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Dogwood Mini-Fest scheduled for April 23-25
by KEYURI PARAB
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With the pandemic moving slowly behind us,
local favorites like the Dog wood Festival are pre-
paring their comeback.
Dog wood's Mini-Fest, a family friendly hybrid
event will be held April 23-25 at the Westwood
Shopping Center, where they held their drive-
through festival last fall.
The Fayetteville Dog wood Festival, a non-
profit that focuses on providing family centered
activities, is usually held in historic Downtown
Fayetteville in late April of each year. But due to
the pandemic, this year's event will be a Mini-Fest
as a smaller, safer way to gather in public, organi-
zers said.
"We are pleased to have a presence in the com-
munity on the weekend that would've been our
big spring festival," Jackie Tuckey, immediate past
chair said. "And being that it's outdoors and the
weather's nice, we think there will be people who
would want to come out and look at cars, motor-
cycles and enjoy the music."
Mini-Fest will kick off with "Word on the Street!"
on April 23 with a poetry performance from 5-7
p.m. (Early Bird) and another one from 8-10 p.m.
(Date Night Edition). Both iterations will highlight
local poets and have live music and wine.
"Word on the Street!" will be held at The Arts
Council of Fayetteville located downtown. Tickets
to the event are limited and are priced at $15 gene-
ral admission and $25 per table for two.
The event will follow socially distant protocols
and allow about 30 people in compliance with
COVID-19 guidelines. Attendees are asked to wear
masks at the event and socially distance as best as
they can, Tuckey said.
On April 24, Mini-Fest will host the "2021 Mini-
Fest Car Show" and "Saturday Night Concert at
the Westwood Shopping Center." The car show
will take place in the day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
while the concert is scheduled for 6-9:30 p.m.
The events will offer fair food, music, as well as
local arts and crafts vendors, Tuckey mentioned.
The car show will be judging three categories,
Antique (1976 and earlier), Classic (1977-2000) and
Modern (2001 to present). More information is
available on their Instagram account at @dwfcars-
how, or email dwfcarshow@gmail.com
Registration for the car show is limited. Pre-
registration starts at $25 and the day of registrati-
on will be $35. For registration visit, https://w w w.
eventbrite.com/e/dog wood-festival-car-show-
tickets-146632558931
The concert will present free live performances
by Throwback Collaboration Band and The Guy
Unger Band. Bubba's 33 will provide a beer garden
in the parking lot for attendees.
Dog wood's Mini-Fest will close with their last
event, the "2021 Mini-Fest Bike Show" on April 25
from noon to 3 p.m. Participants can register at
https://w w w.eventbrite.com/e/dog wood-festival-
bike-show-tickets-149949475919?aff=erelpanelorg
"Food vendors from past years and more will
provide fair food options like turkey legs, fried
Oreos, funnel cake, corn dogs, g yros, cotton
candy, candy apples, kettle corn and more,"
Tuckey said.
For more information about Dog wood's Mini-
Fest, visit https://w w w.thedog woodfestival.com/
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