Entertainment Highlights

Expect great entertainment and lots of it during the convention. Get ready for four nights of terrific entertainment. Along with toe-tapping music to start your day at coffee hour and mid-day acts sure to keep a bounce in your step. The entire lineup will be listed in entertainment schedule as acts are added.



Tuesday, August 22

Colorado Key Dueling Pianos


Thursday, August 24

LeadSlingers


Friday, August 25

“Good Vibrations” Chapterfest Featuring Kazual

The Pillage People

Saturday, August 26

The Pillage People

The Magic Mile

Friday, August 25

Start your morning with some good old-fashioned exercise and camaraderie! Join fellow FMCA members for The Magic Mile, a 1-mile course that will take you through the fairgrounds, giving you a chance to see the different areas of the convention. Participants are welcome to walk, run, or ride mobility scooters. You can even bring your furry four-legged friends! The best part about The Magic Mile? It's for a good cause! All of the proceeds raised from registration fees will be donated directly to a charity in the local area. Check back here to sign up for The Magic Mile.

Seminars

For many attendees, the primary reason they come to FMCA conventions is the learning opportunities available through the seminar program. Where else can you find so much information available in one place? Throughout the four-day event, industry experts, manufacturer representatives, and service providers convey the latest information about RVs and the traveling lifestyle.

Social Activities

At an FMCA convention, you can meet thousands of people who enjoy the traveling lifestyle with a thirst to see and do new things all in one place. At the convention, you will have all sorts of opportunities to meet new friends. From the informal parking lot happy hours to the planned area gatherings, there are plenty of social events for all to have a great time!

  • Bean Bag Toss
  • Card Bingo
  • FMCA Great Hat-A-Tude Fancy Hat Contest
  • FMCA Supersized Book Club
  • FMCA Trivia Challenge
  • FMCA Whisker Games
  • Miller Insurance Ice Cream Social
  • Karaoke With A Keck
  • Ladies’ Luncheon
  • Roadmaster Morning Coffee Hour
  • The Magic Mile
  • “Feelin’ Groovy” Parade
  • “Good Vibrations” Chapterfest
Book Club

Join the FMCA Supersized Book Club!

Saturday, August 26, at 1:30 PM

FMCA is hosting its eighth Supersized Book Club during the "Celebrating Sixty" convention. Attendees are invited to read An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg. Mark will be in Gillette to discuss the book, answer questions, and sign copies.

To join the “Celebrating Sixty” Supersized Book Club, Gillette 2023 Bookclub

Author Bio
Mark Spragg is the author An Unfinished Life, which was chosen by the Rocky Mountain News as the Best Book of 2004. He’s also written Where Rivers Change Direction, a memoir that won the 2000 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers award, and the novels The Fruit of Stone and Bone Fire. Mark lives in Wyoming with his wife, Virginia, with whom he wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film version of “An Unfinished Life”, starring Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Lopez.

After escaping the last of a long string of abusive boyfriends, Jean Gilkyson and her ten-year-old daughter Griff have nowhere left to go. Nowhere except Ishawooa, Wyoming, where Jean's estranged father-in-law, Einar, still blames her for the death of his son. Though Einar isn't glad to see either of them, Griff falls in love with his sprawling ranch and quiet way of life, as she slowly gets to know his crippled old friend Mitch, the cats that lurk in the barn at milking time, and finally the grandfather she had lost for so many years. An emotionally charged story of hard-won friendship and reconciliation, An Unfinished Life shows a novelist of extraordinary talents in the fullness of his powers.

Watch the Film
Wednesday, August 23, at 6:30 PM

In “An Unfinished Life,” Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) quietly lives in the rugged Wyoming ranchlands alongside his only trusted friend, Mitch Bradley (Morgan Freeman).

Then, suddenly, Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez), the woman he blames for the death of his only son, arrives at his door broke, desperate, and with a granddaughter he's never known. But even as buried anger and accusations resurface, the way is opened for unexpected connection, adventure, and forgiveness.