PAONIA MOUNTAIN HARVEST FESTIVAL IS COMING!
Sarah G. Bishop, President
If summer is here, can Mountain Harvest Festival be far behind? We at Mountain Harvest Creative (the new name of the organization that brings you the Festival) are busy preparing for our 15th annual festival, September 24 – 27 this year. That is right before Cedaredge’s Applefest and after a summer full of festival events in Paonia, Crawford, Delta, and Hotchkiss. My, but our valley and elsewhere in the county are becoming a hotbed of wonderful activities!
But back to Paonia’s Mountain Harvest Festival. The Entertainment Guide that describes everything about the Festival will be available in August. Here is a preview of some of the new events you can expect along with your favorites, like the chili cook-off on Friday, the grape stomp on Saturday and the ever popular kids area on Saturday and Sunday.
Every year the Thursday night Harvest of Voices – local writers reading their most recent poetry and prose – is “sold out”. In order to accommodate all eager literary fans, a live radio link will be broadcast to the Paradise Theatre across the street from the Blue Sage Center where the event takes place. No longer will the overflow crowd have to crane their necks around the door to the Blue Sage hall.
There is so much going on Friday evening, we have stretched things out to allow folks to participate in everything. To that end, the Final Friday Art Walk among the many galleries and other establishments, which display art, will take place from noon to 4:00 pm. Having worked up an appetite, art afficionados may then follow the parade from Poulos Park to Town Park to sample the great variety of chilies, cooked up by local chefs. Then if you still are hungry, some of the Festival food vendors will be happy to fill you up between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00.
Look for more new events announcements here next month.
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