Many custom bootmakers make yearly appearances at rodeos and festivals. It's a great way to see a bootmaker's work firsthand and get your feet measured in person.

Looking for vintage cowboy boots? The bigger the flea market, the better your odds!

Come see priceless country music artifacts from singer-songwriter Marty Stuart's personal collection. Boots, stage costumes and guitars...sparkle and fringe.

A special collection of boots, spurs, hand-crafted saddles and other Western artifacts will be on display ...showcasing the style and function of these cowboy tools and implements. This festival also includes tours of famous San Angelo boot makers.

July 31, 2007
Rough Cut Screening of "Bodacious Boots"
Dallas Video Festival
Angelika Film Center
5321 E. Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX
Screening starts at 7:35 pm. Opening Night Party follows at 9pm at the All Good Café (2934 Main Street, Dallas TX.) View the promo trailer.

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Large trade show for the professional retail buyers only. Many wholesale boot companies represented. Sponsored by the Western & English Sales Association. (See also January.)

Featured within Silver Dollar City's Festival of American Music & Craft. More than 60 pairs of spectacular custom made boots will be on display. Join in the fun...festival visitors get to choose the winners! See a working bootshop and bootmakers demonstrating their craft. Questions answered and custom orders taken by the visiting bootmakers.

Features ranch cowboy trappings, vintage cowboy boots, antique spurs, old west guns, cowboy crafts, western decor and a whole lot more. Cowboy music too!

The Western Design Conference, hosted by Western Interiors and Design magazine, brings together crafts people, scholars, collectors with an interest in the West. Includes a juried show & sale, and several educational seminars.
 

Sept 29 - October 7, 2007
Round Top Antiques Week
Warrenton, TX (an hour outside of Austin)
www.gypsyville.com/truckin_junkin.asp

A HUGE antique weekend (my photos.) Visit the Junk Gypsies at Zapp Hall. They've always got vintage cowboy boots chock full-o-style! Be sure to check out the JUnK-O-RaMA prom YOUtube video! If you miss this show... try again in April!

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Featured within Silver Dollar City's Festival of American Music & Craft. More than 60 pairs of spectacular custom made boots will be on display. Join in the fun...festival visitors get to choose the winners! See a working bootshop and bootmakers demonstrating their craft. Questions answered and custom orders taken by the visiting bootmakers.

A professional trade show with 100+ exhibit boots displaying everything to make boots, including... leather, lasts, machinery and hand tools. Early morning swap meet. America's longest running boot & saddle contest. The highlight being the prestigious "Professionals' Choice Award" judged each year by a team of master bootmakers. (And, I'll be there signing copies of my book!)

Features cowboy gear, vintage boots, art and antiques. Also modern-day bit and spur makers.

A professional trade show featuring bootmaking leather, tools and supplies. Highlights include a Cowboy Boot & Saddle Contest. This show will be held during the Working Ranch Cowboys Association Championship Ranch Rodeo (Nov 8-11). Several bootmakers set up shop at the rodeo's Cowboy Trade & Trappings Show. For info on rodeo events call (806) 374-9722 or visit www.wrca.org.

Several custom bootmakers set up shop at the Cowboy Christmas Gift Show and nearby hotels.

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Large trade show for the professional retail buyers only. Many wholesale cowboy boot companies represented. Sponsored by the Western & English Sales Association. (See also, September.)

Cowboy and Native American Collectible Show & Sale which often includes vintage cowboy boots.

The High Noon Show will have 250+ dealers from the USA and Canada selling the finest Western Americana and Native American Art. Special and rare vintage cowboy boots. (I will be there signing copies of my book!)

• Sorrell Custom Boots (Guthrie, OK)

Early April, 2008 
Round Top Antiques Week
Warrenton, TX (an hour outside of Austin)
www.gypsyville.com/truckin_junkin.asp

A HUGE antique weekend. Visit the Junk Gypsies at Zapp Hall. They've always got vintage cowboy boots chock full-o-style! If you miss this show...try again in October!

 
May 8 - 10, 2007
Western Heritage Classic
Abilene, TX
(325) 677-4376
www.westernheritageclassic.com/index.html

Ranches compete in events that are designed to test the cowboys’ skills required in every day ranch life. This event draws several Central Texas bootmakers. For a peek, take a look at some photos from 2005 and more from 2007.

• Bishop's Handmade Boots (Tucumcari, NM)

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