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Meadow Event Park to host inaugural Virginia Farm Festival Inaugural Virginia Farm Festival to be held at The Meadow Event Park. (Source: State Fair of Virginia) By Victoria Doss | April 30, 2021 at 3:36 AM EDT - Updated April 30 at 3:36 AM
CAROLINE, Va. (WWBT) - The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County is hosting the first-ever Virginia Farm Festival on May 1-2.
The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and will feature several of the State Fair of Virginia’s most popular family attractions.
The event replaces the Virginia Horse Festival, which previously was held each March at The Meadow.
By COLLETTE CAPRARA
FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR
The folks at The Meadow Event Park in Doswell are pleased to invite families to their first Virginia Farm Festival on May 1-2. For more than a decade, the park has attracted thousands of families each fall as the site of the State Fair of Virginia, featuring the bounty of its harvest. This year, an innovative and exciting spring event will highlight the activities of a different seasonâthe sowing, planting and tending that makes the harvest possible.
âWe wanted to offer a mini version of the State Fair, a fun family event at an affordable price that will give families an opportunity to spend time outdoors together,â said Marlene Jolliffe, vice president of operations. âThe Virginia Farm Festival highlights the many steps that must take place before our food arrives on our tables.â