Tickets were required for the show rodeo, chuckwagon breakfasts, 1 PM and 3:30 PM afternoon shows, cowboy suppers, and night shows.
Wednesday evening
Thursday evening
Friday morning
Friday afternoon
Friday evening
Saturday morning
Saturday afternoon
Saturday evening
Wed., Feb. 14, 2024
- Wed 6 pm: Show Rodeo, benefiting the Sul Ross State University Rodeo Team (Sul Ross University S.A.L.E. Rodeo Arena) (ticket required: $10 adults; $5 youth 12-17; free 11 and under)
Thurs., Feb. 15, 2024
- Thurs 12:00 pm: The Mercantile opens; ticket sales and packet pickup begin (University Center, second floor)
- Thurs 5:30-7 pm: Cowboy Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine (ticket required: $25 advance; $30 door). Full menu: chopped BBQ beef sandwich with trimmings (onion, pickles, sauce), green chile borracho beans, chipotle potato salad, Roux slaw, brownies, water and iced tea.
- Thurs 7:30-9:45 pm: Thursday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium, Morelock Academic Building) (with intermission; ticket required: $30 advance; $35 door)
Jay Snider, Rod Taylor, Joel Nelson, and Chris Ryden
Gene Nowell, MC
Fri., Feb. 16, 2024
- VETERANS Library of Congress Story Project: Drop by 9:30-11:30 am / 1:30-3:30 pm, Morelock 108 and 113
- Fri 7:30 – 8:30 am: Chuckwagon Breakfast (Poet's Grove, Kokernot Park) (ticket required: $5)
- Fri 8:30 am: The Mercantile opens (University Center, second floor)
- Fri 9:00 am: Welcome
- Fri 9:25 am: Dedication of the 2024 Gathering to Jim Goodnight (Marshall Auditorium, Morelock Academic Building)
- Fri 9:40 am: Keynote Address by Hal Cannon: "Making the Ordinary Heroic: The Story of John Lomax" (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 Corb Lund, Jay Snider, Cora Rose Wood, Jerry Brooks, Dom Flemons, Ross Knox, Brigid and Johnny Reedy, Tom Sharpe, Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs, Doris Daley, and Kaden Miner
- Fri 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Grub Up! (lunch on your own)
- Fri 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Friday Afternoon Show: A Pair to Draw To (Marshall Auditorium) (ticket required: $15 advance, $20 door)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott with Andy Hedges
Andy Wilkinson, MC
- Fri 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Hooves of the Horses
Randy Rieman (host), Tom Sharpe, and Kristyn Harris
- University Center Open: Finger Pickers Don't Rope, and Ropers Don't Pick
Daron Little (host), Brenn Hill, Bob Campbell, and Craig Carter
- Fine Arts: Camp Men (and Women)
Rod Taylor (host), Deanna McCall, Randy Huston, and Amy Hale
- Museum Educ. Room: Stampede!
Jerry Brooks (host), Kaden Miner, Mary Abbott, and Waddie Mitchell
- Museum Event Center: Diamond Hitches
Ross Knox (host), Chris Ryden, Gail Steiger, and Andy Nelson
- Lawrence 300: Mandolin Question and Answer Workshop
John Moore; backup guitar by Dale Burson
- Lawrence 309: Doris Daley Question and Answer Workshop
- Fri 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Friday Late Afternoon Show: Cowboy Crossroads: Celebrating 100 Episodes (Marshall Auditorium) (ticket required: $20 advance, $25 door)
Andy Hedges interviews Waddie Mitchell
Hal Cannon, MC
- Fri 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- University Center Open: Cowboy Girls
Amy Hale (host), Deanna McCall, Mary Abbott, and Cora Rose Wood
- Fine Arts: Western Story Songs
Andy Wilkinson (host), Bob Campbell, and Chris Ryden
- Museum Educ. Room: Bunkhouse Humor
Randy Huston (host), Dale Burson, Doris Daley, and Andy Nelson
- Museum Event Center: Riders of the Stars: Henry Herbert Knibbs and Other Classics
Tom Sharpe (host), Ross Knox, Jerry Brooks, and Randy Rieman
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Karen McGuire, MC
sign up to perform
- Fri 5:30-7 pm: Cowboy Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine (ticket required: $25 advance; $30 door). Full menu: Guiness pot roast with vegetables, cheddar mashed potatoes, green goddess salad, roasted asparagus, Roux biscuits, apple crisp with caramel, water, and iced tea.
- Fri 7:30 – 9:45 pm: Friday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium) (with intermission; ticket required: $30 advance; $35 door)
Doris Daley, Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs, Andy Nelson, and Corb Lund
Doris Daley, MC
Sat., Feb. 17, 2024
- VETERANS Library of Congress Story Project: Drop by 9:30-11:30 am / 1:30-3:30 pm, Morelock 108 and 113
- Sat 7:30 – 8:30 am: Chuckwagon Breakfast (Poet's Grove, Kokernot Park) (ticket required: $5)
- 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: Swing It!
Kristyn Harris (host), Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs, and Brigid and Johnny Reedy
- Fine Arts: Gifts from the Oldtimers
Gail Steiger (host), Hal Cannon, and Pipp Gillette
- Museum Educ. Room: Songs and Poems Worth Remembering
Vess Quinlan (host), Tom Sharpe, and Rod Taylor
- Museum Event Center: Soldiers and Patriots
Brenn Hill (host), Joel Nelson, and Randy Huston
- Lawrence 300: The Wild Bunch
Jay Snider (host), Bob Campbell, and Craig Carter
- Lawrence 309: The Real Deal
Deanna McCall (host), Daron Little, and Doris Daley
- Sat 11:00 – 11:45 am: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: closed for rehearsals
- University Center Open: Songs of the West
Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs (hosts), Gail Steiger, and Andy Wilkinson
- Fine Arts: Wrecks
Dale Burson (host), Tom Sharpe, and Ross Knox
- Museum Educ. Room: Joel Nelson Talks Poetry and Songwriting
- Museum Event Center: Young Cowhands
Cora Rose Wood (host), Kaden Miner, and Johnny Reedy
- Lawrence 300: Youth Poetry Contest Winners
Hosted by Elizabeth Baize and Karen McGuire
- Lawrence 309: Black Cowboy Songs with Dom Flemons
- Sat 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Grub Up! (lunch on your own)
- Sat 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Saturday Afternoon Show: Singing Songs by Waddie and Pipp (Marshall Auditorium) (ticket required: $15 advance, $20 door)
Waddie Mitchell and Pipp Gillette
Gene Nowell, MC
- Sat 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Banjo in the Cow Camps
Pipp Gillette (host), Dom Flemons, Hal Cannon, Dale Burson, and Brigid and Johnny Reedy
- University Center Open: Along the Trail
Chris Ryden (host), Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs, Bob Campbell, and Randy Huston
- Fine Arts: Rattlin' Rocks
Kaden Miner (host), Craig Carter, Ross Knox, and Kristyn Harris
- Museum Educ. Room: Working Ranch Families
Amy Hale (host), Gail Steiger, Daron Little, and Cora Rose Wood
- Museum Event Center: Writers and Reciters: The Stories Behind the Poems
Mary Abbott (host), Jay Snider, Jerry Brooks, and Vess Quinlan
- Lawrence 300: Guitar Question and Answer Workshop
John Moore
- Sat 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Saturday Late Afternoon Show: Fifty Years Ago: Songs of Ian Tyson (Marshall Auditorium) (ticket required: $20 advance, $25 door)
Corb Lund and Brenn Hill
Hal Cannon, MC
- Sat 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- University Center Open: Dos Amigos
John Moore (host) and Dale Burson
- Fine Arts: Old Friends, New Friends
Joel Nelson (host), Randy Rieman, Kaden Miner, and Daron Little
- Museum Educ. Room: Cutting for Sign: Stories and Prose
Andy Wilkinson (host), Vess Quinlan, Amy Hale, and Deanna McCall
- Museum Event Center: Wild and Woolly
Andy Nelson (host), Kristyn Harris, Jay Snider, and Cora Rose Wood
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Karen McGuire, MC
sign up to perform
- Lawrence 309: Anything Goes
Craig Carter (host), Mary Abbott, Dom Flemons, and Jerry Brooks
- Sat 5:30-7 pm: Cowboy Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine (ticket required: $25 advance; $30 door). Full menu: brisket with maple chimayo BBQ sauce, green beans with bacon and almonds, scalloped potatoes with pepper jack sauce, green pasta salad with crunchy veggies and ranch, cornbread, cherry pineapple dump cake, water and iced tea.
- Sat 7:30 – 9:45 pm: Saturday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium) (with intermission; ticket required: $45 advance; $50 door)
Roll On, Cowboys
Featuring Andy Hedges with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Dom Flemons, Pipp Gillette, Brenn Hill, Corb Lund, Waddie Mitchell, Brigid Reedy, Randy Rieman, Rod Taylor, and Andy Wilkinson
Patrick Sullivan, MC
