Best bets this weekend include the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo.
Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering will hold its seventh annual Outdoor Concert and Barn Dance from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at River Bend Ranch.
The Tim Sullivan Band will provide live music. Lone Spur Cafe will serve sandwiches and a drink for $10, and ice cream from Cream Bean Berry will be available.
Tickets are $20 online and at the door. Admission is free for children 12 years old and younger.
For more information, visit www.durangocowboygathering.org.
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The 91st annual Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo will take place Friday and Saturday at Montezuma County Fairgrounds, 30100 U.S. Highway 160.
Gates open each day at 5:30 p.m., and the rodeo begins at 7 p.m. The rodeo will feature Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association contestants from all over the country, competing to win prize money, Frazier Shows carnival rides, a Coors in the beer garden and more.
In addition to the rodeo, the eighth annual Rob Yates Memorial Cowboy Golf Tournament will take place at 7 a.m. Friday.
Dancing will be available at the Saturday rodeo performance with music from Tanner Usrey. The concert will be held in the indoor arena. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Tickets for the rodeo are $17 to $20 and are available at www.utemountainroundup.org.
FRIDAY
You Knew Me When, 6 p.m., Fox Fire Farms Winery and Events, 5513 County Road 321, Ignacio.
Merely Players presents “Art,” 6:30 p.m., TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. Ninth St., www.merelyplayers.us.
Pioneer Village Concerts: Songs of 1921 – Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne, 7 p.m., Aztec Museum & Pioneer Village, 125 N. Main Ave., Aztec.
SATURDAY
Ceramic Painting Class, noon, $25, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., https://bit.ly/3pyyv1P.
Saturday Night Commander, 6 p.m., $5, Guild House Games Durango, 835 Main Ave., Suite 203-204.
Summer Campground Concert featuring San Juan String Band, 7 p.m., House Creek Recreation Area, Dolores.
SUNDAY
Family Affair Band, 4 p.m., Wines of the San Juan, 233 Highway 511, Blanco, N.M.
Historical Ghost Walk Tour, 7 p.m., $20, meet at 1201 E. 12th St., purchase tickets at https://bit.ly/3eQgHMn.
