Western Folklife Center

Tickets to National Cowboy Poetry Gathering on Sale to Members September 2

Tickets to the 25th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, January 24 to 31, 2009, will go on sale to Western Folklife Center Members starting September 2 and to the general public October 2. The Silver Anniversary of the Gathering will be a grand reunion of cowboy poets and musicians from 25 years of Elko performances. Click here for more information and a complete brochure of all the 2009 ticketed shows and workshops. To join the Western Folklife Center and get your tickets one month early, visit our membership section.

Baxter Black to Perform in Elko September 19

Photo: Charlie Ekburg

Baxter Black, described by the New York Times as “…probably the nation’s most successful living poet,” is performing in Elko, Friday, September 19, 2008, at the Elko Convention Center. The show starts at 7:00 pm; tickets are $25 and $20. Western Folklife Center members receive $5.00 off the ticket price. Doors open at 6:00 pm. There will be a cash bar and Baxter Black merchandise sales in the lobby of the Convention Center. Baxter will stick around after the show to autograph books, CDs and DVDs. Tickets can be purchased at the Western Folklife Center, or by calling 775-738-7508 ext. 239 or toll-free 888-880-5885.

Baxter Black has been performing at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering since its very first year and is consistently one of its most popular and certainly funniest performers. Tickets to Baxter’s free Saturday afternoon shows during the Gathering are distributed by lottery so as many people as possible get the opportunity to share in the laughter. Now, Baxter is helping Elko commemorate the upcoming 25th anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering with this special show.