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 8:30 am: The Mercantile opens (University Center, second floor)
- Fri 9:00 am: Welcome; Keynote Address by B. Byron Price on "Goodnight's Life and Haley's Pen: Writing a Cowman's Biography" (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, MC
- Fri 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Songs and Poems of Horses
Randy Rieman (host), Juni Fisher, Chuck Milner, and Gail Steiger
- University Center Open: It's the Story . . .
Dale Burson (host), Waddie Mitchell, Vess Quinlan, Barry Corbin, and Ross Knox
- Fine Arts: Songs We Learned from Buck
Andy Hedges (host), Pipp Gillette, Rod Taylor, and Jeff Gore
- Museum Educ. Room: Carrying on the Tradition
R.P. Smith (host), Jim Wilson, Jack George, and Carson Houser
- Museum Gallery: Maverick Verse
Sean Sexton (host), Andy Wilkinson, 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, MC
- Fri 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- University Center Open: Cowboy Songs Old and New
Kristyn Harris (host), Brigid Reedy, Chris Ryden, and Juni Fisher
- Fine Arts: Blues on the Range
Pipp Gillette (host), Randy Rieman, and Andy Hedges
- Museum Educ. Room: Let It Fly!
Chuck Milner (host), The Prescotts, Sean Sexton, and Amy Hale
- Museum Gallery: Top Hands
Jeff Gore (host), Carson Houser, Ross Knox, and Yvonne Hollenbeck
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Jim Wilson, host
sign up to perform
- Fri 5:30-7 pm: Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine. Full menu: chopped BBQ beef sandwiches, Roux chipotle potato salad, chili beans, chopped green salad with Roux ranch, pecan fudge brownies, water, and iced tea.
- Fri 7:30 – 9:45 pm: Friday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium)
Waddie Mitchell, Chris Ryden, Andy Hedges, and Dave Stamey
Patrick Sullivan, MC
Sat., Feb. 18, 2023
- Sat 7:30 – 8:30 am: Chuckwagon Breakfast (Poet's Grove, Kokernot Park)
- Sat 8:30 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 (host), Jeff Gore, and Craig Carter
- Fine Arts: Western Harmony
Brigid and Johnny Reedy (hosts), the Prescotts, and the Rifters
- Museum Educ. Room: The Life and Times of Gail I. Gardner
Gail Steiger
- Museum Gallery: Bovine Tales and Woes
Carson Houser (host), Sean Sexton, R.P. Smith, and Vess Quinlan
- Lawrence 300: Four Strands of Rawhide: Passing Down the Tradition
Randy Rieman, with host Gary Dunshee
- Sat 11:00 – 11:45 am: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: closed for rehearsals
- University Center Open: Randy Rieman Talks Poetry and Songwriting
- Fine Arts: Cowboys, Minstrels, and Medicine Shows
Pipp Gillette and Lloyd Wright
- Museum Educ. Room: Western Wit
Jack George (host), Yvonne Hollenbeck, Dale Burson, and Jake Riley
- Museum Gallery: Up the Trail
Jim Wilson (host) and Ross Knox
- 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, MC
- Sat 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: The Lonely Space
Chris Ryden (host), Chuck Milner, The Rifters, and Jeff Gore
- University Center Open: Rhymes of the Ranges: The Poetry of Bruce Kiskaddon
Vess Quinlan (host), Carson Houser, Randy Rieman, and Ross Knox
- Fine Arts: Rattlin' Rocks
Craig Carter (host), Brigid and Johnny Reedy, Jack George, and R.P. Smith
- Museum Educ. Room: Poems as Songs
The Prescotts (hosts), Andy Hedges, Jim Wilson, and Gail Steiger
- Museum Gallery: Ranch Women
Yvonne Hollenbeck (host), Amy Hale, Juni Fisher, and Kristyn Harris
- 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, MC
- Sat 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- University Center Open: Dos Amigos
John Moore (host) and Dave Stamey
- Fine Arts: Working Ranch Families
Chuck Milner (host), Amy Hale, Gail Steiger, and Dale Burson
- Museum Educ. Room: Poems Worth Saving
Jake Riley (host), Vess Quinlan, Brigid Reedy, and Yvonne Hollenbeck
- Museum Gallery: Riding Drag
Kristyn Harris (host), Jack George, The Prescotts, and Craig Carter
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Jim Wilson, host
sign up to perform
- Sat 5:30-7 pm: Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine. Menu: Guinness pot roast with vegetables; sharp cheddar mashed potatoes; spinach salad w/ egg, bacon vinaigrette, walnut, and tomato; Roux biscuits; chocolate cobbler; water and iced tea.
- 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, 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
