Western Heritage Awards

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

August 16, 2024
December 31, 2024

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is among the nation’s most prestigious museums of Western heritage and art. Set atop the historic Persimmon Hill district ov...

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...

Fiesta JAM

Marble Falls, Texas

October 10, 2024
October 12, 2024

Fiesta JAM 501-c3 Benefiting Youth Music Education is a music festival that celebrates the singer-songwriter while bringing awareness to the needs of local youth music education.

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...

Texas Hill Country Cowboy Gathering

Fredericksburg, Texas

November 1, 2024
November 2, 2024

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...

National Accordion Convention

Lewisville, Texas

March 13, 2025
March 15, 2025

IWMA is collaborating with the NAA to put a little Western into accordions!

Genoa Western Heritage Days

Genoa, Nevada

May 2, 2025
May 4, 2025

A Western American Art Show - Western Vendors & Makers - Chilren's Activities - Living History with Chautauqua Perormers - Live Music - Ag in the Classroom - Horse Parade -...