Come to Elko for a whirlwind week of poetry, song, and dance in celebration of the American West. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! | Western Folklife Center

Brigid Reedy and Cora Rose Wood enthusiastically carry on the yodeling tradition. From the archives, at the 26th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in 2010. Happy World Yodel Day! | Western Folklife Center

For some, the joy of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering begins early in Elko. Volunteers arrive in the days before the event with all sorts of creativity and specialty skills to help the Western Folklife Center with production. Here we take a look at the main stage set construction at the Elko Convention Center during the 39th Gathering. Filming made possible by the E. L. Wiegand Foundation. Elko DBA Everything Elko Elko Area Chamber Elko Daily Free Press City of Elko Parks and Recreation Elko

Ever since the first year of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the Gathering has featured a keynote address discussing a topic relevant to cowboy poetry, ranch culture, and the contemporary rural West. “Big Jim” Griffith, one of the event’s founders, delivered the very first keynote, a wonderful primer and introduction to cowboy poetry that set the tone for the first Gathering in 1985, and all the ones that followed. Jim Griffith was a folklorist based in southern Arizona, established the So

👢 Boots on the ground, 📖 Stories in the air, 📝 Elko calls the poets— 🪑 Come pull up a chair. The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering event is in full swing in Elko. Have you been? Western Folklife Center, Elko Convention & Visitors Authority #CowboyPoetryGathering #ncpg2026 | Travel Nevada

Good morning from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering on the Road at Ahern 😂 #westernfolklifecenter #cowboypoetrygathering #ahernhotel #vegashappenings #auctioneer | Western Folklife Center

"See him standing, shiftin' haunches, at the Elko County Fair...." Pipp Gillette and Lloyd Wright cover Waddie Mitchell's poem, "Trade Off" at the 30th Gathering. The 100th Elko County Fair celebration was postponed until 2021. Reports are that it was a great way to spend the Labor Day weekend! #TunefulTuesday | Western Folklife Center