Dancers join hands as a circle during the Texas Cowboys’ Christmas Ball in Anson in 2023. This year's ball runs 8 p.m.-midnight Dec. 12-14. Murphey will play that Thursday, Dec. 12, the first night.

For the 89th year, the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball returned to Anson with all the magic and history memorialized in the 1890 poem it's based upon.

Michael Martin Murphey and his band will be on stage Dec. 16 in Anson for yet another annual Cowboy Christmas Ball. This is as much a historical recreation as a night of entertainment, and one dear… ...

Not your average concert of standard Christmas songs, Murphey’s tour comes with a heap of history behind it. The Cowboy Christmas show is based on an annual ball that began in Anson, Texas, in 1885.

If You Go What: Texas Cowboy's Christmas Ball Where: Pioneer Hall, 2301 Ave. G, Anson When: 8 p.m. Thursday-Dec. 21 Tickets: Go to www.ansoncowboyschristmasball.com or sold, if available, at the door.

As a kind of introduction to “The Cowboys’ Christmas Ball.” Visitors stand outside Pioneer Hall in Anson as they await the start of the Texas Cowboy’s Christmas Ball Dec. 14.

Michael Martin Murphy will be at the Union Colony Civic Center on Saturday, Nov. 23, for the Cowboy Christmas Ball. Special to Go By Lynette Chilcoat and Special to Reporter-Herald ...

Then I discovered the Anson Christmas Ball, which this year turns a 127 years old. When I found out they were still operating, they called my up to play on it. I was astounded.

The Deadwood Cowboy Christmas Ball, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Deadwood Pavilion, will feature decorations, food and Black Hills entertainers performing holiday favorites.

Master of Ceremonies will be cowboy story teller, Cody Jim Garrett. We will be serving hot hors d'orves and Holiday Wassail. Cost is $10 per person at the door.

DEADWOOD - The Cowboy Christmas Ball returns to Deadwood on Saturday, Dec. 10. All proceeds from the event will benefit the new Days of ’76 Museum.