Arts & Culture, Business

Local businesses encouraged to decorate for Newport Daffodil Festival

by Ryan Belmore April 2, 2019April 2, 2019

With the daffodils starting to pop-up all over town, local retailers are encouraged to enter the Newport Daffodil Festival window decorating contest – the daffier the better, says Newport Daffodil Festival coordinator John Hirschboeck.

Entry forms are available on the Festival website, NewportDaffyDays.com, under INDUSTRY RESOURCES. All entries must be received by Monday, April 8 for judging by Newport in Bloom on April 11 and 12.

The 6th Annual Newport Daffodil Festival will be held from April 13 – 21, 2019. For more information, visit www.newportdaffydays.com.

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