List of dogwood festivals explained

Several U.S. cities and towns hold dogwood festivals. These are usually annual events coinciding with the blooming of dogwood trees in the spring:

• The Atlanta Dogwood Festival is an arts-and-crafts fair held annually at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
• The Vestavia Hills Dogwood Festival is a multifaceted month-long event in Vestavia Hills, Alabama^[1]
• The Dogwood Festival of Charlottesville, Virginia has been held since 1958.^[2]
• The Fayetteville Dogwood Festival in Fayetteville, North Carolina is a three-day event held annually since 1982
• Winchester, Tennessee, has held a Dogwood Festival annually since 2005.^[3]
• The Dogwood Arts Festival is a yearly arts festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, that was started in 1960.^[4]
• The Dogwood Festival held in Quincy, Illinois annually in May.^[5]
• The "Dogwood Festival of the Lewis-Clark Valley" is a month-long festival celebrated annually in Lewiston, Idaho
• The "Lake of the Ozarks Dogwood Festival" began in 1950 in Camdenton, Missouri.
• A Dogwood Festival has been held annually since 1962 in Perry County, Indiana
• An annual Dogwood Festival in Farmville, North Carolina was started in 1987
• The annual Dogwood Festival in Woodville, Texas was started in 1940.^[6]
• A Dogwood Festival is held annually in Vinton, Virginia.
• A Dogwood Festival takes place in May at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.^[7]
• A Dogwood Festival is held annually in April Mebane, North Carolina.
• A Dogwood Festival is held annually in May in Mullens, West Virginia.^[8]
• A Dogwood Festival, dating back to 1936, is held annually in early May in Fairfield, CT.^[9]
• Dogwood Day is celebrated every May 21 in Milwaukie, Oregon, "The Dogwood City of the West."^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dogwood Festival Vestavia Hills . 2023-01-26 . vhal.org.
2. Web site: Charlottesville Dogwood Foundation . 2023-01-26 . Charlottesville Dogwood Foundation . en-US.
3. Web site: winchesterdogwoodfestival.com. www.winchesterdogwoodfestival.com.
4. Web site: MISSION & HISTORY . 2023-01-26 . Dogwood Arts . en.
5. Web site: Beverly . Kinkade . 2022-04-30 . Dogwood Parade an annual Quincy tradition . 2023-01-26 . QUTV . en-US.
6. Web site: Tyler County Dogwood Festival . 2023-01-26 . www.woodville-tx.gov . en.
7. Web site: Phoenixville Dogwood Festival Community Event Phoenixville, PA . 2023-01-26 . Dogwood Festival . en.
8. Web site: Lilly . Jessica . 2021-05-06 . The Mullens Dogwood Festival Returns With New Hope, Memorials and Tree-Planting . 2023-01-26 . West Virginia Public Broadcasting . en-US.
9. Web site: 85th Dogwood Festival Returns this May! . 2023-01-26 . Experience Fairfield CT . en-US.
10. Web site: Dogwood Day . 2023-01-26 . City of Milwaukie Oregon Official Website . en.