Annual Southeastern Cowboy Festival & Symposium

COWBOY FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM 2021

We are so excited to announce that we will have a redesigned Festival & Symposium this year!

Thursday, October 21 – Booth Member Exhibit Opening

Friday, October 22 – Symposium

Saturday, October 23, One Day Festival

Thursday, October 21, 2021 – Member Exhibition Opening, Gallery Walk, Reception & Lecture
Booth member only event (FREE), CLICK HERE to become a Booth member

5:30 or 6:15 pm – Member Gallery Walk through Mammals in Glacier: Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey & Waterfalls in Yellowstone: M.C. Poulsen

5:30 pm – Member Reception in Eaton Atrium

7:00 pm – Panel Discussion in Bergman Theatre with M.C. Poulsen and Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey

Friday, October 22, 2021,Bergman Theatre
Included with price of admission for not-yet members, Booth members are FREE

• 10:30 am – Symposium Session One –Director of the Hockaday Museum Alyssa Cordova 

• 11:30 am – Symposium Session Two – Forever Glacier with Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey

• 2:00 pm – Symposium SessionThree – Artists Created Yellowstone with Karen McWhorter

• 3:00 pm – Symposium Session Four – Undiscovered Waterfalls of Yellowstone with M.C. Poulsen

Saturday, October 23, 2021 – Cowboy Festival

ALL SHOWS INCLUDED WITH FESTIVAL TICKET

9:30 am – 5:00 pm Museum Open
9:30 am – Fancy Rope Demonstration, Bruce & Vernelle Brannen
10:00 am – Marshall Mitchell
10:45 am –  Native American Dancers
11:30 am – Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Reenactment
12:00 pm – Native American Culture
12:30 pm – Marshall Mitchell
1:15 pm – Native American Dancers
2:00 pm – Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
2:30 pm – Native American Culture
3:00 pm – Marshall Mitchell
3:45 pm – Trick & Fancy Roping Demo, Bruce & Vernelle Brannen

ACTIVITIES (INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION) 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Children Art Activities
Western Bounce House
Georgia Reptile Society—Reptile Petting Zoo
Pettit Preserve—Animal & Native American Art and Artifacts
Walk Around Bullwhip Demonstration—Potshot Parker
Western Selfie Station

ACTIVITY (INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION) 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
11:00 am–2:00 pm Bubbles Over Georgia—Bubble Making Station & Bubble Show

TICKETED SEPARATELY 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Make your own Waffle Cone S’mores!  What’s better than s’mores on an autumn afternoon? Waffle Cone S’mores of course!

*Please note that activities with high touch participation may be modified to ensure the safety of guests and staff

TICKETED SEPARATELY

We know everyone missed having our Chuck Wagons during our March Gathering, so we are excited to announce that we will have a Taste of the West, a sample of Chuck Wagon food available for purchase on Saturday, October 23.   Our current list of Wagons include – Etowah Cattle Company, Forest Manna and Rocking TP. 

Menu includes:

• Biscuits/cornbread/yeast roles 
• Beans
• Meat (pot roast, beef tips, beef stew)
• Potatoes
• Cobbler

Museum Admission:

Adults – $13.00
Seniors (65 and over) – $11.00
Students – $10.00 (with ID)
Children 12 & Under – FREE
Booth Museum Members – FREE
Active Military with I.D. – FREE
1/2 price admission for active duty dependents with ID

Thank You To Our Cowboy Festival & “What’s Brewin’ at the Booth?” Sponsors