Gary has been a featured cowboy poet and singer at:
* National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada (ten times)
* Arizona Cowboy Poetry, Prescott, Arizona Gathering (twice)
* Arizona National Livestock Show, Cowboy Classics
* Jackson Hole Cowboy Jubilee
* The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for the Opening of the Bill Kokes exibit
* Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering (twice)
* Carson City Cowboy Poetry Gathering (three times)
* Cheyenne Cowboy Syposium, Cheyenne, Wyoming
* Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering (six times)
* Heber City Utah Cowboy Poetry Gathering (four times)
* Pikes Peak Cowboy Poetry Gathering (three times)
* Riverbend Live, Winston, Oregon (three times)
* Monterey Cowboy Festival, Monterey, California
* Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Santa Clarita, California
* Australian National Bush Poets Gathering, Tamworth Australia
* Wyoming Cowboy Poetry Gathering (six times)
* Riverbend Live Winston, Oregon (three times)
* Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry Gathering Santa Clarita, California
* South Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering
* North Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering
* Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering
* Utah Cowboy Poetry Gathering Ogden, Utah (twice)
* Weatherford College Cowboy Poetry Gathering Weatherford, Texas
* Cowboy Classics, Arizona National Livestock Show
Gary has been a featured speaker/performer for:
• Adolph Coors Foundation
• Agland Inc.
• Altamont Chamber of Commerce Altamont, Illinois
• American Association of Church Business Administrators
• American Bison Association
• American Institute of Timber Construction
• American Lung Association (twice)
• American Public Works Association
• American Tarentase Association
• Amik Run Equestrian Center Morriston, Florida
• Arkansas Environmental Federation Hot Springs Arkansas
• Arizona Multihousing Association
• Babel Crop Insurance Agency Wood River, Nebraska
• Beatrice, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce
• Berbee Information Networks Madison WI
• Bi-State Machinery Co. Inc.
• British Columbia Cattlemen's Association
• California Backcountry Horsemen
• California Cattlewomen's Association
• California Women for Agriculture
• California/Nevada Water Users Association
• Cimarron Annual Concert Cimarron, New Mexico
• Chuckwagon Days DelNorte, Colorado
• Colorado Association of County Commissioners
• Colorado Cattle Feeders Association
• Colorado Cattlemen's Association
• Colorado Counties Association
• Colorado Division of Wildlife
• Colorado Financial Services Association
• Colorado Horse Expo
• Colorado Horsemen's Association (twice)
• Colorado Parks & Wildlife Officers Assn.
• Colorado Sugar Beet Growers Association (twice)
• Colorado Veterinary Medical Association
• Crawford County Cattlemen's Association Denison, Iowa
• Crockett Texas Chamber of Commerce
• Equtana National Horse Show Louisville, KY
• FIVCO Area Development District Catlettsburg, KY
• Fargo/Moorhead Home builders Assn.
• Florida Cattlemen's Association
• Florida Dept. of Agriculture
• Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
• Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe, NM (15 times)
• Hewlett Packard Corporation
• I-Car Fort Worth Stockyards Fort Worth, Texas
• Illinois Angus Association
• Indiana State Poultry Association
• Intercollegiate Horse Show Association
• Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
• Iowa State University Veterinary School Graduation
• Kentucky Cattleman's Association (three times)
• Keystone Foods/Equity Group (eight times)
• Kiva Club Santa Fe, NM
• Maryland Cattlemen's Association Hagerstown, Maryland
• Mesa County Cattlemen's Assn Grand Junction, CO (twice)
• McClain West Trucking Company (3 times)
• Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors
• Missouri Farmers Association Columbia, Missouri
• Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
• Missouri Young Farmers Association Jefferson City, Missouri
• Monfort of Colorado
• Monsanto Corporation
• Montrose Chamber of Commerce Montrose, Colorado
• Montana Farm Forum (with Sergi Kruschev)
• Montana Stockgrowers Association
• Morris Animal Foundation Breckenridge, Colorado
• Mountain and Plains Property Management Association
• Mountain and Plains Texas Longhorn Association
• National American Historical Truck Association
• National Association of County Engineers
• National Association of Wildlife Conservation Officers
• National Association of Education Buyers (NAEB)
• National College Music Society
• National Draft Horse and Mule Association
• National Ecology Research Center
• National Electrical Contractor's Association
• National Feedlot Cowboys Association
• National High School Rodeo Association
• National Mountain Lion Conference
• National Onion Growers Association
• National Public Accountants Association
• National Rifle Association's Annual Convention (twice)
• National Rifle Association's Whittington Center (four times)
• National Snow and Ice Conference
• Nebraska Rural Water Association
• New Mexico Association of Counties
• New Mexico Governor's Rural Development Forum
• New Mexico Rural Water Association (twice)
• NISEI Farmers League Fresno, CA
• Ohio Cattleman's Association
• Ohio Poultry Association
• One Touch Destinations Vail, CO
• Oregon Mint Growers Association
• Permian Basin international Oil Show
• Pigeon Forge Saddle Up! Celebration Pigeon Forge, TN
• Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute
• Rocky Mountain Farmer's Union
• South Dakota Retailers Association
• South Dakota Retailers Pierre, SD
• Superior Livestock Auction Steamboat Spgs, CO (twice)
• T-Bone Club· Tennessee Cattlemen’s Association
• The Industrial Company Inc. (in Wyoming and California)
• Tri-State Power Company
• Turfgrass Producer's International
• Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce
• U. S. Tobacco Copenhagen Sweepstakes Las Vegas, Nevada
• U.S. Forest Service's Western Snow Conference
· U.S. Sugar Corporation
• United Agra Products
• United States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Conference
• United States/Japanese Grassroots Summit
• Utah Farm Bureau Salt Lake City, Utah
• University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah
• University of Texas/Austin
• The Governors Banquet Salt Lake City Utah
• Utah Association of Counties Saint George, Utah
• Utah Trucking Association Salt Lake City, Utah
• Western States Cutting Horse Association
• Wyoming Beef Cattle Improvement Association
• Wyoming Contractors Association
Gary has appeared in concert with:
• Baxter Black
• Charlie Daniels
• Don Edwards
• Riders In The Sky
• Ian Tyson
• Doc Watson
• Chris LeDoux
• Waddie Mitchell
Gary has been the requested wrangler/singer/poet on the trail with:
• Ivana Trump Family Pack Trip, Aspen, Colorado
• Pat Parelli, Parelli Natural Horsemanship Seminars
• T-Cross Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• The Chama Consortium Annual Ride, Chama, New Mexico (12 times)
• Parelli Ranch, Clements, California
• Tamworth, Scones, Sydney, Woolengong, and Canberra, Australia
• Roundup Riders of the Rockies, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
• Cowboy Cartoonists Association of America, Cody, Wyoming
• Chowdingo Ride, Bell Ranch, Solano, New Mexico (12 times)
• Rancho Visitadores, Santa Barbara, California
• The Dick Spencer Memorial Trail Ride, Yellowstone National Park