Performers for 2026

Performing in Alpine - Feb. 19-21, 2026
Craig Carter with Zack Casey and Mike Nelson (music), Andy Hedges and Maggie Rose Hedges (music & poetry), Brenn Hill (music), Darrell Holden (poetry), Ross Knox (poetry), Daron Little (music), Andy Nelson (poetry), Joel Nelson (poetry), Jenna Paulette (music), Randy Rieman (poetry), Matt Robertson (music), Chris Ryden (music), Sandy Seaton Sallee (poetry), Trinity Seely (music), Andy Wilkinson and Emily Wilkinson (music)

Performing in Bastrop - Feb. 18-21, 2026
Mike Blakely (music), Dale Burson (music), Barry Corbin (poetry & stories), Doug Figgs (music), Juni Fisher (music), Pipp Gillette and Lloyd Wright (music), Jeff Gore (music), Amy Hale (poetry), The Kristyn Harris Trio (music), Carson Houser (poetry), Randy Huston (music), Jim Jones (music), John Lowell and Joanne Gardner Lowell (music), Annie Mackenzie (poetry), Deanna Dickinson McCall (poetry), Chuck Milner (music), John Moore (music), Terry Nash (poetry), Sarah Pierce (music), Kye Rieff (poetry), Jake Riley (poetry), Dakota Robinson (poetry), R.P. Smith (poetry), Jay Snider (poetry), Dave Stamey (music), Gail Steiger (poetry & music), The Rifters -- Rod Taylor, Don Richmond, and Jim Bradley (music), Dick Warwick (poetry)

Photos from the 2025 Gathering, by Jessica Brandi Lifland.