{"id":565,"date":"2026-06-08T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:01:52","slug":"how-the-kerrville-folk-festival-became-a-hub-for-recovery-and-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"How the Kerrville Folk Festival became a hub for recovery \u2014 and hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Kerrville Folk Festival is known for its music. But in the aftermath of last year\u2019s tragic Fourth of July flooding, it became something else entirely.<\/p>\n

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Deb Rouse runs the Kerrville Folk Festival, an 18-day music festival held at Quiet Valley Ranch, about eight miles southwest of Kerrville.<\/p>\n

For more than half a century, the festival has helped launch the careers of emerging musicians. But on the morning of the flood, Rouse quickly realized the ranch would serve a very different purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I was sitting at my desk, my phone started ringing, both my cell phone and my office phone,\u201d Rouse said. \u201cAnd I can hear every other extension in the office ringing, and it was people from all over the country calling and saying, \u2018We\u2019re members of the festival community. How can we help? What can we do?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

These were folk festival supporters who had seen news coverage of the flooding and wanted to help. Rouse initially directed people to organizations such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army, but eventually added a donation button to the Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation website.<\/p>\n

\u201cI anticipated we might get $10,000 just putting that button on our website. We raised $100,000 in about a two-month period,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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