Texas Folklife Festival

07/09/2021

While the COVID-19 pandemic has put a hold on our beloved festival, both UTSA and the Institute of Texan Cultures are committed to seeing this vital event continue and are planning to resume the Texas Folklife Festival in 2022.

The three-day Texas Folklife Festival showcases the Lone Star State's diversity and rich heritage through a wide variety of ethnic food, music, dance, arts, and crafts. Become a Festival Friend to help support the tradition and keep the festival live on.

06/09/2020

The Texas Folklife Festival Friends are a special group of people. They believe in the event and what it's all about, and they love the festival director, Jo Ann Andera. With large-scale events being postponed due to COVID-19, Jo Ann had been a bit down, so the Festival Friends decided to take a piece of the festival over to her home...

06/04/2020

This weekend would have been the opening to the annual Texas Folklife Festival and the celebration of heritage and a pioneering spirit with delicious food, lively music and dance, unique craftsmanship, and tons of Texas tradition! While we’ve postponed this year’s festival and are working on finding new dates for a safe gathering, here’s a to our past celebrations. Show us your photos and share your favorite memories of the Texas Folklife Festival in the comments below. 🎉👘🥙🎸

04/17/2020

To support the health and well-being of our participants, volunteers, staff and visitors, the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures is postponing the 49th Texas Folklife Festival, originally scheduled for June 6-7, 2020.

We are actively looking for new dates and plan to deliver the same wonderful entertainment, food, art and fun to the community once public gatherings are allowed. Our goal remains to deliver an immersive cultural experience by highlighting the diverse ethnic and cultural communities of Texas.

As additional information about a new date becomes available, we will share it.

We regret any inconvenience but hope that you share our desire to do everything possible—based on guidance from public health officials—to help protect our community during this time.

06/13/2019

Lots of great Texas Folklife Festival stories have been popping up around the net. Thank-you to Joel Pena of the San Antonio Sentinel for spending some time with us. Here's his take:

On the grounds of the Institute of Texan Cultures, the Texas Folklife Festival comes alive year after year, experience after experience, with the audience learning something new each time. In its 48th year, the Texas Folklife Festival showcased dances, food, art and even a few intermingled life less...

06/12/2019

We want to take the time to give a special thanks to everyone that made the 48th Texas Folklife Festival possible! We couldn’t have done it without you!
Jo Ann Andera, Festival Director
Debbie Salas, Program Coordinator
Texas Folklife Festival participants
ITC Staff
Volunteers
UTSAPD
SAPD
UTSA Facilities
UTSA Safety
UTSA staff
Festival Friends
ITC members
WOAI & KABB Fox 29 and CW 35 our media partners!
C.H. Guenther Flour Mills
FirstMark
Freeman
Frost Bank
GLI
H-E-B
IBC Bank
Methodist Metro Emergency Center
Pure Party Ice
San Antonio City of Gastronomy
Silver Eagle Distributing
Stevens Lighting
Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys
Thomas Reprographics
Wells Fargo
Whataburger
Celebrity Food Judges
Marquee Event Rentals
LD Systems
Chauncey Cleaning Services
Home Depot
VIA
And of course thank you to all of our guests and patrons that came out in spite of the weather! We love you all and look forward to seeing you soon!

06/10/2019

Texas Folklife Festival 2019 would not have been possible without our sponsors! Thank you very much, y’all. 🤠✨

06/10/2019

The Texas Folklife Festival is an immersive cultural experience, surrounding visitors with some 250 participating organizations representing more than 40 cultural groups; 6 stages of music and entertainment; a menu of some 100 authentic food items; and the skills of some 60 artisans.

It’s an opportunity to try Korean barbecue, listen to a bluegrass band, learn to hula with Hawaiian dancers, pick up an ax and split shingles with the pioneers, and experience for yourself just what it means to be a Texan.

06/10/2019

The Texas Folklife Festival is an immersive cultural experience, surrounding visitors with some 250 participating organizations representing more than 40 cultural groups; 6 stages of music and entertainment; a menu of some 100 authentic food items; and the skills of some 60 artisans.

It’s an opportunity to try Korean barbecue, listen to a bluegrass band, learn to hula with Hawaiian dancers, pick up an ax and split shingles with the pioneers, and experience for yourself just what it means to be a Texan.

06/10/2019

And just like that Texas Folklife Festival 2019 comes to a wrap. ✨