Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering Turns 35 With Ranch Rodeo and Western Swing in the Stockyards

Four riders on horses, some holding cowboy hats to their chests, line up on the dirt floor of an indoor arena with empty orange and blue seats behind them

The Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering returns to the Fort Worth Stockyards Oct. 23 to 25 with ranch rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum, a chuck wagon cook-off, cowboy poetry and a Saturday night Western swing dance. Here is an NLN day-by-day planner, what is ticketed and recent champions.