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Read Lavender Festival schedule, details

Posted at 10:41 pm June 16, 2023
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Lavender Festival (Submitted photo)

The Lavender Festival has expanded. Here is a schedule of musicians and presentations, and information about additional events.

The free festival, the 23rd Jackson Square Lavender Festival, is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 17, in Jackson Square. Since 1999, the Lavender Festival has been held the third week of June, which is when the lavender is in bloom in Tennessee. In addition to several local lavender farms, the festival features 150 artisan and food vendors, live music, informative presentations, and free children’s activities.

For information about vendors, parking, road closures, children’s activities, and more, visit  www.JacksonSquareLavenderFestival.org. The festival is “rain or shine,” a press release said.

Here is what is new this year:

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Filed Under: Arts, Community, Crafts, Entertainment, Festivals, Festivals, Food, Music, Slider, Top Stories, Wine Tagged With: Jackson Square, Lavender Festival, Nine Lakes Wine Tasting, Tour of Gardens

Nine Lakes Wine Festival postponed to September

Posted at 7:05 pm March 17, 2020
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2017 Nine Lakes Wine Festival Cellar 53 (Submitted photo)

The Nine Lakes Wine Festival is being postponed until September. The festival had been scheduled for early June.

The postponement is due to the recent recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce large gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Fourth Annual Nine Lakes Wine Festival is now scheduled for September 11-12 at Melton Lake Park. All previously purchased tickets, vendor booths, and sponsorship arrangements will be honored, a notice said.

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Filed Under: Business, Entertainment, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Wine Tagged With: COVID-19, Nine Lakes Wine Festival, Oak Ridge, wine

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