A non-profit outfit dedicated to preserving & promoting Cowboy & Western Ways & Life through Events, Activities, History, Worship, Poetry & Music!

22nd Annual
Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering
July 19, 20 and 21, 2024

Encampment, WY

Friday, July 19, 2024*

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Open Mike Cowboy Poetry / Music

Free to All - Dress warm, bring your camp & folding chairs

9 PM

Campfire Jam Session

Featuring all entertainers.

Free to All - Dress warm, bring your camp & folding chairs.

We encourage our audience to participate - share a song, recite a poem or story and bring your musical instruments to play along.

Saturday, July 20, 2024*

9 AM

Rawhide, Leather & Horsehair Demonstration

Matteo Abbruzzese and Jeff Freeze, horse hair hitcher and braider, will show the skills of turning rawhide and leather into works of art.

10 AM

Quilt Show

Although South Dakota ranch wife, Yvonne Hollenbeck, is one of the most published and award-winning cowgirl poets in America, she is also an avid quilter and quilt historian, especially regarding quilts made on the great plains. Yvonne has a collection of family quilts spanning 150 years, all made by members of her family, most of which were made on farms and ranches on the prairies of Nebraska. This has become one of the most popular programs in a large area and attending this program, called “Patchwork of the Prairie,” you will not only be entertained by some of her award-winning poetry, the showing of these quilts, but you will enjoy a background slide presentation showing the makers and the homes they lived in, some of which were sod houses.

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

Sponsored by Encampment / Riverside Lions Club. Fee charged with proceeds going to community projects.

Noon

Western Entertainment Roundup

FREE: Be our guest for an afternoon of top notch entertainment - Bring your camp / folding chairs.

Lineup includes: Doug Figgs, Cora Wood, Stampede!, Caitlynn Taussig, Many Strings, Floyd Beard, Valerie Beard, Terry Nash, Kevin Davis, Yvonne Hollenbeck and Daron Little.

7 PM

All Star Cowboy Poetry and Music Show

Featuring Cowboy Singer Kevin Davis, Cowboy Poet Yvonne Hollenback, and Cowboy Singer Daron Little.

Selection of raffle winner of R.G. Finney print.

This is a ticketed event. Tickets are $20 per person (kids 12 and under get in free).

Advance Ticket Sales: Checks can be sent to Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering, PO Box 306, Encampment, WY 82325. Tickets will be held at Will Call. Deadline for sending checks is June 30, 2024.

Sunday, July 21, 2024*

We are sorry to say that we will no longer be serving breakfast in the park. Please visit the Divide Restauraunt or the 307 Pub and Grub (both located in Encampment) for Sunday breakfast.

9:30 AM

Cowboy Church

Bring your camp / folding chairs.

For Additional Information, $20 All Star Cowboy Poetry and Music Show Tickets, Print Raffle Tickets, or Memberships

Call (307) 327-5465 or write Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering Outfit, PO Box 306, Encampment, WY 82325

* Events and times subject to change.

The Cowboy Gathering Committee will make every effort to provide everyone access to our activities and entertainment. The majority of performances are outdoors at Grandview Park on the grass, with the concert being held in the Encampment School gymnasium on Saturday. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out via our email at encampmentcowboygathering@gmail.com or call 307-327-5173. You may also write to us at P.O. Box 306, Encampment, WY 82325.

Additional Information

Your Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering Outfit committee members are continuing their efforts to preserve and promote Cowboy & Western Ways & Life through events, activities, history, worship, poetry and music. They thank you for your support throughout the years.

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