2024 IWMA Songwriting Contest

May 1, 2024
July 31, 2024

RULES & REWARDS FOR THE SONGWRITING CONTEST 1. There is only one category this year: Cowboy/Western Song 2. Fee is $25 a song or three (3) songs for $50. 3. There can ...

National Day of the Cowboy

Medora, North Dakota

July 27, 2024

For more information, call the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame 701-623-2000 or visit their website.

National Day of the Cowboy

Westcliffe, Colorado

July 27, 2024

For more information, call Dennis 719-330-1797 or JJ 719-371-2013

National Day of the Cowboy

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

July 27, 2024

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

National Day of the Cowboy

Dublin, Texas

July 27, 2024

For more information, call 254-459-0141

National Day of the Cowboy

Bernalillo, New Mexico

July 27, 2024

Free Concert!! Food Trucks! Vendors! Art!

National Day of the Cowboy

Edward, New York

July 27, 2024

The Campfire Cowboys Ernie Sites - Mark Munzert - Jeff Mamett For information call 518-747-3421

Western Swing Jamboree

New Braunfels, Texas

July 27, 2024

Featuring Lori Beth Brooke and The Derrieres

National Day of the Cowboy

Matfield Green, Kansas

July 27, 2024

Songs from the Trail & Ice Cream Social with Jeff Davidson & Annie Wilson

Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering

Prescott, Arizona

August 8, 2024
August 10, 2024

Over thirty-five years of celebrating the cowboy at this year’s Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering! This year's event features a show stopping line-up of headlining perfor...

Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering & Western Music

Lewistown, Montana

August 8, 2024
August 11, 2024

Hope your 2023 summer plans include attending the 38th MT Cowboy Poetry Gathering.  Located in the middle of Montana, Lewistown is everything Western....  surrounded...

Western Legends Heritage & Music Festival

Kanab, Utah

August 22, 2024
August 24, 2024

Join us for the 26th Annual Western Legends, August 22nd-24th - a boot shakin’ country concert, western movie stars and legendary rodeo. You’re invited to experience...

American Frontier Music & Arts Festival

Afton, Wyoming

September 2, 2024

Featuring Andy Hedges, Brenn Hill, Kaden Miner, Jaimie Nield, Andy Nelson & Kristyn Harris

San Angelo Cowboy Gathering

San Angelo, Texas

September 13, 2024
September 14, 2024

A Gathering to celebrate the cowboy way of life and western swing music, all to benefit a local nonprofit in San Angelo, Texas each year!

Lost N Lava Cowboy Gathering

Shoshone, Idaho

September 20, 2024
September 21, 2024

The Lost N Lava Cowboy Gathering is an annual celebration of the ranching and rural West. Through poetry, music and stories, ranch people express the beauty and challenge...

Winnsboro Cowboy Music & Poetry Gathering

Winnsboro, Texas

September 27, 2024
September 28, 2024

Winnsboro Center for the Arts is excited to present the 2024 Winnsboro Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering. Each year, wonderful artists and musicians participate in this celebration...

Durango Cowboy Gathering

Durango, Colorado

October 3, 2024
October 6, 2024

The Gathering is a five-day exciting, fun-filled event held the first week of October with evening performances and Saturday daytime sessions. Poets and musicians from throughout t...

Western Slope Cowboy Gathering

Grand Junction, Colorado

November 1, 2024
November 2, 2024

The Western Slope Cowboy Gathering was initiated by Terry Nash, Peggy Malone, Nona Kelley Carver and the Museums of Western Colorado in 2016, for the celebration and sharing of mod...

2024 IWMA Convention

Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 13, 2024
November 17, 2024

Make hotel reservations at The Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town here or call 505-843-6300 and use Code 2411IWMAG  -  TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ON LINE WEDNESDAY, Novembe...

Colorado Cowboy Gathering

Golden, Colorado

January 17, 2025
January 18, 2025

Thirty-fouryears of celebrating the cowboy-way at this year’s Colorado Cowboy Gathering! This year's event features a show stopping line-up of headlining performers.

40th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Elko, Nevada

January 27, 2025
February 1, 2025

It all began as a time and place where western ranchers and cowboys could gather to share poems about their lives working cattle. Three decades later, the Gathering encompasses wes...