The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival is pleased to present this series of presentations in the Dyess Colony Circle.  Presentations will be from 1 p.m. Thursday through 11:00 a.m. Saturday.  All sessions are open to the public.   There will be no admission fee, but participants are asked to register for sessions in advance, utilizing the online registration form, to assist in ensuring adequate space.

Presentations will focus on influences of Dyess on Johnny Cash and his music, federal efforts during the New Deal to get destitute people back on their feet, the music that grew out of the Eastern Arkansas Delta, and cultural programs associated with the New Deal.