SATURDAY
Get Up, Get Your Coffee And Get Ready To Do It All Again!!

  • 10am
Continuous entertainment begins again featuring Poets and Musicians in TWO locations! There's still plenty more tall tales being told up at at The Community Hall as well as just down the hill in The Horseshoe Pavillion, so head on down, check out the COUNTRY MERCANTILE TABLE and purchase some of the performers' merchandise, browse through the EXHIBITOR BOOTHS for some unique Western Style Arts, Crafts, Clothing. Hey, did we mention before that...

  • 1pm
Today in the Rodeo Arena we feature the Ranch Horse Competition. Watch talented working horses being put through their paces. Do they really need those riders?

  • 5pm
COME AND GET IT!! If you're not still stuffed from yesterday, make sure you have your ticket for another chow-down at our world famous Alberta Beef BBQ Supper...
and you may want to partake of a beverage... or two!! Maybe you'll meet some new folks at your table tonight that you can pardner up with for the rest of the evening's entertainment. Sit a spell, socialize, don't forget to properly digest your food 'cause you still have to make it up that darn hill one more time for...

  • 7:30 - 9:30pm
Fun and frivolity back up at The Community Hall! It's our Saturday Feature Presentation folks, so loosen those belts and be ready for a few good ol' belly laughs again.
Once the anthems have been performed it's once again time for our very own "Barkin' Bob Westrop" to keep your butts in your seats in between our Saturday evening Feature Performers. Don't Be Forgettin'... A Ticket IS Required!!

For those who don't know it , Saturday Night Is Auction Night here at The Gathering.
You'll get a chance to bid on our popular Custom-Made, One-Of-A-Kind Belt Buckle.
Once again this year there'll be a pair of beautiful Custom-Made Earrings for the ladies too!

Previous lucky auction winners have walked away with these beautiful & unique designs created by
our resident "Gathering" designer, artist (& Smiling Fox) Janet Barkwith
...and a Full-Colour, Limited Edition Gathering Poster autographed by the performers.







Click On Each Item To Enlarge

Make sure you're in attendance at the community hall on Saturday evening to get in on the auction action!!
Auctions are conducted by "Barkin' Bob Westrop"

  • 10:00pm - 1:00am
Time for our Cowboy Cabaret! We're aimin' to get the young'uns out to support "Our Saturday Evening Cowboy Cabaret" performers who will be playin' their hearts out for the dancers until the wee hours.
THE CURTAIN WILL BE DRAWN BACK TO REVEAL OUR 2012 PERFORMER SHORTLY. Drop back soon and check this space!
ALL WEEKEND
Music, Poetry, Western Shopping Emporium (Artisans)
Country Mercantile (Performer CDs, Books etc) down in the Horseshoe Pavilion


THURSDAY
This Is When We Kick Off The Weekend

  • 6pm
Open sessions down in The Horseshoe Pavillion followed by plenty of pickin', grinnin' & singin' round the campfire to cap off the night.
Hitch up with old friends and socialize awhile.

  • 7pm
Attend our Grand Ole Gathering

FRIDAY
No Wake Up Call Required. We Don't Start Too Early.

  • 10am
Continuous entertainment featuring Poets and Musicians begins in TWO locations:
They'll be telling tall tales up at The Community Hall and also down at The Horseshoe Pavillion, where you can also buy plenty of performer merchandise
to take home with you from the COUNTRY MERCANTILE TABLE. Compact Discs, Books and plenty more!
It's here that you will also find our WESTERN SHOPPING EMPORIUM purchase performer merchandise, & browse through the EXHIBITOR BOOTHS for some unique Western-Style Arts, Crafts, Clothing & more.

  • Noon - 4pm
The Rodeo Arena will have lots of demonstrations by working cowboys and their horses, performing tasks that they have to do every day on the ranch.

  • 5pm
CHOW TIME!!   Make sure to have your ticket for our Alberta Beef BBQ Supper!! Sit a spell, take time to enjoy & digest your food and get to know your table neighbours...
'cause then...

  • 7:30 - 9:30pm
...It's time to head back up at The Community Hall for our Friday Feature Presentation!
Once the anthems have been performed, your favourite emcee Bob Westrop will keep you amused with his own "short tall stories" in between our Feature Performers.
A Ticket IS Required!!

  • 10:00pm - 1am
You'll need your dancin' shoes on so you can finish off the evening swingin' your favourite dance pardner 'round the floor to the old-time music of:
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Available From The Pincher Creek Chamber Of Commerce: (403) 627-5199
(Visa, MasterCard and Cheque accepted)

Buckle, Earring, Poster & Brochure Design & Artwork by Janet & Michael Barkwith.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
25th  Annual Gathering of Cowboy Poetry

Enjoy great western heritage and tradition - Reminisce for three days packed with poetry, songs, stories and tall tales of cowboy life past and present.
Come and meet the poets, musicians and artisans at the Horseshoe Pavilion. Sit a spell in the grandstand while the experts train a green horse and entertain you, or catch a ride on the horse-drawn wagons for a tour around the grounds.
The aroma of Alberta beef, the "best in the west" will fill the air on Friday and Saturday at the BBQ.
Click here for detailed schedule
 Phil Lethbridge & The Westwinds
The Pincher Creek

Cowboy Gathering
Celebrating Music & Poetry in the Cowboy Tradition Since 1988
Pincher Creek. Alberta. Canada
Celebrating 25  years!!
Contact The Gathering Committee For Any Other Ticket Queries Or For Information Not Listed Elsewhere
OUR FULL COLOUR LIMITED EDITION 2012 GATHERING POSTER WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE PAVILION AND IN THE COMMUNITY HALL
SUNDAY
If We Didn't Tire You Out Yet... It's Early, But Pancakes Are On!

  • 8am
Well, if the good folks from the M.D. and Town Of Pincher Creek can get up on a Sunday morning to cook you a FREE breakfast, then we reckon the least you can do is to
"Rise, Shine, Shake Off The Cobwebs" and wolf some down! Don't worry, the coffee is brewing too as well juice for the young tykes.

  • 9:30am
Cowboy Church! A church for all denominations. Even if you're not a regular churchgoer of any kind you're guaranteed to enjoy yourself here. Everyone welcome!
This is also your last chance to try & strike a deal from the vendors in The Horseshoe Pavillion as some of them will be starting to pack up their wares.

  • 1pm
Our Ranchers Fun Rodeo Event begins in the Rodeo Arena, & folks remember... it's Father's Day!!
Get a hold of Dick Hardy to register and get in on the Father's Day fun and games. Just don't forget to practice Safe Rodeo!

Well, I'm outta here for this year! Ya'll come back now Y'hear?!
PLEASE NOTE!! - These schedules are subject to change without notice.
DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP OUR FULL COLOUR LIMITED EDITION 2012 GATHERING POSTER BEFORE YOU GO. IT'S AVAILABLE AT THE PAVILION