Storytelling Events

Stan Paregien's


Calendar of


Storytelling & Cowboy Poetry Events

JANUARY


GA, Atlanta: Winter Storytelling Festival (404-329-9950)
NE, Elko: Cowboy Poetry Gathering (Granddaddy of the cowboy poetry events)

FEBRUARY


AZ, Sierra Vista: Cochise County Poetry & Music
CANADA: Alberta, Calgary: Canada's Cowboy Festival (403-261-8536)

MARCH


CA, Santa Clarita: Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival
MT, Great Falls: Charles Russell Cowboy Poetry Gathering
TX, Alpine: Tx Cowboy Poetry Gathering
UT, Cedar City: Cowboy Poet's Rodeo, sponsored by Cowboy Poets of America (Contact: Cedar City Chamber of Commerce)

APRIL



MAY


CA, Paradise: Paradise Country Gathering (916-872-1187)
CA, Visalia: Cowboy Poetry Gathering (209-627-0287)
KS, Caldwell: Chisholm Trail Festival (316-845-2145)
MT, Sidney: Cowboy Poetry & Country Music Gathering (406-482-1916)
NM, Santa Fe: NM Cowboy Classic (505-757-2710)

JUNE


CA, Chester: Cowboy Poetry Shoe (916-893-3020)
CA, Woodside: Cowboy Poetry & Music Show (415-366-7860)
CANADA, Alberta: Pincher Creek Cowboy Gathering (403-627-2359)
CO, Estes Park: Cowboy Gathering (970-586-6104)
KS, Garden City: Cowboy Poetry Gathering (316-276-3264)
MS, Poplarville: Missippi Blueberry Jubilee Storytelling Festival (601-795-8378)
MT, Sidney: Fort Union Rendezvous (701-572-9083)
NE, Omaha: Storytelling Festival of Nebraska (402-551-4532)
NM, Raton: National Cowboy Gathering & Camp Meeting (817-236-0023)
OK, Claremore: Will Rogers Cowboy Gathering (918-341-6150)
TX, Haskell: Wild Horse Prairie Days (817-864-8555)
SD, Sioux Falls: Northern Prairie Storytelling Festival (605-331-6710)

IA, Clear Lake: Iowa Storytelling Festival (515-357-6133)
IL, Spring Grove: Illinois Storytelling Festival (815-678-4773)

AUGUST


AZ, Prescott: Cowboy Poets Gathering (520-445-3122)
CANADA: B.C., Vernon: O'Keefe Ranch Cowboy Festival (250-542-7868)
CO, Colorado Springs: Cowboy Poetry Gathering (719-531-6333, Ex 1200)
CO, Copper Mt.: Michael Martin Murphey Westfest (505-751-3425)
ID, Moscow: Palouse Country Cowboy Poetry Gathering (509-334-1029)
MT, Lewistown: Cowboy Poetry Gathering (406-538-5436)
NE, Crawford: Fort Robinson Gathering (308-327-2064)
NM, Silver City: Western NM Cowboy Poetry Gathering (505-538-3694)
OH, Dayton: Holy Laughter: Humor in the Bible (Network of Biblical Storytellers; 1-800-355-NOBS)
TX, Bandera: All American Cowboy Get-to-Gather (210-796-3269)
TX, Mt. Springs: Cowboy Gathering (817-726-3387)

SEPTEMBER


CA, Sonora: West West Film Festival (800-446-1333)
GA, Carrollton: Cherokee Rose Storytelling Festival (770-832-1161)
KY, Louisville: Corn Island Storytelling Festival (502-245-0643)
OK, Gene Autry: Singing Cowboys Film & Music Festival (580-389-5335)
TX, Dallas: State Fair of Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering (214-750-1362)
TX, Odessa: Cowboy Symposium (915-367-1638)
TX, Lubbock: Natl. Cowboy Symposium (806-795-2455)
WA, Port Angeles: Forest Storytelling Festival (360-457-3169)

OCTOBER


CO, Durango: Cowboy Gathering (970-588-3409)
ID, Kooskia: Cowboy Poetry, Music & Art (208-926-4222)
NM, Ruidoso: Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium (505-378-4142)
TN, Jonesborough: National Storytelling Festival (800-525-4514). This is the major storytelling festival in the United States.
TX, El Paso: Radford Western Roundup (915-584-3937)
TX, Ft. Worth: Academy of Western Artists (405-389-5350)
TX, Ft. Worth: Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering (817-625-1025)
TX, Round Rock: Cowboy Jubilee (512-244-7445)

NOVEMBER

AZ, Tucson: Western Music Festival (520-825-6621)
OH, Cleveland: National Black Storytelling Festival & Conference (216-991-0230)

DECEMBER

TX, Anson: Cowboy Christmas Ball

Happy trails, partner!!