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Canceled on Central Oregon Coast: Florence Rhododendron Fest Not Happening After All
Published 02/18/21 at 4:59 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Florence, Oregon) – [UPDATED] After an earlier announcement that Florence’s 114th Rhododendron Festival would at least go ahead in a scaled-back form in May of 2021, the board of directors of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce has changed course and opted to cancel the event entirely. This now makes the second year in a row the famed central Oregon coast fest has shuttered the event, and the only time since World War II that this has happened. The event was scheduled for its traditional date, the third weekend of May, May 12 to 16, 2021.