Seminars require an additional fee. The annual Old West Festival is making a move from downtown to a site three miles west of Montgomery on Old Dobbin Road this year. The event will take place Friday-Sunday. Attractions will include living-history events, singers, dancers, kids' activities, cowboy poetry, storytelling, bank robberies, gun showdowns, and an appearance by actor James Drury of the TV Western The Virginian . Celebrate the blues during the annual Texas Blueberry Festival, scheduled Friday-Sunday.
Most events are free.
The popular Texas Folklife Festival will celebrate its 30th birthday today-Sunday on the grounds of the Institute of Texan Cultures. The festival, which draws more than 70,000 visitors annually, celebrates the history and the cultural and ethnic diversity of Texas with music, dance, storytelling and demonstrations of folk crafts. Competitions are scheduled for historical recipes, pies, cakes, preserves and pickles. Regular admission fees apply. This is a history museum with permanent and rotating exhibitions administered by Blinn College.