KERRVILLE WOMEN PLAY TEXAS MARCH 21-23
- The famed Kerrville Folk Festival kicks off its 26th year with a tour of
three texas cities. The tour will play The Plaza Theater, Carrollton, Texas
(8PM March 21), two concerts in Houston at The West University Community
Center (4 & 8PM-March22) and finally in Austin at the ballroom of The
Student Union at The University of Texas (7PM March 23). The evenings will
headline five stars from the Silverwolf CD, "The Women of Kerrville",
currently being aired by more than 200 U.S. Radio stations.
- Tish Hinojosa and Christine Albert of Austin, Catie Curtis from Boston,
Eliza Gilkyson based in Taos, N.M. and Nashville's Carol Elliott will be
introduced at the concerts by festival founder-producer Rod Kennedy.
- In addition to opening the 1997 tour of the Kerrville Folk Festival
on-the-Road, the concerts will also be the kick-off for the announcement to
the nation of the 1997 season. Producer Kennedy will be distributing the
first 1997 festival posters and pre-festival brochres which include all the
concert schedules with complete lineups, ticket prices, camping and motel
information, etc.
- Sponsored by Elixir guitar strings by Gore, new high-tech, longer-lasting
guitar strings, the tour will present world-class concerts in Carrollton, a
pair of concerts in Houston, and a final evening on the campus of The
University of Texas at Austin.
- The 1996 Kerrville Folk Festival, which ran 25 days in celebration of the
festival's 25 years, drew over 40,000 music lovers from 40 states and twelve
foreign countries. The event is known world wide for celebrating the best
songwriters. The 1997 festival will return to it's customary 18-day format,
May 22-June 8.
- Tickets are $15 and may be ordered using Visa/Mastercard by calling The
Plaza Box Office, Carrollton, 242-2775; Ticket Master, Houston, 629-3700;
UTTM, Austin 477-6060. Doors open 45 minutes before concert times.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
See the Mammoth Artists
page on the Women of Kerrville for tour dates and RealAudio recordings of
tour artists.