Cowboy Jim Garling

Cowboy and Western Swing Music at Its Finest

Schedule - 2008

 January

  • Thursday-Saturday, 1-17 thru 19, Winter Festival of the Panhandle Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Association, Amarillo, Texas - Held at the 5th Season Inn right on I-40. Music from early mornin' til late in the evenin'. FUN for all!!!
  • Tuesday, 1-29, - 6:30 p.m.   National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City - Retirement Party for Lynda Haller, Director of Public Relations & Museum Events.

February 

  • Friday, 2-8 - 3:00 p.m.  Spanish Cove Retirement Village, Yukon, OK - Private Party
  • Saturday, 2-16 - 10:30 a.m.  Langston's Western Wear, Exchange Ave. & Agnew, Stockyards, Oklahoma City - Jim and Sons of the Sage - Bull riders from the Championship Bull Riding event will be signing autographs for the public.
  • Saturday, 2-16 - 8:00 p.m.  Fiddle Fest at Byron Berline's Double Stop Music Hall, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK.  Call for reservations soon; this show sells out quickly.
  • Friday, 2-22 -7:00 p.m.   Lucille's Restaurant, Mulhall, Oklahoma. Always great fun and food! Bring Friends and have a party with us.
  • Friday, 2-29, 7:00-10:00 p.m.  Ponca TownSite Restaurant, 116 N. 4th St., Ponca City, OK. Prairie Moon (Dennis & Sally Gilstrap) will join me, singing splendid harmonies. Great Pizza, pasta, sandwiches and more! 

March 2008

  • Saturday, 3-1 - GospelGrass, Church of the Servant, Oklahoma City - Jim will conduct guitar & theory workshops. www.gospelgrass.com
    • 10:30 p.m. - Guitar Workshop
    • 11:00 p.m. - Theory Workshop
  • Saturday, 3-1, 3-5 p.m. - Buy For Less, 3501 NW Expressway (at Portland)
  • Saturday, 3-1, 8:00 p.m. - Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St. Guthrie, OK
  • Saturday, 3-15, 8:00 p.m. - Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK
  • Friday, 3-21, 5:00-7:00 p.m. - Lion's Club Pancake Supper, American Legion Buidling, 123 North 1st St., Guthrie. Jim and some of his students will perform.
  • Tuesday, 3-25, 7:00 p.m. - Bison Federal Credit Union, Shawnee, Oklahoma - Private Party
  • Saturday, 3-29, 8:00 p.m. - Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK

April

  • Saturday, 4-5, 1:00 p.m. Tinker Credit Union's Annual Shareholders Meeting - Oklahoma City. Private Party. Concert with Sons of the Sage.
  • Tuesday, 4-8, 7:00 p.m. Oklahoma Cowboy Poetry & Songs, at the Peggy Helmerich Browsing Room, OSU Edmon Low Library, Stillwater. Free & open to the public. The program actually starts at 7:00 p.m. Jim will be there after 8:00 p.m. to have a short program.
  • Friday, 4-11, 6:00 p.m. Alfalfa Electric Co-op Annual Meeting, Cherokee, Oklahoma
  • Saturday, 4-12, 3:15 p.m. Stillwater, Oklahoma, Arts & Heritage Festival -Couch Park, 1015 East 12th, Stillwater. Look for me on the Main Stage  as we celebrate Stillwater's Heritage.
  • Saturday, 4-12, 8:00 p.m. - Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK
  • Wednesday, 4-16, 9:15 a.m. - BancFirst, 202 W. Oklahoma St, Guthrie, Jim entertains at the bank's 89er Coffee. Customers and the public are invited to join in the fun.
  • Thurs-Sat, 4-17-19, Choctaw Land Run Festival, at Choctaw Creek Park, 2001 N. Harper, Choctaw, OK.  Festival Website: www.choctawfestival.org 
  • Saturday, 4-19, 3:30-6:30 - Mark's Drug, 112 W. Oklahoma St., Guthrie. Come join the 89er Celebration, have a cup of coffee at Mark's Drug, and listen to some good, old cowboy music.
  • Saturday, 4-26, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Beck Implement & Trailer Sales, Guthrie. Sons of the Sage play for Customer Appreciation Day
  • Saturday, 4-26, 8:00 p.m. - Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK

May

  • Wednesday, 5-7, 11:45 a.m.  Edmond Newcomers Club - at Lazy E Arena, southeast of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  • Friday, May 9 - 9:30 a.m.  89er Days Celebration, Schools at Sterling, Oklahoma
  • Saturday, 5-10 - 8:00 p.m.  Western Swing Show & Dance - Logan County Fairgrounds, Guthrie, Oklahoma, sponsored by Byron Berline of the Double Stop Music Hall. Guests: Leon Rausch and other swing musicians.
  • Sunday, 5-18  Amazing Race Mystery Tour, McKinzie Tours. Private Party. 
  • Saturday & Sunday, 5-24 & 5-25  Chuck Wagon Gathering and Children's Cowboy Festival National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City
  • Saturday, 5-24 - 6:00 p.m.  Alumni Banquet, Carney, OK. Private Party
  • Saturday, 5-24 - 8:00 p.m. Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK
  • Tuesday, 5-27 - 2:00 p.m. Sterling House, Oklahoma City. Private Party 
  • Saturday, 5-31 - 5:00 pm  Chicken 'N Pickin',  First Baptist Church, Crescent, Oklahoma. Concert with Prairie Moon (Dennis & Sally Gilstrap).  For only $7 come enjoy a meal and then music by 3 different bands. We will provide cowboy music while the other bands are bluegrass. It will be a fun evening!

 June

  • Saturday. 6-7, 8:00 p.m. Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie
  • Saturday, 6-21, 8:00 p.m. Oklahoma Roundup, Double Stop Music Hall, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie. Special Show featuring Byron Berline Band, Jim Garling, Hunt Family Band and Rockin' Acoustic Circus. Get your advance tickets ($15.00) soon as this will surely be a sell out. Call 405-282-6646.
  •  Saturday, 6-28, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.  Guthrie Frontier Family Day, Mulhall Road (north of Guthrie) Directions: 1.5 miles west of I-35 on Mulhall Road. The public is welcome. Take a step back in time to play the way the western frontier pioneers did.  $5.00 cover charge. Sunday, 6-29, 6:00 p.m. Summer Concert Series, First Southern Baptist Church, corner of Wentz & Noble, Guthrie, OK. Everyone is invited to come to this concert.

July

  •  Friday, 7-4, 7:00 p.m. Statesman's Club Independent Living Center, Oklahoma City. Private Party.
  • Saturday. 7-5, 8:00 p.m. Double Stop Music Hall, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie
  • Thursday, 7-10, 1:00 p.m. Wagoner Library Summer Reading Program Wagoner, Oklahoma, Civic Center. Open to the public; come have a good time!
  • Saturday, 7-26  Cowboy Trader Days, Whitaker Park, Pryor, Oklahoma - Jim & Prairie Moon (Dennis & Sally Gilstrap)

August

  • Monday, 8-4, 6:00 p.m. Cattle Drive Campfire Singing, Fairfax, OK,  Firehouse Station (1 block east of Main)  Open to the public; all invited. Meal available.
  • Thursday, 8-7, 5:30-6:30 p.m.  Southeastern Electric Cooperative, Durant High School. Jim and Prairie Moon entertain at the Annual Members Meeting.
  • Sunday, 8-10, 12:00 p.m. Blehm Family Reunion, Kingfisher, Private Party
  • Thursday, 8-14, 6:30 p.m. Cimarron Electric Cooperative, Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Annual Members Meeting. All members of the Cimarron Electric Co-op are invited to attend. 
  • Friday, 8-15, 7:00 p.m. Lucille's Restaurant, Mulhall, OK, Come have some good food and join the fun we always have at Lucille's!
  • Saturday, 8-16, 7:30 p.m. Rodeo Opry, Oklahoma City, Agnew & Exchange Ave. Tickets for Rodeo Opry
  • Friday, 8-22  Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma.  Jim and Sons of the Sage entertain at the Annual Members Meeting.  All members of the Oklahoma Electric Cooperative are invited to attend.
  • Sun. & Mon., 8-31 & 9-1 Gaylord Watermelon Festival, Gaylord, Kansas. A great small-town event featuring gospel singing on Sunday, a parade on Monday, music, food, and fun for everyone!

September

  • Friday, 9-12, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State Fair Band Shell, Oklahoma City, WMA (Western Music Association) Oklahoma Chapter Members provide entertainment.
  • Saturday. 9-13, 8:00 p.m. Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie
  • Saturday & Sunday, 9-20 & 9-21 Tom Mix Festival and Western Heritage Days, Dewey, Oklahoma. Many activities and a good old-fashioned western parade--lots of horses, riders, trick rope ropers, wagons, stage coach, etc. ending on Sunday with a Wild West Show.
  • Sunday, 9-28, 2:00 p.m. Belle Isle Public Library, Jim and Prairie Moon. Program is open to the public. If you're in the area come see us.

October

  • Tuesday, 10-7 Logan County Farm Bureau, Private Party
  • Thursday, 10-9  Pontotoc Cattleman Association, Private Party, Jim and Prairie Moon
  • Fri. Sat., 10-10 & 10-11  The Fun Barn Old-Time Music Festival, Quail Valley Fun Barn, Winfield, Kansas. For additional information check out this website: http://www.thefunbarn.com/festival.htm
  • Friday, 10-17, 7:00 p.m. Lucille's Restaurant, Mulhall, OK, Come have some good food and join the fun we always have at Lucille's.
  • Saturday. 10-25, 8:00 p.m. Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie

November

  • Saturday. 11-15, 8:00 p.m. Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie
  • Wednesday, 11-19,  9:00-10:30 a.m. Guthrie Chamber of Commerce Coffee, Mark's Drug, 112 W. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK. Jim entertains at the Chamber Coffee that kicks off Mark's Holiday Season. Customers and the public are invited to join in the fun.
  • Friday. 11-28, 8:00 p.m. Byron Berline Show, 121 E. Oklahoma St., Guthrie
  • Saturday, 11-29, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Opening Night for Territorial Christmas, Mark's Drug, 112 W. Oklahoma St. Stop in and do a little shopping and/or have a cup of coffee and enjoy western cowboy music.

December

  • Tuesday, 12-9, 6-9:00 p.m. A Night Before Christmas Open House, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Cowboy/western music, school house cake walks, choirs singing, lots of fun!
  • Saturday, 12-13, 4:00-8:30 p.m. Guthrie's Victorian Walk, Mark's Drug, 112 W. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK.
  • Saturday, 12-20, 4:00-8:30 p.m. Guthrie's Victorian Walk, Mark's Drug, 112 W. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, OK.

2009

April

  • Saturday, 4-25 Private Birthday Party, Guthrie, Oklahoma

May

  • Saturday & Sunday, 5-23 & 24 Annual Chuck Wagon Gathering & Children's Cowboy Festival, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City.
  • Friday & Saturday, 5-29 &30 Cedar Memorial Celebration, Cedar, Kansas

July

  • Saturday, 7-25 , National Day of the American Cowboy, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City