Put on your chaps and hats, boots and bonnets and head on over to the Bastrop Museum & Visitor Center in Bastrop, Texas, for a rootin’-tootin’ celebration of National Day of the Cowboy on Saturday, July 27, 2024. This year’s face of the event is 5th generation Bastropian and celebrated 3rd generation African American cowboy, Ishmael Harris.

Participants can experience the rich traditions of the Texas cowboy, cowgirl and vaquero with cowboy poetry, lasso roping demonstration and training, cowboy puppet show, cowboy sing-a-long, campfire story-telling, lil rider drawing, and photo shoot.

The event also includes the big screen showing of “Workin’ From Can’t to Can’t,” an award-winning documentary that chronicles the lives and legacies of Texas’ first black cowboys. This powerful film, archived at the Texas Museum of Moving Images, sheds light on an important chapter of Texas history.

This event is free and open to the public. Visitors of all ages are encouraged to don their favorite cowboy gear to fully embrace the spirit of the day.