Blossom Festival: Saturday, 03/22/2014 from 10am to 4pm

Description

Music of the 30's-40's, antique cars, vintage farm motors, food trucks, children's crafts, poetry by poet laureates, craftspeople will soon bring back memories of yesteryear.

The Blossom Festival will bring a day of family fun on March 22 from 10-4 PM in the Saratoga Heritage Orchard and Civic Center area.

Produced by the Saratoga Historical Foundation, and sponsored by the city of Saratoga, the free event is reminiscent of the original Blossom Festival that debuted in 1900 and was popular for over 40 years.

History of the Event
     In 1900 Edwin Sidney (Everlasting Sunshine) Williams organized a celebration when the drought ended and called it the Blossom Festival. Wanting people to enjoy the blossoms of the orchards, invitations were issued and hundreds responded. The day was filled with food, games, and a blossom and garden tour. Each succeeding year, the event grew in popularity with 20,000 attending one year.

The Blossom Festival was held each year until after WWII.