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January 2008 (back to the top)
February 2008 (back to the top)
March 2008 (back to the top)
March 19-22, 2008. East Fork Guns & Collectibles Co. Old West Show & Auction. 9:00 a.m. daily, auction held at Lolli Bros auction facility, 704 Main St., Macon, MO 63552; 660-385-7252 or 2516; www.lollibros.com; eastforkguns@cvalley.net.
April 2008 (back to the top)
April 10-13, 2008. Cowboy Songs & Range Ballads: Yellowstone Traditions. Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. The 26th annual festival features cowboy musicians; poetry & storytelling and gear makers. Concerts, workshops, gallery spotlights, Western swing dance, open mic stage. Contact: Megan Wasp, 307-578-4028, email, programs@bbhc.org.
April 11-13, 2008. Colorado Saddle Makers Association Spring Seminar. Sessions on saddle making, carving, business. Grand Junction, Colorado. Members $65, non-members $95. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Mike Brennan, 970-878-4346.
April 12. Indian Arts and Crafts Indian Art Market, Albuquerque Convention Center from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., $5 Admission. Bringing authentic handmade Indian art to the public. IACA, 4010 Carlisle Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107; 505-265-9149; www.iaca.com.
April 19-20. Fourth Annual Nevada Leatherworkers Get Together, Elko Convention Center, Elko, Nevada. Show host is Ferdco Corp. 9 to 5 Fri., 9 to 4 on Sat. Classes available, instructors Al Gould, Ty Skiver, Joe Benner, Pete Gorrell and Alan Dewey. Expo for the leather tradesman and the professional saddlemakers and bootmakers. FMI contact Ron at 800-645-0197; www.ferdco.com.
April 19-27, 2008. Chisholm Trail Stampede. Twentieth Annual PRCA Rodeo, 2 day trail ride with meals, 5k walk & run, youth art show, parade with cash prizes, Cruisin' the Chisholm Trail car show and motorsycle poker run. For more information: Duncan Oklahoma Convention & Visitors Bureau, www.chisholmtrailstampede.com; 800-782-7167.
April 24-27, 2008. City of Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival. Great Western music & cowboy poetry, authentic cowboy gear & food, film location tours and much, much more. At Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio, Santa Clarita, California. For more information call; 661-286-4021; www.cowboyfestival.org.
April 25-26. Southern Utah Regional Cowboy Poetry Rodeo. Cash awards for top contestants! Four catagories: humorous poet, serious poet, humorous reciter, serious reciter. Rising stars and silver buckle divisions. For rules and entry information contact; Sam Jackson, rodeo producer; last2camp@kanab.net; 435-644-5495 or 435-899-1100.
May 2008 (back to the top)
May 2-3, 2008. Chisholm Trail Stampede. Twentieth Annual PRCA Rodeo, 2 day trail ride with meals, 5k walk & run, youth art show, parade with cash prizes, Cruisin' the Chisholm Trail car show and motorsycle poker run. For more information: Duncan Oklahoma Convention & Visitors Bureau, www.chisholmtrailstampede.com; 800-782-7167.
May 8-10. Western Heritage Classic. Expo Center of Taylor County, Abilene, Texas. Western lifestyle event and values of the working ranch. 11 historic ranches to compete in a ranch rodeo. RHAA Working Ranch Horse National Finals. Bit & spur show, chuckwagon cook-off, cow dog demo, horse clinics, poetry & music, and more. Tickets on sale April 26. FMI www.westernheritageclassic.com; 325-677-4376.
May 16-18, 2008. Fifteenth Rocky Mountain Leather Trade Show. Workshops begin earlier.Holiday Inn, Sheridan, Wyoming - Voted # 1 Western Town in America! Get on the mailing list today for your free Trade Show Booklet. The Leather Crafters & Saddlers Journal, 222 Blackburn St., Rhinelander, WI 54501-3777; www.LeatherCraftersJournal.com; 888-289-6409; 715-362-5393.
May 24-25. Twenty-second Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Medora, North Dakota. America's longest running regional cowboy gathering, featuring Brent Voigt, the Radio Stars and (V). For more information call 701-872-4746.
May 30- June 1. Rocky Mountain Horse Expo, Vail/Eagle Valley, Eagle River Center, Eagle, Colorado. Extreme Cowboy RaceTM, hosted by Craig Cameron. Vail/Eagle Championship WRCA Ranch Rodeo. Clinicians & educational seminars, shopping, family fun, breed, stallion & mare showcases, horse sales. Tickets, info, entries, booth & stall reservations, www.RockyMountainHorseExpo.com; 303-292-4981.
June 2008 (back to the top)
May 30- June 1. Rocky Mountain Horse Expo, Vail/Eagle Valley, Eagle River Center, Eagle, Colorado. Extreme Cowboy RaceTM, hosted by Craig Cameron. Vail/Eagle Championship WRCA Ranch Rodeo. Clinicians & educational seminars, shopping, family fun, breed, stallion & mare showcases, horse sales. Tickets, info, entries, booth & stall reservations, www.RockyMountainHorseExpo.com; 303-292-4981.
June 5-7. Cowboy Roundup USA, featuring the World Championship Chuckwagon Cookoff. Thousands of visitors will enjoy the cowboy music and poetry, and the food from the top chuckwagons in the nation. Amarillo Tri State Fairgrounds in the Amarillo National Center, Amarillo, Texas. 806-372-4777; www.cowboyroundupusa.org.
June 6-8. Western States Horse Expo, Cal Expo, Sacramento, California. Trade show, trailers, trucks, barns, Mustang makeover, horse sale, internationally known clinicians, educational speakers, breed demos, trail symposium, art show, and competitions, including the Magnificent 7 Stock Horse Championship. 800-352-2411; 530-295-1424; www.horsexpo.com; letters@horsexpo.com.
June 7. Old West Saloon Nite. There's only one night a year you can buy real drinkin' whiskey over Bob Ford's historic bar in the museum saloon and this is it! Gamblers, gunslingers and soiled doves are welcome! Free grub while it lasts! 4 til 10 p.m. at Francisco Fort Museum, La Veta, Colorado. This event is a museum fund raiser. Coral, 719-742-3042; www.lavetacucharachamber.com.
June 7-8. featuring Western painting/sculpture/arts/crafts/blacksmithing/hatmaking; Indian dancers/Mtn. Men and Buffalo Soldier encampments/Wild West re-enactors. 3 stages featuring Western music/poetry/historical presentations. Hosted by the Olaf Wieghorst Museum on Rea St. in El Cajon, California; 619-590-3431; www.wieghorstmuseum.org.
June 10-14. West Texas Western Swing Festival. For the greatest Western Swing event in Texas, performed by the greatest bands in Western Swing music today, this is a must see, gala event. For more information or a free brochure contact the Snyder Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 840, Snyder, TX 79550; 325-573-3558; fax 325-573-9721; snychcom@snydertex.com.
June 13-15. Forty-second Annual Evergreen Rodeo. PRCA sanctioned. Fri: bull riding contest, concert and dance featuring Railbenders Band. Sat: parade, rodeo and Mutton bustin'with a "Tough Enough to Wear Pink" theme. Sun. (Father's Day): gifts for the first 100 fathers, rodeo events. FMI: Evergreen Rodeo Assoc., P.O. Box 759, Evergreen, CO 80937; 303-670-3928.
June 13-15, 2008. Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering. Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott, Kansas. Fri. night, special show; Sat., cowboy poets/musicians, open mic, Sat. night concert, chuckwagons, Mexican food, Western trade show, silent and live auctions. Sun. morning, Cowboy Church plus chuckwagon breakfast. FMI: 620-223-0736; www.echoesofthetrail.com.
June 19-21. Southwest Corriente Association Regional Show. NACA sanctioned Corriente cattle show. All animals must be NACA registered. We have breeder ropings and member ropings. Montezuma Fairgrounds, Cortez, Colorado. For more information contact Steve Young, show manager or Nancy Young, show secretary at lyyosy@earthlink.net; 719-541-4850.
June 19-22. Twenty-seventh Annual End of Trail, World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting. The nation's greatest wild west festival. Founders Ranch, New Mexico. Over 100 old west exhibitors, music, living history, chuckwagon gathering, cowboy action shooting competitions, mounted shooting competitions, entertainment, historical re-enactments. FMI 877-411-SASS; www.sassnet.com.
June 26-28. Nineteenth Annual Brian Lebel's Cody Old West Show & Auction, Riley Events Center, Cody, Wyoming. 500 lot auction of cowboy, Indian, fine Western art, saloon, gambling, historical firearms and paper. 100+ dealers of cowboy, Indian, fine Western art, saloon, gambling, historical firearms and papers. Contact: Brian Lebel; 602-432-7602; www.codyoldwest.com; info@codyoldwest.com.
June 26-29. Wyoming Old West Round-Up, Antique cowboy trappings, Inidan beadwork, jewelry, Hollywood cowboy, antique firearms and much more. Cody Middle School Gym & Commons, Cody, Wyoming. FMI call 406-834-3603; or visit our website www.oldwestroundup.com.
July 2008 (back to the top)
July 4-5. Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo. 100 working cowboys from 20 ranches will compete in traditional ranch rodeo events, WRCA sanctioned. Downtown Longhorn cattle drive, ranch horse sale, vendors and a dance. Colorado Springs, Colorado, rodeo at the Norris Penrose Event Center. FMI: K.F. Collins at 719-635-7775; www.RideForTheBrandRanchRodeo.com.
July 13. Twenty-first Annual Cowboy Entertainment Gathering. Sherwood Hall, 940 N. Main St., Salinas, California. 1:00 p.m., wine tasting & silent auction; 1:45 p.m., open mic; 2:30 p.m., show. Western Music Hall of Fame Inductee: Michael Martin Murphy and Western Music Association Male Performer of the Year: Dave Stamey, Poets and winners of our kid's poetry contest.
July 18-20. Sixth Annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering, Encampment, Wyoming. A family weekend with performances by Doris Daley, Mike Blakely, Jake Fleming, and many others. Enjoy a gunfighter shoot-out, melodrama, campfire jam sessions, living history demos, chuckwagon breakfast and Cowboy Church. FMI: 307-327-5389; www.grandencampmentgathering.org.
July 18-27. One-hundred-twelfth Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days. World's largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration, plus the carnival, parades, free pancake breakfasts, Thunderbirds Air Show, the Indian village, chuckwagon cookoff, wild horse gulch, behind the chutes and more. Nine big nights of entertainment! FMI: 800-227-6336; www.cfdrodeo.com; TicketsWest, 866-464-2626.
August 2008 (back to the top)
Aug. 7-10. Seventy-fifth Annual Omak Stampede. Omak, Washington. Four performances (rodeo and world famous suicide race), art show, carnival and midway, kiddies' parade and grand parade, Western dances, concession row shopping, Native American dancing, powwow and stick games. www.omakstampede.com. Ticket order or information; 800-933-6625 or 509-826-1983.
Aug. 14-16. Third Annual Wind River Valley Gathering of Christian Cowboys. Working & stock horse competitions, nightly concerts with Jeff Gore, kids' roping & whip demos; Sat. round-pen clinic; Tom Williams will preach on Fri. and Sat., nights. Fremont County Fair Grounds in Riverton, Wyoming. FMI; Rugged Cross Ministries, P.O. Box 2003; Riverton, WY 82501; 307-851-8829 (D); 307-851-0807 (N).
Aug. 15-16. Twenty-first Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering, "Headin' For New Range." Now at the Yavapai College Campus in Prescott, Arizona. Headliners are Jean & Gary Prescott, Fri. night; Desert Sons, Sat. night. FMI, Yavapai College Community Events Box Office, 1100 E Sheldon St., Box 6001, Prescott, AZ 86301; 928-776-2000; 877-928-4253; www.azcowboypoets.org.
Aug. 15-17. Twenty-eighth Annual Texas Ranch Roundup. Multi Purpose Event Center, Wichita Falls, Texas. Ten historic Texas ranches compete in typical ranch work events. Bit, spur & collectible trade show & Cowboy Church. Proceeds benefit N. Texas Rehab. Center, W. Texas Rehab. Center & W. Texas Boys Ranch. For more information call; 940-322-0771. Tickets call 940-716-5555; www.wfmpec.com.
Aug. 15-17. Twenty-third Annual Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering & Western Music Rendezvous & Art & Gear Show, at The Yogo Inn, Lewistown, Montana. Poetry and music, art & gear show. Fri. night Jam 'n Dance. Sat. night concert with Wylie & the Wild West, Jim Hamilton, Fred Liese, Dave Mailand & Bob Petermann. FMI: L. A. C., 801 W. Broadway, Lewistown, MT 59457; lac@midrivers.com; 406-535-8278.
Aug. 21-23. Western Legends Round-up. A cowboy celebration of music, poetry, folklore and more. Little hollywood film festival, street fair with live country music, headline shows and concerts. Southern Utah, Kane County; www.westernlegendsroundup.com.
September 2008 (back to the top)
Sept. 4-7. Twentieth Annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration and National Championship Chuckwagon Cookoff. "The Culture of the American Cowboy." Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock, Texas. National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, P.O. Box 6638, Lubbock, TX 79493; phone: 806-798-7825; www.cowboy.org.
Sept. 19-21. Rocky Mountain Horse Expo. Sky Ute Events Center, Ignacio, Colorado. Extreme Cowboy RaceTM, hosted by Craig Cameron. FFA horse judging competition. Clinicians & educational seminars, shopping, family fun, breed, stallion & mare showcases, horse sales. Tickets, info, entries, booth & stall reservations, www.RockyMountainHorseExpo.com; 303-292-4981.
Sept. 19-21. Maple Creek's Nineteenth Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Western Art & Cowboy Gear Show, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada. Event passes or daily admissions. Three full days of cowboy poetry and prose with a healthy dose of music and song. Western art and gear show exhibits leatherwork, woodwork, silversmiths, clothing and art. FMI www.jaspercentre.ca; 306-662-2434.
Sept. 19-21. Sixteenth Annual Nara Visa Gathering. Cowboy poetry, music, and trade-show, held at the Community Center, Nara Visa, New Mexico. Contact Karen Bell, 505-633-2960; Tom Cole, 505-633-2773; or Reneé Rinestine, 505-633-2272. E-mail at tom.rockhill1@gmail.com or jrrinestine@hotmail.com or go to www.naravisacowboygathering.blogspot.com.
Sept. 19-21. Colorado Homestead Art Show with Old West Experience. New location: "THE RANCH" in Loveland. For more information or to request applications, e-mail swanranch@aol.com; or go to www.HomesteadArtShow.com; or write to; Colorado Homestead Art Show, P. O. Box 53, Livermore, CO 80536.
Sept. 20, 2008. 'The Cowboy Trade Day' All cowboy, Western & Indian stuff swap meet. 14th year! 150 to 170 sellers/traders from across the USA. Route 66, Catoosa, Oklahoma. New dealers/sellers always welcome! 3rd Sat. each Sept., annually. Call Hurley Hughes, 918-343-0149. Photos and details at www.cowboytrader.com.
Sept. 23-26, 2008. 2008 Traditional Cowboy Arts Association Rawhide Workshop. Rawhide workshop-foundations, bosals, and bodies. Leland Hensley and Nate Wald, instructors. Limited enrollment. Advance reservations required. FMI: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., Oklahoma City, OK 73111; 405-478-2250; www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.
Sept. 26-27. Twentieth Annual Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo. Pageant Arena, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Open Ranch Horse Show, Trappings and Trade Show & more! For more information call 620-886-9815; or go to www.peacetreaty.org/ranchrodeo.
October 2008 (back to the top)
Oct. 2-5. Sixteenth Annual Will James Society Gather. Durango, Colorado. For more information, please contact B.B. Palmer, 334-672-2787; or Don Dawson, 805-965-4436; www.willjames.org.
Oct. 8-11, 2008. Pony Of the Americas International Futurities and Sale at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. We will feature halter and performance futurities and 200-head sale of quality POAs. Contact info: www.poac.org or 317-788-0107.
Oct. 9-12. Seventeenth Annual Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Cowboy poets and musicians, Western parade, melodrama, art and trade show, trail ride and barbecue. For more information and tickets, Old West Days, P.O. Box 345, Valentine, NE 69201; 800-658-4024; www.nebraskacowboypoetrygathering.com.
Oct. 10-12. Nineteenth Annual Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium is held at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. Kick off with a concert by Asleep at the Wheel on Thursday, October 9th. Call 505-378-4431; or go to, Cowboysymposium.org for more information. Tickets go on sale Monday, August 4th.
Oct. 24-26. The Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering. Stockyards Nat. Historic District of Fort Worth, Texas. Ranch rodeo, adult & youth chuckwagon cookoff, music, poetry, swing dances, trappings show, horsemanship clinics, and youth poetry and fiddle contests. Debbie Bowman, P.O. Box 4507, Fort Worth, TX 76164 or at 817-444-5502; www.redsteagallcowboygathering.com.
November 2008 (back to the top)
Nov. 4-9. Heber City's Fourteenth Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Buckaroo Fair, hosted by Waddie Mitchell. Featuring Bar J Wranglers, Michael Martin Murphey, Red Steagall, Wylie and the Wild West, Ian Tyson, Tom Russell, Quebe Sisters Band, Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave, Juni Fisher, Sourdough Slim, Prickly Pair and many more. FMI: 435-654-3666; www.HeberCityCowboyPoetry.com.
Nov. 7-8. Seventh Annual Pendleton Leatherworkers Get Together and Trade Show, Pendleton Convention Center, Pendleton, Oregon. Fri. and Sat. 9 to 5. Instructional classes available for improving skills in the leather working trade, instructors; Al Gould, Ty Skiver, Joe Benner, Pete Gorrell, and Alan Dewey. FMI, call 800-645-0197; ferdco@smgazette.com or www.ferdco.com.
December 2008 (back to the top)
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