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Elko hosts one of the most distinctive cultural gatherings in the country: the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, held each winter at the Western Folklife Center, where working ranchers, poets, and musicians from across the West gather for a week of verse, song, and storytelling that has run since the mid-1980s. Summer brings the National Basque Festival, celebrating the herding families who settled this high-desert country, with traditional dancing, weightlifting contests, and feasting. Casino showrooms add country acts and comedy through the year. Elko proves that real culture doesn't require a big city — just deep roots.
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