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HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2021-03-25 Flower & Garden Festival Scheduled for April 17 and April 18, 2021 Town of Leesburg News Release For Immediate Release March 25, 2021 Media Contact: Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer lkosin@leesburgva.gov  703-771-2781 Flower & Garden Festival Scheduled for April 17 and 18, 2021 A ticket will be required for every person attending this year’s event. Leesburg, VA (March 25, 2021) – The Town of Leesburg’s 31st annual Flower & Garden Festival will take place on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 at Ida Lee Park. Approximately 70 vendors are expected. Traditionally, the event has been held on the streets of historic downtown Leesburg. Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the event has been moved to Ida Lee Park to provide more space to spread out. The festival will be setup in the parking lots near the outdoor pool and soccer fields. The event will follow all Virginia Department of Health guidelines in order to provide a safe environment for festival attendees, vendors, and staff. To help with social distancing and mask wearing mandates, several regular festival features will not be available this year. There will be no children’s area, food vendors, or beer garden. Attendees are also being asked to keep their pets at home as they will not be allowed inside the festival area. In order to maintain appropriate crowd size, festival admission will be by ticket only this year. Tickets are free and will be available online starting April 1st for Leesburg residents and on April 3rd for the general public. Everyone will need a ticket to enter, regardless of age. There will be three ticketed sessions each day:  9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  12:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.  3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Parking will be available in the Ida Lee parking field, accessed from North King St. /Rt. 15. Accessible parking will be available at the recreation center in a dedicated lot. To obtain tickets or for more information visit www.flowerandgarden.org. # # #