It's Folk Festival Time--Food, Fun, Entertainment and More

It's time again for the annual General Sam Houston Folk Festival and all the festivities it brings to town.

The festival will be held on the grounds of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum Complex from Friday (May 2) through Sunday (May 4). Times are 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p. m. Sunday.

University faculty, staff and students are invited to step across Sam Houston Avenue and step into the history the 1850s. That is when Sam Houston and his wife Margaret and their children lived in the Woodland Home which is still on the grounds of their original plantation property.

Folk festival visitors can see dozens of demonstrators, enjoy theater groups, listen to old-time music, and enjoy delicious food and drinks. Special country singers perform throughout each of the three days with the top acts scheduled Friday and Saturday night.

On Saturday at 11 a.m. there will be a parade of historic characters, a Raven Rangers muster at 5 p. m. Saturday, and a gospel show at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Some of the groups scheduled to perform are Shorty Long, Back at the Ranch, Brennen Leigh, Ben Bell, Wilders, Pine Island Station, Sweet Song String Band and the Karl Shiflet and Big Country Show.

Tickets will be available at the gate and are $3 for children and $7 for adults.

Sam Houston students can get in free by volunteering to work a two-hour shift in one of a dozen entertaining spots. Several SHSU faculty members are giving assignments related to the festival.

For information on how to volunteer, contact Caroline Crimm at 936.294.1487. For more information on the Sam Houston Memorial Museum and the Festival call 936.294.1832.

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SHSU Media Contact: Frank Krystyniak
April 29, 2003
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