About Us:

Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Western Music Rendezvous, (MCPG), is a 4-day cultural festival, dedicated to celebrating and preserving the history, heritage and values of the cowboy lifestyle of the Upper Rocky Mountain West.  Through cowboy poetry and western music lyrics, an oral history of the American cowboy is shared.   

Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering is held annually in mid-August in Lewistown, Montana.  About 100 cowboy poets, western musicians and artists primarily from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota, Colorado and Canada, convene to share their talents and perpetuate the traditions of the American West.  The Saturday night Grand Stage Show is held at the Fergus Center for the Performing Arts at Fergus High School.

Other highlights of the gathering include 50+ hourly sessions of cowboy poetry and western music, discovery workshops, a Friday night Jam ‘n Dance, and Sunday morning Cowboy Church.  Teachers can earn up to six continuing education credits for attending the gathering.  A Western Art & Gear Show featuring artists of all genres and their endless western wares, is also produced in conjunction with the gathering.