2026 AWA Awards Shows and Film Screenings

Where: Auction Barn Studio,
Stockyards, Fort Worth, TX  map

Cowboy/western toys were king of the toy section in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, many based on western films and TV shows.  Explore the history of classic western toys, and see the western toys exhibited at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City in 2023.

8:00-9:15 AM, Sat - FREE

Telling the story of Indiana's Angel Mounds State Historic Site, a place with a history that is more than a thousand years in the making, the film uses only native voices. It explores the importance of the site and the connection indigenous people still have to the location.

9:30-9:45 AM, Sat - FREE

Learn about the background of Western swing and its evolution, from Texas house dances, to big bands in Fort Worth and the region that required a louder form of stringed instrumentation to be heard, to California, national prominence, and helping fuel the fire that became rock & roll.

10-11:30 AM, Sat - FREE

Where: Auction Barn Studio,
Stockyards, Fort Worth, TX  map

Honoring poets, authors, artists, artisans, and industry.

2-4:30 PM, Sat - $20

Honoring Western Cowboy, Western Swing, and Western Country musicians.

7:30-10:30 PM, Sat - $35