May 1st - Spring Fling at Sun Peaks
5-9 PM at the Village Day Lodge, hosted by Wilf
Bennet, Dinner at 5:30 PM.
For information Phone 250-578-2083
May 4th - A Canadian Cowboy Concert
Featuring singer songwriter and Stony Plain Recording Artist; Tim Hus.
www.timhus.ca and Kamloops Cowboy Poet Mike Puhallo
www.mikepuhallo.com 7:00 PM at the Northshore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood
Avenue, Kamloops. Tickets just $10.00 available at North Shore Communty and at the
Horse Barn on Mt Paul Way. Tim Hus is one of Canada's best upcoming songwriters. he
is currently on tour in Korea and will be back in Canada just in time for this event.
For further information call Mike at: 250-579-5667 or email:
mike@mikepuhallo.com
May 7th - Fundraiser for Tom King for MS liberation treatment
An evening of entertainment and both a silent and live auction (items needed please!!).
At the Christian Reform Church in Rocky at 7:00 PM. There will be dessert and beverages
provided. For more info or to donate please phone Ethan at 403-391-1921 or email him at
ethan.clark@signetma.com
May 8th, Unveiling of Kenny McLean Memorial Okanagan Falls BC
May 15th - Hus n' Us - Canadiana Cowboy Concert and Dance
Music by Canadiana Cowboy Singer Tim Hus and dancing by Les Folles Jambettes Cancan
Troupe - featuring cowboy poet Gypsy Jill. At the Boundary Horse Association Grounds
8640 North Fork Rd Grand Forks BC. Doors open: 7:30pm, Show: 8:00pm. Tickets: $10 in
advance & $12 at the door. For more info or to reserve tickets call Melanie at:
250-447-2614. Cash bar so no minors please.
melanieshen@hotmail.com
May 15th & 16th - Princeton Rodeo
Princeton, BC, 1:30 both days. Featured performances include:
Bareback Riding $1,500.00 added, Wild Horse Race, West Coast Thunder Drill
Team, Josh "Slick" Sheppard - Clown, Al Parsons - Announcer, Stock C+ Rodoes!
For further info call Ken Crompton at: 250-295-4084 or email:
kcrompton@bchardwood.com
May 16th - BC Cowboy Heritage Society AGM Dates TBA
Meadow Springs Ranch, 70mile House, BC. Email for details:
cowboys@bcchs.com.
For directions see
www.meadowsprings.com
May 22nd & 23rd Keromeos Elks Rodeo Keromeos, BC
May 27th, 28th, & 29th BC Cattle Convention
BCCA Convention and AGM, Williams Lake, BC. See their web site for details:
www.bccaagm.com
May 28th - Clinton Grad Class Cowboy Concert
This Annual Cowboy Concert is a fund raiser for the 2010 Clinton Grad Class. It's a
dinner theater show. Entertainers to be announced. For more info phone Patti at:
250-457-6684.
May 28th - 30th - 4th Annual Historic Ritzville Days Western Art Show.
The event will feature over 60 renown artisans - western artists, sculptors and authors.
In addition, to the downtown art show, there will be food booths, youth activities and
live entertainment. Four hours of cowboy poetry open mic sessions - including a 1 1/2
hour Saturday evening poetry open mic show before the dance. For additional information
on the cowboy poetry open mic sessions, visit the web site:
www.ritzvilledowntown.com or contact Smoke Wade at:
smokewade@clarkston.com
May 29th & 30th - Clinton Rodeo.
May 28th - 30th - Canadian Rockies Cowboy Festival
at the David Thompson Resort, Cline River on Highway 11. Just a short drive from Rock
Mountain House, Calgary, or Banff. Featuring: Ed Peekeekoot, Horse Crazy, Tim Hus, Dave
McClure, Mike Puhallo, The Three Musty Steers, Danny and Susan Gibson. Music, Cowboy
Poetry, and a Dance each night. Plenty of Camping and Accommodation available. See
www.davidthompsonresort.com or phone for details Toll Free: 1-888-810-2103, local
phone: 403-721-2103, fax: 403-721-2267, or email:
info@davidthompsonresort.com
June 4th - CJKC Country 103 Appreciation Celebration,
Free Concert, Kamloops, BC. 6:30 PM at Nor/Brock Stadium Featuring; Ridley Bent,
One more Girl, and Dusty Dee.
June 5th - the 2nd Annual Sand Crawl Cowboy Fest in Olton,TX
The Cowboy Fest includes an all Horse and Mule Parade, Old Tyme Fiddles, Cowboy Music, Bit and
Spur Collectors, Gun Fighters, Native American Dances, stories and music. There will be a
traditional Texas BBQ, an Authentic Ranch Chuck Wagon, and Stagecoach Rides. Along with Civil
War Reenactments, Pioneer Women, Mountain Men, and much more!!! This is an important fund raiser
for the Sand Crawl Museum. For more info call 806-292-9591 or 806-292-8411 or Email:
cowboy.fest@yahoo.com
June 11th - 13th - The 14th Annual Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering
At Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas. Starts Friday evening at 7 pm,
goes all day and evening Saturday, and ends Sunday after Cowboy Church and a chuck
wagon brunch. $15 for whole weekend. Lots of great cowboy music, tales, gear, tack,
home decor, art, and much more! See
www.echoesofthetrail.com or call 620-223-0736.
June 12th - Poker Ride-A-Thon
On Anarchist Mountain (just east of Osoyoos). Camping is available. For more information
please contact Jon Rescorla 250-491-9622 or
rescorla@mail.com Their web site is:
www.anarchistmountaincommunity.com
June 12th - Cowboys on the Green
In honor of the National Day of the American Cowboy - Fundraiser four - man scramble golf
tournament at Green Hills Golf Club, Worland, Wyoming. Registration 8:30 am and tournament
at 9:00 am. Registration before June 1st: $70 after June 1st: $85. Registration includes
green fees, lunch, and cart rental based on double occupancy. First 50 entries before June
1st are entered in special draw for Cowboy Cookout Package (cooler, steaks, wine, & other
goodies). Sponsored by Guardians of the Range, a non-profit organization working to keep
ranchers on their BLM and Forest Service livestock grazing permits. Details and entry
form available at:
www.GuardiansoftheRange.org, or by emailing
toridietz@gmail.com, or calling 307-347-4026.
June 17th - 20th - Pincher Creek Gathering
Celebrating 23 years of cowboy poetry and song celebrating the West.
There's a Ranch Rodeo & Ranch Horse Competition, the Up n' Comer Rhyme n' Lyric
Competition, and the Friday Night Old-Time Dance with Phil Lethbridge & The Westwinds.
Saturday Night the Cowboy Cabaret will feature Trevor Panczak & Rough Stock. Lots of
great Cowboy Poetry, Music, & tasty Alberta Beef. On site camping available. Tickets
& information - 403-627-2715 or 403-627-8063 ... or email:
office@invictuspromo.com. Performer listing and much more info can be found at:
www.pcgathering.com
June 18th to 20th - Canadian Rockies Bluegrass Festival
Plenty of Camping and Accommodation available. See
www.davidthompsonresort.com or phone
for details Toll Free: 1-888-810-2103, local phone: 403-721-2103, fax: 403-721-2267, or
email:
info@davidthompsonresort.com
July 1st - 108 Mile Historical Ranch, Canada Day Celebrations
exhibits and entertainment all day right alongside Hwy 97, 8 Miles north of 100 Mile
House in BC's Historic Cariboo Country! Mike Puhallo MC.
July 17th - Country Pedlar (tentative date to be confirmed)
In the parking lot, Sheridan Lake, BC, Open mic sessions and Cowboy Concert with Mike
Puhallo & Matt Johnston. Chili Contest at 12:00 PM, Roping lessons for Children,
Interlakes Lions Club concession on hand serving Lunch and dinner, Contest for the best
cowboy legs in the Cariboo, Children's Games, Foothills Ice Cream, Silent Auction, Music
and Entertainment all Day!! Admission By Donation! For information call
Shelly 250-593-4114
August 13th - 15th Stony Plain Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Featuring; Sourdough Slim, Doris Daley, Horse Crazy, Hugh McLennan, Ed Peekeekoot,
Cowboy Celtic, Mike Puhallo, Frank Gleeson and many others. For information call,
780-668-5578
August 21st, Clinton Jamboree
Reg Conn Park, Clinton, BC A one day festival in
the park, featuring a wide variety of music , cowboy poetry, exhibits and a steak
Bar-B-Q no admission charge.
September 4th - 6th - North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo
Barriere, BC. Daytime performances on main stage in the Midway. Evening Cowboy Concert,
in the Fall Fair Hall, 7:00 PM Sept 5th.
www.fallfair-rodeo.com
September 16th, 17th, & 18th - National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo
A talented group of cowboy poets will be gathered at the Turn of the Century Saloon in
beautiful down town Montrose Colorado, attending the worlds one and only Cowboy Poetry
Rodeo and Workshop, where they will compete for $6,000 in prize money, Silver Buckles,
Trophies and Braggin’ rights for the coming year. For more information contact Sam Jackson
-
last2camp@kanab.net, 435-899-1100, or 435-644-5444 or 5459.
September 17th, 18th, & 19th - Maple Creek Gathering
Thats right - the 21st annual Maple Creek Cowboy Poetry and Western Art and Gear Show.
Find the details at:
maplecreekcowboypoetry.com or email Ross at:
rpollock@xplornet.com
November 20th - Williams Lake Cowboy Christmas
At the Rec Centre Williams Lake, BC. Fund raiser in support of
BC Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin.
Phone: (250) 392-7404 or Email:
mccwl@uniserve.com
November 28th - Cowboy Christmas Concert
Calvary Community Church, Kamloops BC,
presented by the BC Cowboy Heritage Society. Performers and details TBA.
|
