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All performances will held at the beautiful

Robert Hawkins Amphitheater

Bartley Ranch Regional Park

Reno, NV 

              Food service starts at 4:30pm               
Doors open at 5:30pm
Performance starts at 6:30pm

Andy Nelson -  Andy Nelson is a second-generation farrier who was raised in Oakley, Idaho, and traveled with his father on farrier jobs throughout the Great Basin until he went off to college. He's released one book and three CDs of his poetry and humor. With his brother Jim, Andy co-hosts the award-winning, weekly syndicated radio show "Clear Out West (C.O.W.) Radio." In 2004 Andy was named the Western Music Association's Male Poet of the Year, and for 2009, Andy was awarded the Skinny Rowland Humor Award by the Academy of Western Artists. Andy now lives in Pinedale, Wyoming, where among other things, he and his wife Jaclyn raise horses and children.  

 Jon Chandler - Jon is a nationally-recognized singer, songwriter and novelist who has won many awards for his music and western fiction writing.


Chris Isaacs -   Chris Isaacs is a poet and storyteller who has received the Academy of Western Artists' Will Rogers Award three times. Chris has been a full-time cowboy, rodeoed, and worked as packer. In between jobs you could usually find him making a living as a horseshoer. He has two books and five CDs published. He currently day-works for area ranches and travels the country with his poetry.

Hot Club of Cowtown -

Hot Club of Cowtown is Elana James on violin and vocals, Whit Smith on guitar and vocals, and Jake Erwin on bass and vocals. Hot Club of Cowtown is a high-energy western swing band whose musical journey began with the roots of the Hot Jazz era, Americana music, vintage pop and folk music and continues to unfold into the new sound of the group's original songs. The band tours nationally and internationally, and in 2006 was inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame.