List of dogwood festivals
Several U.S. cities and towns hold dogwood festivals. These are usually annual events coinciding with the blooming of dogwood trees in the spring:
- The Atlanta Dogwood Festival is an arts-and-crafts fair held annually at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The Vestavia Hills Dogwood Festival is a multifaceted month-long event in Vestavia Hills, Alabama[1]
- The Dogwood Festival of Charlottesville, Virginia has been held since 1958.[2]
- The Fayetteville Dogwood Festival in Fayetteville, North Carolina is a three-day event held annually since 1982
- Winchester, Tennessee, has held a Dogwood Festival annually since 2005.[3]
- The Dogwood Arts Festival is a yearly arts festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, that was started in 1960.[4]
- The Dogwood Festival held in Quincy, Illinois annually in May.[5]
- The "Dogwood Festival of the Lewis-Clark Valley" is a month-long festival celebrated annually in Lewiston, Idaho
- The "Lake of the Ozarks Dogwood Festival" began in 1950 in Camdenton, Missouri.
- A Dogwood Festival has been held annually since 1962 in Perry County, Indiana
- An annual Dogwood Festival in Farmville, North Carolina was started in 1987
- The annual Dogwood Festival in Woodville, Texas was started in 1940.[6]
- A Dogwood Festival is held annually in Vinton, Virginia.
- A Dogwood Festival takes place in May at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.[7]
- A Dogwood Festival is held annually in April Mebane, North Carolina.
- A Dogwood Festival is held annually in May in Mullens, West Virginia.[8]
- A Dogwood Festival, dating back to 1936, is held annually in early May in Fairfield, CT.[9]
- Dogwood Day is celebrated every May 21 in Milwaukie, Oregon, "The Dogwood City of the West."[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dogwood Festival | Vestavia Hills". vhal.org. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Charlottesville Dogwood Foundation". Charlottesville Dogwood Foundation. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "winchesterdogwoodfestival.com". www.winchesterdogwoodfestival.com.
- ^ "MISSION & HISTORY". Dogwood Arts. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ Kinkade, Beverly (2022-04-30). "Dogwood Parade an annual Quincy tradition". QUTV. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Tyler County Dogwood Festival". www.woodville-tx.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Phoenixville Dogwood Festival | Community Event | Phoenixville, PA". Dogwood Festival. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ Lilly, Jessica (2021-05-06). "The Mullens Dogwood Festival Returns With New Hope, Memorials and Tree-Planting". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "85th Dogwood Festival Returns this May!". Experience Fairfield CT. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Dogwood Day". City of Milwaukie Oregon Official Website. Retrieved 2023-01-26.