Schedule of Events
Friday, September 27
- 3-6 PM – Hot Headed Hat Bar (pre-registration required)
- 5 – 9 PM-Western Art Show
- 5 – 9 PM-Cowboy Kid Zone
- 6-6:30 PM- Music by Jessie Veeder
- 7 PM – NDRA Rodeo
- Music after the rodeo
Saturday, September 28
- 9 AM-Cowboy Donut Benefit Breakfast
- 10 AM- Meet the contestants
- 10 AM – Cowboy Kid Zone
- 10 AM – 9 PM -Western Art Show
- 10 AM – 1 PM- Hot Headed Hat Bar (pre-registration required)
- 10:30 AM – Kids Mechanical Bull Riding (Just for fun)
- 11:00 AM – Kids Mechanical Bull Riding (For a Trophy)
- 11:45 – 12:15 – Powow Dancers
- 1 PM – 3 PM – Rodeo
- 3:30 – 4:30 PM – Music by Kalyn Beasley
- 5:30-6:15 PM – Powwow Dancers
- 7 – 9 PM – NDRA Rodeo
- 9 PM – Community Dance with Kalyn Beasley and the Honkey Tonk Arcade
Find out more and register for special events at wildwestweekend.com
Featured Entertainment
Kalyn Beasley
Kalyn Beasley is an acclaimed songwriter, storyteller, singer and musician. He has performed at the Yellowstone, Red Lodge and Whitefish Songwriter festivals, Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT), Treefort Music Fest (Boise, ID), Forget Me Knot Festival (Cooke City, MT), Headwaters Country Jam (Three Forks, MT), Dripping Springs (TX) Grand Mesa (CO) and Ozone (LA) Songwriter Festivals. His 2022 album, ‘A Matter of Time’, was nominated for All Genre Album of the Year at the 2023 Josie Music Awards. The Wyoming Arts Council selected Kalyn as a recipient of the 2023 Performing Arts Fellowship, given annually to two Wyoming-based musicians. Kalyn’s songs are meticulously crafted narratives, with clever and infectious melodies and hooks. An authentic Westerner, his life as a cowboy, rodeo-hand, pilot, bookseller, and outdoorsman has furnished him with a novel palette from which he paints his songs and stories. Kalyn makes his home in the high, dry mountains of Northern Wyoming, land of geysers and grizzlies.
Kalyn Beasley &The Honky Tonk Arcade
Kalyn Beasley & The Honky Tonk Arcade is comprised of Kalyn Beasley as songwriter, guitarist and lead vocals, Wells Reitz on lead guitar and background vocals, Kaine Peters on bass and Levi Luoma on drums. Based out of Red Lodge, Montana, the band tours throughout the mountain west. The Honky Tonk Arcade has opened shows for Chase Rice, Josh Turner, Summer Dean, Futurebirds, The Devil Makes Three and multiple dates with Chancey Williams since forming in 2023. In 2024 the band won the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale Showcase competition and was awarded a spot on the main concert stage. One of the most exciting bands in the Mountain West, The Honky Tonk Arcade delivers an original blend of country, rock and blues with an energetic and engaging live show.
MHA Nation Powwow Dancers
Celebrate the rich heritage and tradition of North Dakota’s Native American Culture. Featuring a variety of dancers, dances, drumming and education. You may even be asked to join in!
The Algonquin word “pau wau” was the Native American word some of the first Europeans associated with dancing. Although pau wau meant “medicine man” to the Algonquins, the term was eventually accepted by Europeans to refer to dancing and gatherings, later being spelled “powwow.”
Powwow celebrations often have religious significance, but are also a time for people to gather, sing, dance, feast, pray, renew old friendships and make new ones. These events offer both participants and spectators a chance to experience the rich tapestry of Native American traditions and connect with the spiritual and cultural significance of the powwow.
Jessie Veeder
Your host for the Western Art Show and Cowboy Culture Gathering, Jessie is also a local touring singer/songwriter who sings about the Badlands of western North Dakota where she grew up as the fourth generation on her family’s cattle ranch. She released her first original album at 16 and has gone on to tour nationally, releasing four more original albums and two books about rural living. Blending western, rock, blues, and heartfelt, honest lyrics, Jessie tours, writes, and talks about raising cattle, kids, and community. She and her husband work alongside her father on the ranch while raising their two young daughters. She chronicles life on the land with her popular blog and column. In addition, Jessie is a founding member of McKenzie County’s Long X Arts Foundation, and now serves as its director under the mission of providing quality art and cultural experiences for her community. Jessie was voted North Dakota’s favorite folk musician and received the North Dakota Ambassador Award and the North Dakota Governor’s Award for Achievement in the Arts.
Western Art & Vendor Show
Friday, Sept. 27
5-9 PM
Saturday, Sept. 28
10 AM – 9 PM
McKenzie County Ag Expo | Watford City, ND
* some artists may stay open after the final rodeos of the evening*
Western Artists & Makers
Maria Borkowski
We Three Bs Photography
Watford City, ND
Western Photography, cards, prints, canvases and more
www.wethreebs.com
Barb Kalenze
Kalenze Craft Fine Art
Berthold, ND
Giclee prints, original art (oil and pencil). Note cards
www.kalenzekraft.com
Kathy Monti
Prairie Light Art Glass
Berthold, ND
Fused Glass Art
Prairie Light Glass Studio on Facebook
Reiann Olson
Hot-Headed Hats
Dickinson, ND
Hand decorated hats.
Check out the Hot-Headed Hat Bar Class during the Wild West Weekend and make your own!
Hot-Headed Hats on Facebook
Badlands Desperada
Cheri Roshau
Art by Cheri Roshau
Dickinson, ND
Giclee and framed prints on canvas of rodeo art, bison, horses and ND Badlands
www.cherieroshau.art
Morgan Wisness
River Ranch Woodworks
Keene, ND
One of a kind western furniture and home decor. All items are restored, hand painted or handmade with each piece inspired by a love for all things cowboy and southwestern.
Dave’s Guitars
David Cooper
Watford City, ND
A self-taught blues guitarist who customizes raw wood guitar kits with art and quality parts
Trish Stevenson
Trish Stevenson Fine Art
Sidney, MT
Paintings that reflect the spirit and attitude of the West
www.trishstevenson.com
Ken Roshau
Woodwork Crafted by Ken
Dickinson, ND
Charcuterie boards, cutting boards, coffee coasters and more
Western Vendors
The Merc
Rhianna’s Boutique
Saddle Up Western Store
Western Vendors Contact Jessie at 701-770-8659 or email longxart@gmail.com to register.
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