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File photo – People attending a previous Florida Azalea Festival peruse the vendor tents lining St. Johns Avenue in Palatka.
Palatka Daily News
This year’s Florida Azalea Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday in downtown Palatka. While there will be no parade this year, highlights will include food vendors with culinary delights, live music in two locations, beer tents, a kid’s zone, local artists, homemade crafts and more.
Festival hours will be from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Sunday.
Vendors will be on St. Johns Avenue from First through Sixth streets, in the Putnam County Courthouse parking lot and along the riverfront during the evening on Saturday and all day Sunday.
The festival chairwoman is Kathy Griffin, the president of Revitalize Historic Palatka, which is hosting the event. For details on vendor space, contact Griffin at 386-328-7502 or rhpazalea@gmail.com by today.
Available for sale during the event, azaleas and crepe myrtles will decorate some of the street corners.
The theme for this year’s event is “Where Blossoms, Bites and Business Unite – Celebrating 75 Years of Vibrant Tradition.”
Winners of the Azalea Festival pageant – which took place Jan. 20 at Florida School of the Arts – will be announced during the Mayor’s Reception on Friday. The winners will also be on hand during the two-day festival to greet guests.
T-shirts, the logos for which were designed by John and Stanley Hodge of Designs, will be available in sizes small to XX-large for $25.
