Aug.30–Sept.2
Celebrate Bandera
Bandera, Texas
830-796-4447, www.celebratebandera.com
A Wild West Show, powwow, and cattle drive are the highlights of this Labor Day event. Don’t miss: Performances from the kings of Western swing music throughout the week!
5–8
National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration And Championship Chuckwagon Cook-off
Lubbock, Texas
806-798-7825, www.cowboy.org
A symposium celebrating cowboy culture and cowboy food. Don’t miss: Sampling the grub from more than 20 chuckwagons!
11–14
Pendleton Round-up
Pendleton, Ore.
800-457-6336, www.pendletonroundup.com
Founded on the grass in 1910, the Pendleton Round- Up is one of the largest rodeos in the country. Don’t miss: The Main Street Cowboys Free Show, where vendors and entertainers line all four blocks of Main Street.
28–29
Buffalo Arts festival
Custer, S.D.
605-255-4515, www.gfp.sd.gov
Over 150 vendors sell fine arts and crafts including many South Dakota-made products. Don’t miss: The Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup (see Cattle Drives).
18–22 Rendezvous Royale
Cody, Wyo.
307-587-5002, www.rendezvousroyale.org
Welcome fall at this weeklong celebration of the arts, featuring studio tours, a Western fashion show, art show, and auction. Don’t miss: One of the biggest auctions in the country featuring some of the premier Western artists.