Tickets are required for the show rodeo, chuckwagon breakfasts, 1 PM and 3:30 PM afternoon shows, suppers, and night shows.
Wednesday evening
Friday morning
Friday afternoon
Friday evening
Saturday morning
Saturday afternoon
Saturday evening
Wed., Feb. 15, 2023
- Wed 6 pm: Show Rodeo, benefiting the Sul Ross State University Rodeo Team (Sul Ross University S.A.L.E. Rodeo Arena)
Fri., Feb. 17, 2023
- Fri 7:30 – 8:30 am: Chuckwagon Breakfast (Poet's Grove, Kokernot Park)
- Fri 9:00 am: The Mercantile opens (University Center, second floor)
- Fri 9:00 am: Welcome; Keynote Address by B. Byron Price on "Cowboys and Presidents" (Marshall Auditorium, Morelock Academic Building)
- Fri 10:00 am: Preview of Charlie Goodnight: His Life in Poetry and Song (Marshall Auditorium)
- Fri 10:30 – 10:45 am: Break
- Fri 10:45 – 11:45 am: "A Taste of the Gathering" featuring 11 performers (Marshall Auditorium – includes Dale Burson, Sean Sexton, Chuck Milner, Jake Riley, Chris Ryden, R.P. Smith,
Amy Hale, Juni Fisher, Waddie Mitchell, Dave Stamey, and Carson Houser)
- Fri 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Grub Up! (lunch on your own)
- Fri 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Friday Afternoon Show: Humor on the Range (Marshall Auditorium)
R. P. Smith and Jake Riley
Yvonne Hollenbeck, host
- Fri 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Songs and Poems of Horses
Randy Rieman, Joel Nelson, Chuck Milner, and Gail Steiger
- University Center Open: It's the Story . . .
Waddie Mitchell, Dale Burson, Vess Quinlan, other TBA
- Fine Arts: Songs We Learned from Buck
Andy Hedges, Pipp Gillette, Rod Taylor, Jeff Gore
- Museum Educ. Room: Carrying on the Tradition
R.P. Smith, Jim Wilson, Jack George, and Carson Houser
- Museum Gallery: Maverick Verse
Andy Wilkinson, Sean Sexton, Jake Riley, and Amy Hale
- Lawrence 300: Mandolin Question and Answer Workshop
John Moore
Backup guitar by Dave Stamey
- Fri 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Friday Late Afternoon Show: Around the Campfire (Marshall Auditorium)
The Rifters, Dale Burson, and Andy and Emily Wilkinson
Gail Steiger, host
- Fri 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- University Center Open: Cowboy Songs Old and New
Kristyn Harris, Brigid Reedy, Chris Ryden, and Juni Fisher
- Fine Arts: Blues on the Range
Randy Rieman, Pipp Gillette and Andy Hedges
- Museum Educ. Room: Let It Fly!
Chuck Milner, The Prescotts, Sean Sexton, and Amy Hale
- Museum Gallery: Top Hands
Carson Houser, Craig Carter, Jeff Gore, and Yvonne Hollenbeck
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Hosted by Jim Wilson
sign up to perform
- Fri 5:30-7 pm: Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine. Menu: Frontier Frito pie bar.
- Fri 7:30 – 9:45 pm: Friday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium)
Joel Nelson, Chris Ryden, Waddie Mitchell, and Dave Stamey
Patrick Sullivan, MC
Sat., Feb. 18, 2023
- Sat 7:30 – 8:30 am: Chuckwagon Breakfast (Poet's Grove, Kokernot Park)
- Sat 9:00 am: The Mercantile opens (University Center, second floor)
- Sat 10:00 – 10:45 am: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: closed for rehearsals
- University Center Open: Cowboy Ballads
Juni Fisher, Jeff Gore, and Craig Carter
- Fine Arts: Western Harmony
Brigid and Johnny Reedy, the Prescotts, and the Rifters
- Museum Educ. Room: The Life and Times of Gail I. Gardner
Gail Steiger
- Museum Gallery: Bovine Tales and Woes
Sean Sexton, R.P. Smith, Vess Quinlan, and Carson Houser
- Lawrence 300: Four Strands of Rawhide: Passing Down the Tradition
Randy Rieman
- Sat 11:00 – 11:45 am: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: closed for rehearsals
- University Center Open: Joel Nelson Talks Poetry and Songwriting
- Fine Arts: Cowboys, Minstrels, and Medicine Shows
Pipp Gillette and Lloyd Wright
- Museum Educ. Room: Western Wit
Yvonne Hollenbeck, Jack George, Dale Burson, and Jake Riley
- Museum Gallery: Western History Talk (TBA)
B. Byron Price
- Lawrence 300: Youth Poetry Contest Winners and Cowtown Opry
Hosted by Elizabeth Baize and Karen McGuire
- Sat 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Grub Up! (lunch on your own)
- Sat 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Saturday Afternoon Show: Howlin' at the Moon (Marshall Auditorium)
Juni Fisher and Kristyn Harris
Amy Hale, host
- Sat 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: The Lonely Space
Chris Ryden, Chuck Milner, The Rifters, and Jeff Gore
- University Center Open: Rhymes of the Ranges: The Poetry of Bruce Kiskaddon
Carson Houser, Randy Rieman, Vess Quinlan, and Joel Nelson
- Fine Arts: Rattlin' Rocks
Brigid and Johnny Reedy, Jack George, R.P. Smith, and Craig Carter
- Museum Educ. Room: Poems as Songs
Jim Wilson, The Prescotts, Andy Hedges and Gail Steiger
- Museum Gallery: Ranch Women
Amy Hale, Juni Fisher, Kristyn Harris, and Yvonne Hollenbeck
- Lawrence 300: Guitar Question and Answer Workshop
John Moore
- Sat 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Saturday Late Afternoon Show: Come All You Cowboys (Marshall Auditorium)
Andy Hedges, Waddie Mitchell, and Pipp Gillette
Randy Rieman, host
- Sat 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- University Center Open: Dos Amigos
Dave Stamey and John Moore
- Fine Arts: Working Ranch Families
Amy Hale, Gail Steiger, Dale Burson, and Chuck Milner
- Museum Educ. Room: Poems Worth Saving
Vess Quinlan, Jake Riley, Brigid Reedy, and Yvonne Hollenbeck
- Museum Gallery: Riding Drag
Craig Carter, Jack George, The Prescotts, and Kristyn Harris
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Hosted by Jim Wilson
sign up to perform
- Sat 5:30-7 pm: Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine. Menu: Shredded beef soft tacos.
- Sat 7:30 – 9:45 pm: Saturday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium)
Charlie Goodnight: His Life in Poetry and Song
Featuring Barry Corbin, Andy Wilkinson, Jim Bradley, Pipp Gillette, Alissa Hedges, Andy Hedges, Maggie Rose Hedges, Lloyd Maines, Donnie Maines, Chuck Milner, Waddie Mitchell, Joel Nelson, B. Byron Price, Don Richmond, Larry Scott, Dave Stamey, Rod Taylor, Emily Wilkinson, Ian Wilkinson, Pixel Wilkinson, and Sterling Wilkinson.
Gene Nowell, MC; Jim Goodnight, wrap up
