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Saturday, June 09, 2012

41st Annual Texas Folklife Festival, HemisFair, June 8th-10th

41st Annual Texas Folklife Festival

Institute of Texan Cultures,  UTSA HemisFair Park Campus, 801 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd.
  • Saturday, June 9th from 11 a.m.- 11 p.m.
  • Sunday, June 10th from noon- 7 p.m.
Admission: Adult (13 plus): $10 in advance* $12 at the gate. Child (6-12): $5 in advance* $5 at the gate.
Children 5 and under are FREE, Group sales: 20 adult tickets, in advance only, for $8 each. (photos from 2009)

The Texas Folklife Festival was modeled after the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival,
which was held in Washington, D.C. in 1968. On behalf of the Institute of Texan
Cultures (which was built as part of the Texan Pavilion for the 1968 World’s Fair),
O.T. Baker attended the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival and returned home
with big plans—to replicate the event in San Antonio. And the wheels were set
in motion 

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