Cowboy poets, musicians, storytellers, artists, historians, authors, editors. publishers, photographers, chuck wagon cooks, honest-to-goodness-cowboys and many more are heading to Lubbock to celebrate the largest presentation in the U.S. of ranching, cowboys and the western way of life.

      The annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration is one of the modern West's most exciting explorations of the traditions of the American Frontier. Your attention will be captured by poetry, music, stories, panel discussions, exhibits and trappings by and about the American Cowboy. Highlights of the event include the American Cowboy Culture Awards Show during the evening shows Friday and Saturday, the National Championship Chuck Wagon Cook-Off, a horse parade, over one hundred western performers, poets, scholars, and hundreds of exhibits covering every imaginable western product.

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	Sponsored by: National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Inc. and The American Cowboy Culture Association, Inc. With Support from National Sponsors: Wrangler - Greensboro, North Carolina The Blue Bell Foundation The Frank Dean Foundation Local and Regional Sponsors: Wells Fargo Bank The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lubbock Convention & Visitors Bureau Texas Commission on the Arts Civic Lubbock, Inc. The Helen Jones Foundation The CH Foundation The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment for the Arts The Lubbock Area Foundation Visit Lubbock Wells Fargo Lubbock Avalanche Journal Lubbock National Bank

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