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Catch the showing of a revealing new documentary about rodeo's most influential bucking horse bloodline at Six Shooter's Showhall during the Wild West NDRA Rodeo Finals Weekend in Watford City! Special welcome from the filmmakers. Feek’s Vision, is the inspired production of filmmaker and photographer Ken Howie (Special Cowboy Moments, Hardship to Freedom). In the 1930s, C.E. “Feek” Tooke foresaw the end to the availability of renegade horses as rodeo stock and envisioned a program for breeding horses with a…

Catch the showing of a revealing new documentary about rodeo's most influential bucking horse bloodline at Six Shooter's Showhall during the Wild West NDRA Rodeo Finals Weekend in Watford City! Special welcome from the filmmakers. Feek’s Vision, is the inspired production of filmmaker and photographer Ken Howie (Special Cowboy Moments, Hardship to Freedom). In the 1930s, C.E. “Feek” Tooke foresaw the end to the availability of renegade horses as rodeo stock and envisioned a program for breeding horses with a…

September 22-23, 2023 During the ND Rodeo Association Finals McKenzie County Ag Expo Celebrate our western heritage at the North Dakota’s Rodeo Finals. Enjoy the art show featuring western artists, makers, crafters and hands on classes and demonstrations and sit down between rodeos to listen to some of the best storytellers in the genre! Then dance the nights away with internationally touring western swing band, Sam Platts and the Plainsmen. Friday, September 22 6 – 8 PM-Western Art Show 7…

Join North Dakota's Poet Laureate Denise Lajimodiere as she demonstrates the art of birch biting during the Western Art Show and Cowboy Poetry Gathering where she will be selling her work as well as reading her poetry. Birch bark biting is a precontact art done by all tribes in the northern hemisphere where there are birch trees. Bark is carefully harvested in the spring, doing no harm to the living tree. The bark is carefully and patiently peeled into layers…

Join Pioneer Gifts and Books and The Long X Arts Foundation as we host a Community Read of "While the Windmill Watched." This story chronicles that decade through the lives of the Pfeiffer sisters, Jackie and Janine, as they grew up on a farm near Menoken, North Dakota. Written in four voices—each sister, the sisters together, and the windmill—the book describes how many of the social and technical innovations that occurred mid-century played out in the daily lives of farmers,…

McKenzie County Community Theater will be having its first performance debut during the Rough Rider Center's Fall Festival! The show is a hilarious 10-minute comedy called "Hairdresser's Code." The show has everything an audience wants: murder, comedy, crazy hair, and a clueless cop. There will be three performances of the show at 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30. Watch and learn more about how you can get involved with live theater in McKenzie County!

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE MAIN STREET SUMMIT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. STAY TUNED FOR INFORMATION ON A RESCHEDULE DATE! Featuring local artists showing and selling their work during North Dakota Main Street Summit and Watford City High School Cultural Fair in Watford City! Wednesday, October 25 8 am - 7 pm Rough Rider Center Lower Level Stop by to make your mark on a community painting. Featured artists include KaratKake Art Dave's Guitar We 3Bs Photography-Maria Borkowski Bold West Art-Afton…

DUE TO WINTER WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WATCH FOR UPDATES COMING SOON! Two of the nation’s top touring bluegrass bands are joining forces for a 6-day tour of North Dakota, with a stop in Watford City at 7 pm on October 25 in the Rough Rider Center. The event is free and open to the public thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Watford City Area Chamber of Commerce!  Seth Mulder & Midnight Run and The Waddington Brothers…