at the Time
10:00pm •
Saturday Night Dance
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium
9:00am •
Huevos Rancheros Christmas
10:15am •
Chronicling the Cowboy
12:00pm •
Hot Club of Cowtown
1:00pm •
Dave Stamey
2:00pm •
Ranch Parenting 101
3:30pm •
Highlights of the Open Mic
Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 150
10:00am •
Kī hōʻalu: Slack-Key Guitar
Flag View Intermediate School
10:00am •
Two-Step & Jitterbug
1:00pm •
Line Dance (Beginner)
3:00pm •
Line Dance (Advanced)
Northeastern Nevada Museum
1:00pm •
Bring Them Home
Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater
9:00am •
Why the Cowboy Sings
10:15am •
Cowboy Poets
11:30am •
Deep West & Ranch Communications
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater
9:00am •
Creeks & Communities
10:45am •
Rebel Rousers
12:00pm •
Thought Is Like a Cloud
2:00pm •
Rancher-to-Rancher—Interactive, Entertaining, Regenerative Rangeland Management
6:00pm •
I Held You as a Pup
8:00pm •
Be The Poem, Be The Song
10:30pm •
Open Jam
Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon
9:30pm •
Saloon Session: Sam Platts & the Plainsmen
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