FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) After a year of being shut down, one of Fayetteville s largest events will return in April with several adjustments.
This year, to comply with Governor Cooper s Executive Order concerning mass gatherings, the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival will be held as a mini-fest on the fourth weekend of April, the 23rd through the 25th. The event will feature a mixture of both in-person and virtual activities.
In-person activities will include: food vendors, a car show, possibly a motorcycle show, children s entertainment and a poetry slam at a different location.
For virtual activities: craft vendors, some streaming musical entertainment and other related activities.
After being rescheduled and ultimately canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual Dogwood Festival is returning to Fayetteville in 2021.
The free festival will be returning to its usual spot in the last weekend of April, but due to the pandemic, will look noticeably different this year.
The Mini-Fest, scheduled for April 23 to 25, will tentatively be held at the Westwood Shopping Center, the same location where the festival held a drive-thru fair food event in September.
The festival will also use a hybrid model of virtual and in-person attractions as a way to deal with the space constrictions, Dogwood Festival Vice Chair Antonio Renteria said.