Azalea Festival organizers aim for year-long celebration in 2021
The NC Azalea Festival to have year-round events this year By WECT Staff | February 8, 2021 at 10:57 AM EST - Updated February 10 at 7:53 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Azalea Festival is hoping to do things a little differently this year. Organizers say the traditional springtime event will be celebrated throughout most of 2021.
“The Azalea Festival has an over $50 million economic impact annually,” said Alison English, the festival’s executive director. “We know those large events are the biggest drivers of those, so it’s our hope that by pushing those later in the year, we’ll still be able to have those events and the community will benefit from that. That economic stimulus gets put back into our restaurants, our businesses and our hotels that we all need so much, especially during this time.”