NEWTON, Kan. — Newton’s first outdoor celebration of spring, the Apple Blossom Festival, is being moved Friday to the Harvey County Fairgrounds because of the threat of weather. The event runs from 5 to 8 p.m.
Apple Blossom is participating in the Newton Area Arts Council’s 3rd Annual Spring into the Arts Festival sponsored by the Newton Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.
Dinner will be a pork barbecue with potato salad, baked beans and apple pie. Kids’ meal packs include pork barbecue, hot dog or hamburger with chips, a drink and a cookie. A drive-thru is also available off of the Broadway Apartments entrance for those unable to stay for the evening. Proceeds of the meal benefit Presbyterian Manor’s Good Samaritan Program.
Live entertainment begins at 4:45 p.m. and includes the Midian Shrine Hillbilly Band, followed by the Manor’s on-campus Apple-A-Day Preschool at 5:50 p.m. High Street Dance Company will perform at 6:05 with the Newton Community Children’s Choir at 6:30. The St. Mary’s Children’s Choir will sing at 6:50, while the Great Plains Jazz Orchestra finishes the evening at 7:15.
Festival meal tickets are $9. Kids’ meal packs are $5.
All proceeds of the Festival will benefit the Good Samaritan Program, which provides financial assistance for Manor residents who have outlived their personal resources.