This end-of-summer Strawberry Festival, running Thursday through Sunday, includes performances by Rodney Crowell, Del McCoury Band, Suzy Boggus, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women, W.P.A., plus many more bands and artists that just naturally go together with spectacular mountains and lush forest scenery.
But back to that fire....
First of all, if you’re not familiar with California geography, the fire mentioned in the lead paragraph isn’t the Station Fire north of Los Angeles that you’ve been seeing on news broadcasts.
The fire we’re talking about is on Yosemite National Park’s western edge, has burned 5,900 acres, and began last week when park rangers conducted a controlled burn to clear out brush at the park. As you probably have already heard, that controlled burn ultimately grew out of control. Whoops!
But Strawberry Festival organizers say it shouldn’t hamper this year’s event.
From the Strawberry Festival Web site:
“Firefighting officials have assured Strawberry Management this morning that the fire in Yosemite National Park should have little to no effect on the Labor Day Weekend festival. They asked us to remind everyone that Cherry Lake Road is closed (both before and after the festival). They report that smoke from the fire is blowing north and there is little to no smoke in the air today at and around Camp Mather.
“As you come into the festival on Hwy 120 (which is OPEN all the way up to Evergreen Road), there will be an electronic sign between Buck Meadows and Cherry Lake Road directing Strawberry Music Festival attendees to Evergreen Road. Please help us get the word out on this updated information.”
Please click here for the Strawberry Festival Web site.