41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

The 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—A Cow Town State of Mind.
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9:00am PST

Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

9:00am PST

Build Your Own Hat—A Custom Experience With Chaz Elko Convention Center - Gold Room Leather Floral Carving & Design Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room Leather Inlay & Overlay Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

7:00pm PST

Get in the Pickup, We're Going to Town Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

9:00am PST

Chorizo First Presbyterian Church Spit Cooking Elko Proper Songwriting Basics: A-Z Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room 4 Beadworking Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room 1 Build Your Own Hat—A Custom Experience With Chaz Elko Convention Center - Gold Room Leather Floral Carving & Design Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room Leather Inlay & Overlay Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Silver Jewelry Set Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab

1:00pm PST

Basque Cheesecake First Presbyterian Church Western-Style Horse Drawing Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room 4

3:00pm PST

The Perfect Pour Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery Bar

7:00pm PST

Beyond the Fence Line Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

9:00am PST

WILDORADO Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater Brew Your Own Kombucha First Presbyterian Church A Day at the Ranch Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon Beadworking Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room 1 Build Your Own Hat—A Custom Experience With Chaz Elko Convention Center - Gold Room Leather Floral Carving & Design Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room Rawhide Braiding Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Silver Jewelry Set Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab

10:00am PST

Let's Write! Great Basin College - Carl A. Diekhans Industrial Technology Center 208

10:15am PST

Cowboy Meditations Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

10:30am PST

Story Time Elko County Mybrary

11:30am PST

LOOK & SEE: A Portrait of Wendell Berry Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

1:00pm PST

Cooking Sunday Dinner First Presbyterian Church Western-Style Horse Drawing Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room 4 Vocal Basics Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

1:15pm PST

Grazing Management for the Future: “Trying Something New” Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

1:30pm PST

Fire Tender Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

2:15pm PST

William Matthews: Drawn to Paint Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

3:00pm PST

The Perfect Pour Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery Bar

4:30pm PST

Grazing to Gourmet (Dinner Show) Elko Euzkaldunak Clubhouse (Basque House)

7:00pm PST

Come Ride With Me Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

9:00am PST

Keynote Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

10:00am PST

Grazing Management for the Future: “Trying Something New” Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Dances With Painted Horse Elko Convention Center - Lobby Rawhide Braiding Demo Western Folklife Center - Wiegand Gallery

10:30am PST

WILDORADO Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Revitalizing the Traditional Music of New Mexico Great Basin College Theatre

10:45am PST

Big Skies & Ballads Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

11:00am PST

The Horses We Knew Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Poetry Open Mic 1 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Music Open Mic 1 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Water's For Writin' Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room Life on the Range Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium LOOK & SEE: A Portrait of Wendell Berry Northeastern Nevada Museum Meet & Greet Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

12:00pm PST

Cowboy Meditations Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater

12:15pm PST

Dave Stamey Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

12:30pm PST

Carin Mari Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Music Open Mic 2 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Poetry Open Mic 2 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Open Range Radio Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room The Root of It All Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium

12:45pm PST

Fire Tender Northeastern Nevada Museum

1:00pm PST

It’s About to Get a Little Western Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

1:30pm PST

William Matthews: Drawn to Paint Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Growing the Next Generation Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

1:45pm PST

Stars Enough to Guide Us Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

2:00pm PST

In the Open Wide Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium Poetry Open Mic 3: Reciting the Classics Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Those Who Came Before Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Cowboy Stories Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

2:45pm PST

Into the West Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

3:00pm PST

Kristyn Harris Trio Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater A Ranch Musical Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater

3:15pm PST

Where We Came From Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

3:30pm PST

Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium Brigid & Johnny Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Poetry Open Mic 4: Storytelling Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

4:00pm PST

Over the Branding Fire Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

6:00pm PST

Sons of the Pioneers Elko Convention Center - Auditorium What It Takes Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

8:00pm PST

Classics Chaos Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater Lost in Translation (& Other Wrecks) Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

10:00pm PST

Grits N Gravy Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

9:00am PST

Jimmy Cantwell Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom William Matthews: Drawn to Paint Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater A Balanced Load Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room The Wind: The Circumambulation of a Sacred Mountain Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater The Auction Show Elko Convention Center - Auditorium Stagecraft 101 Elko High School Performing Arts Building 132

9:30am PST

Lone Piñon Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium Poetry Open Mic 5 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

10:00am PST

Zydeco Flag View Intermediate School - Main Gym Rawhide Braiding Demo Western Folklife Center - Wiegand Gallery

10:15am PST

Olivia Harms Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Sterling Drake Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

10:30am PST

Western Harmonies Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater The Long Trail Home Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room LOOK & SEE: A Portrait of Wendell Berry Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater

10:45am PST

Andy Hedges Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium

11:00am PST

WILDORADO Northeastern Nevada Museum Poetry Open Mic 6: Reciting the Classics Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

11:30am PST

Richard Elloyan Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Music Open Mic 3 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

12:00pm PST

The Whippersnappers Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater 100 Miles From Nowhere Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium Tales From the Workshop Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

12:15pm PST

Cowboy Meditations Northeastern Nevada Museum

12:30pm PST

Grazing Management for the Future: “Trying Something New” Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Poetry Open Mic 7 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

12:45pm PST

Under the Western Sky Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

1:00pm PST

A Ranch Musical Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Music Open Mic 4 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Leppies & Other Mavericks Elko Convention Center - Auditorium Three-In-One Western Dance Flag View Intermediate School - Main Gym

1:30pm PST

Dave Redboy Schildt Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater Trinity Seely Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium Whispers on the Wind Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

2:00pm PST

Poetry Open Mic 8: Sharing New Works Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

2:15pm PST

Along the Trail Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

2:30pm PST

Fire Tender Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Music Open Mic 5 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

2:45pm PST

Saved by the Belle Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

3:00pm PST

The Way I Heard It Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

3:30pm PST

Poetry Open Mic 9 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

3:45pm PST

Cowboy Stories Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

4:00pm PST

Music Open Mic 6 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

6:00pm PST

The Western Rewind Elko Convention Center - Auditorium Words Are Medicine Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

8:00pm PST

For Story's Sake Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater Just Another Day at the Office Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

10:00pm PST

Friday Night Dance Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room Grits N Gravy Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

9:00am PST

Fire Tender Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater An Honest Summer's Wage Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium For the Love of the Land Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Music Open Mic 7 Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Poetry Open Mic 10 Elko Convention Center - Silver Room Grazing in Fire-Prone Landscapes Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater Guitar Maintenance Elko High School Performing Arts Building 132 208 Silversmiths Elko Convention Center - Gold Room

9:30am PST

The Cowboy's Almanac Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

10:00am PST

WILDORADO Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Cumbia & Ranchera Flag View Intermediate School - Main Gym

10:30am PST

Along for the Ride Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Rhythm & Rhyme Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium

11:00am PST

Joni Harms Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Always Drink Upstream Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room A Ranch Musical Northeastern Nevada Museum

11:30am PST

Cowboy Meditations Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Type Like A Cowboy Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room

11:45am PST

Pipp Gillette Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

12:00pm PST

R.W. Hampton Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Wylie Gustafson Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium Elko County Farmer's Market Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

12:15pm PST

Matt Robertson Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage

12:30pm PST

Range Philosophy Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

12:45pm PST

William Matthews: Drawn to Paint Northeastern Nevada Museum

1:00pm PST

Grazing Management for the Future: “Trying Something New” Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr. Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater Ranch Family Show Elko Convention Center - Auditorium Line Dance Flag View Intermediate School - Main Gym

1:15pm PST

Jessie Veeder Elko High School - Performing Arts Building Auditorium Here We Remain Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom

1:30pm PST

Steer Clear Stories Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage LOOK & SEE: A Portrait of Wendell Berry Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater

2:00pm PST

The Wind: Fool's Gold: a Liars Club Story Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room

2:30pm PST

Lara Manzanares Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

2:45pm PST

Ace in the Hole Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom Michael Martin Murphey Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

3:00pm PST

Sam Platts Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage Highlights of the Open Mic Great Basin College Theatre

6:00pm PST

Buckaroo Who? Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater Upside Down in a Cow Town Elko Convention Center - Auditorium

8:00pm PST

One for the Road Elko Convention Center - Auditorium Hitchin' a Ride Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

10:00pm PST

Saturday Night Dance Dalling Hall Grits N Gravy Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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