Nevada Indian Rodeo Association. The cowboy city also has plenty of horse and cow events at the annual Elko County Fair , Aug. 26-Sept. The National Senior Pro Rodeo Finals , Oct. 30-Nov. 5, is for rodeo athletes 40 and older, who compete in traditional rodeo events, at Reno's Livestock Events Center. Events and Attractions Western events and attractions are easy to find in Nevada. Intriguing museums filled with historic photos and artifacts portray the life and lore of the cowboys, ranchers, Native Americans and others who built the American West.
Festivals revive and recapture their spirited cultural activities.
The 17th Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering is Jan. 27-Feb. Authentic cowboy poets gather for a week-long festival of music and their folksy brand of poetry, a storytelling tradition that regales audiences with touching and humorous western yarns and cowboy songs. In this country, the skills and crafts associated with ranching have evolved into highly developed techniques and art forms that are echoed in regional variants all over the West. Ranching still plays an enormous part in today's economy and preserves a long-cherished lifestyle and set of values. The celebration offers daily workshops on ranch culture and activities such as blacksmithing, tooling leather, horsemanship, poetry-writing, songwriting, and ranch cooking.