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JOSEPH â After more than four decades at Wallowa Lake, Oregonâs Alpenfest will have a new home in 2021.
Directors of the Alpenfest decided in November to move the annual event from its prior location to Joseph, and the festival in September 2021 will be at the Harley Tucker Memorial Rodeo Grounds.
According to a press release, âa cascade of incidentsâ prevented the continuation of the festival at Wallowa Lake, where it has been since 1975.
The festival had taken place at Edelweiss Inn for 43 years, according to the press release, but the buildingâs owners deemed it to be too dangerous for future public events after the 2018 festival.