Festivals

Plethora of festivals sure to entertain all (Rapid City Journal)

9 Jul 2008

You might as well stay close to home this summer. Between downtown Rapid City’s new Summer Nights on Seventh — featuring music, food, arts and family activities every Thursday night from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. — to a host of area festivals, there’s plenty to keep you, your family and your summer guests entertained. Here are a few events to put on your calendar:

Durham blues, beer festivals move to Bulls stadium (The News & Observer)

9 Jul 2008

Two signature Durham events, the World Beer Festival and the Bull Durham Blues Festival, will be held this year at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park instead of the old Durham Athletic Park, which is undergoing renovations.

Festivals fail as prices rise, sponsors cut back (El Paso Times)

9 Jul 2008

MILWAUKEE -- For the first time in more than 20 years, the organizers of the Harbor Fest musical festival in Racine, Wis., felt compelled to cancel their seminal summertime event on the shores of Lake Michigan.