How do you know when you’re where you belong? Some say you just know. But, what if you don’t? Each year, when we gather, words turn into poetry and song, and we sense a belonging that isn’t spoken so much as it is lived. Lived in relation to others, to place, to daily experience. Lived through the transformative potential of art, community, and the human spirit. It’s grounded. It’s transcendent. It’s the hardest of work, and the easiest. You just have to be there for it!
Join us as we embrace long-standing cowboy knowledge, deep-rooted traditions, and rural innovations for the 39th year, with a week full of captivating performances, interactive workshops, vibrant conversations…and unexpected experiences. To be at the Gathering is to witness the power of making one’s place in the rural American West. To be at the Gathering is to nurture the well-being of our cherished lands, our neighbors, and ourselves. To be at the Gathering is to two-step closer to answering that vexing question of modern life, ‘to what do I belong?’ Come be with us as we laugh, dance, listen, and discuss—together, we’ll open up possibilities for the future and create a place that is right where we all belong.
