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Daffodil Festival

Enjoy arts and crafts, carnival rides, children's entertainment, music, food and more!

FREE admission, parking and shuttle busses!

The Daffodil Festival Food Tent is the place to be for fun and creative foods prepared and served by the area’s nonprofit organizations. Bring the family to eat fried dough, steamed cheese burgers, barbeque at its finest, meatballs on a stick, apple fritters, clam fritters, cotton candy, Silver City waffles and so much more! Profits from the food tent are returned to the community through the good works these organizations do all year long. For a complete list of foods and organizations that will be on hand, visit http://www.daffodilfest.com/2010vendors.htm.

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Saturday, April 30, 10am to 9pm
***Parade at 11:30am***
***Fireworks at 8:30pm***

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The Welcome Stage: Freshly Squeezed (11 - 11:45am), The Furors (12:15 - 1pm), The Ivory Bills (1:30 - 2:15pm), Eran Troy Danner (2:45 - 3:30pm), The Stratford Survivors (4 - 4:45pm), The Reducers (5:15 - 6pm), Echo & Drake (6:30 - 7:15pm), The Stepkids (7:45  - 8:45pm)

The Bandshell Stage: Surge Chamber (12:45 - 1:30pm), The Frank Critelli Band (2 - 2:45pm), The Manchurians (3:15 - 4pm), Columbia Fields (4:30 - 5:15pm), Kicking Daisies (5:45 - 6:30pm), Jimmy Hat (7 - 8:30pm)

The Food Tent Stage: Chico & Friends (10:30 - 11:30am), The Gonkus Brothers (12 - 1:30pm), The Church Street Revue (2 - 3pm), River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs (3:30 - 4:30pm), Raise the Rent (5 - 6pm), Caravan of Thieves (6:30 - 7:30pm)

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Sunday, May 1, 10am to 5pm

The Welcome Stage: John Fries & the Heat (11 - 11:45am), The Sawtelles (12:15 - 1pm), Plume Giant (1:30 - 2:15pm), Heirlooms (2:45 - 3:30pm), The Zambonis (4 - 4:45pm)

The Bandshell Stage: 691 (11:45 - 12:30pm), The Michael Cleary Band (1 - 1:45pm), Ticket to Ride (2 - 2:45pm), The McLovins (3:30 - 4:45pm)

The Food Tent Stage: Tommy Lourdes (10 - 11am), Just Friends (11:30 - 12:30pm), The River Street Band (1 - 2pm), The Shinolas (2:30 - 3:30pm), Kelli, Sean & Wayne (4 - 5pm)

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