Barry Corbin to open cowboy poetry in Bastrop

Texas star: City a natural fit for annual gathering

BASTROP — Veteran Texas actor and storyteller Barry Corbin will help usher western entertainment toward Bastrop County next month with a feature performance, as the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering expands beyond its longtime home in Alpine.

The annual event will ride into Bastrop for the first time Wednesday, Feb. 18, with “An Evening with Barry Corbin,” a program Corbin said is built around conversation, shared memories and audience engagement to help decide where the night goes “I enjoy the conversation — I like to bring the audience into it,” he said. “I will learn a little bit about you and you can learn a little bit about me.”