Festivals in Wyoming

Wedged between the peaks of the Tetons and the sweep of the high plains, Wyoming is the least populous state in the country — yet its stages rise beneath skies few places can match. In Cheyenne, the capital set out on the open prairie, Cheyenne Frontier Days has unfurled ten days of rodeo, dust and outsized country since 1897: billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, it draws close to 200,000 people every late July and turns its Frontier Nights stage into one of the most prestigious in the genre. This is cowboy Wyoming, raw and proud of it.

Across the state, around Jackson Hole and Teton Village, the music turns more adventurous. The Rendezvous Music Festival closes the ski season in late March at the base of the slopes, blending psychedelic rock and improvised jams against snow-capped peaks, while Targhee Fest, perched on the western flank of the Tetons in Alta, celebrates the Americana and blues-rock of wide-open country. FestT calculates your FestiScore — how closely a lineup matches your favorite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date, so these mountain gatherings never slip past you.