If you remember this show from the 1990s, don’t go now or you will be completely disappointed. There’s only about 7 short events all day- a few tribal dances, a regalia explanation, a flute solo, etc. It’s mostly 15 minute shows that you have to wait an hour or two between for the next show. There were less than 10 dancers.. which did a good job but it was a short show and very few dancers for a “festival.” This festival used to have dozens upon dozens of dancers.. making the event a shell of its former self. The crowd is minuscule, even though parking this year was a nightmare since the museum construction meant most of the main parking lot was closed. There was a parking lot shuttle this year. Despite that, still, very few event attendees. I doubt there were more than 100 event attendees at any given time. The vendor booths keep declining in number each year, just like the number of performances. There’s no native food. Vendors sell mostly very pricey art and expensive jewelry. The museum gives free admission with festival ticket, and if this event weren’t at the cowboy museum, I wouldn’t have lasted even an hour at the event. Museum is nice but this event is a mere speck of the event it used to be.

Stopped going because it was worse and worse every year after 1998. To much white guys selling junk and trinkets inside and out. Dancing and attendance not what it what when we were going in 89 and 90. Use to look forward to it and would not miss. Sad