Kerrville Fok Festival

Location: Kerrville, Texas

KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL. The first Kerrville Folk Festival was held June 1 through 3, 1972, in the 1,200-seat Kerrville Municipal Auditorium; 2,800 fans from all over Texas and as far away as Colorado attended the thirteen-performer event. The festivals at Kerrville were a direct outgrowth of the Austin Zilker Park KHFI-FM Summer Music festivals (1964-68), the Chequered Flag folk music club on Lavaca Street in Austin (1967-70), and the eight Longhorn Jazz festivals (1966-73), as well as the "live" and recorded programs of Austin folk artists produced on KHFI-AM-FM-TV during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s...

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