Medieval & Historical festival
Pinedale, WY

Green River Rendezvous

ExpectedExpected July 2027
Dates
Expected July 2027
Status
Expected
Venue
Museum of the Mountain Man, 700 E Hennick, Pinedale, WY 82941
Price
Free
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Sep 1, 2026

Green River Rendezvous comes to Pinedale, WY, Expected July 2027. Froligo tracks free-entry details, attendee feedback and travel details.

The experience

What's special

The Green River Rendezvous is the Museum of the Mountain Man's signature summer event in Pinedale, Wyoming - a four-day celebration of the Rocky Mountain fur-trade era held on the second full weekend in July, in the heart of the Upper Green River Valley where several of the historic rendezvous took place. The weekend pairs free living-history demonstrations (an American Mountain Men Trapper's Camp, a Plains Indian encampment, and hands-on skills from black powder firearms to Native American sign language, beaver trapping and fire making) with the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal Forum, the Mountain Man Hall of Fame, a Western Art Wine Auction, and the featured exhibition Confluence of Cultures.

What people love

Locals and returning visitors describe the wider Rendezvous weekend fondly - the parade, the pageant, the rodeo and street dance, and small traditions like getting birch beer or root beer afterward. Attendees also single out the storytelling, including a well-regarded Native speaker at the parade whose talks one visitor likened to TED talks.

Last time around

The 2026 Green River Rendezvous ran July 9-12 and marked the bicentennial of the Rendezvous. The program featured the Western Art Wine Auction on Thursday evening, the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal Forum on Friday, and a Mountain Man Hall of Fame induction on Friday, with living-history demonstrations across the weekend and the featured Confluence of Cultures exhibition of 87 works by 45 artists exploring the meeting of Plains Indian and Mountain Man cultures.

Costumes & what to wear

Do I need a costume?

General visitors are not required to wear a costume to attend the museum's living-history programming; costumed portrayal is done by the demonstrators and pageant participants

Costume rules

The museum's Green River Rendezvous centers on living-history demonstrations by mountain-man reenactors and encampment interpreters rather than a public costume requirement. The separate community Green River Rendezvous Pageant features more than 70 participants in period costume

Weapons policy

Living-history demonstrations include black powder firearms handled by demonstrators

Joining in

Visitors can watch ongoing demonstrations throughout the weekend (an American Mountain Men Trapper's Camp, a Plains Indian encampment, and demonstrations of black powder firearms, Native American sign language, beaver trapping, period clothing and tools, fire making, horse tack and packing), join a free historical tour, attend the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal Forum and the Mountain Man Hall of Fame, and take part in hands-on children's programs

Getting there

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Where

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Venue

Museum of the Mountain Man, 700 E Hennick, Pinedale, WY 82941

Camping & Accommodation

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Pricing

Free entry

Historical context

The Green River Rendezvous is a living-history event celebrating the Rocky Mountain fur-trade era of 1825-1840, when Euro-American trappers and traders and Native nations of the Northern Plains and Rockies met to trade. The decades that followed saw the loss of Native lands and ways of life across the American West. The host Museum of the Mountain Man maintains a Plains Indian Advisory Board and presents the exhibition Confluence of Cultures, exploring the meeting of Plains Indian and Mountain Man cultures.

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