Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering

The Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering is a popular annual fall event in beautiful Durango, Colorado.

The dates for the 2023 event are September 28th to October 1st. According to True West magazine’s “Best of the West”, the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering is a "must-see" event.

The Durango Herald named the Gathering one of 2022's top three annual events in Durango. Each year, performers and audiences gather to promote and celebrate the American West with cowboy music, poetry, and storytelling. Saturday features a chuckwagon breakfast downtown, followed by the largest motorless parade in Colorado.

For more information and to see a schedule of all events, visit our website at https://durangocowboygathering.org.

Mission

The Durango Cowboy Gathering, Inc. is a non-profit organization working to preserve and perpetuate the traditions of working ranch people in the American West. We celebrate the lifeways of rural people by creating the "campfire" around which anyone with an interest can come to share in the appreciation of the culture and traditions unique to the West. Monies received support for the annual Gathering and our youth programs.