{"id":339129,"date":"2026-07-14T00:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/339129\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:53:18","slug":"60th-annual-childrens-festival-wraps-up-in-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/339129\/","title":{"rendered":"60th annual Children&#8217;s Festival wraps up in Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Ore. \u2013 The 60th annual <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellingguild.org\/childrens-festival.html\">Children\u2019s Festival<\/a> finished its three-day summer run at the Britt Gardens on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by the non-profit Storytelling Guild, the milestone anniversary event featured more than 30 interactive booths where children participated in activities ranging from gold panning to tie-dye and carpentry.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a brief challenge from poor air quality caused by the nearby East Evans Creek Fire on Sunday, clear skies and cooling misters returned Monday just in time for the final wave of young creators.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s six decades of history took center stage as co-founder Jeanette Paulson returned to share tales beneath the iconic Storytelling Tree, decades after helping launch the tradition in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Kids and parents were treated to live stage performances, free books, and special appearances by PBS Kids\u2019 Nature Cat. Even disposal duty became an attraction thanks to \u201cRosabelle\u201d and \u201cPebbles,\u201d the large, litter-eating dragon trash receptacles that surprised children by thanking them.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from the weekend\u2019s ticket sales and the \u201cDragon Deli\u201d go directly toward supporting the Storytelling Guild\u2019s ongoing children\u2019s literacy programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;font-style: italic;\">\u00a9 2026 KOBI-TV NBC5. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Ore. \u2013 The 60th annual Children\u2019s Festival finished its three-day summer run at the Britt Gardens on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57493,50839,119608,137934,15404,5949,116,118,117,139386,110656,137936,119919],"class_list":["post-339129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-anniversary","tag-arts-and-crafts","tag-britt-gardens","tag-childrens-festival","tag-family-fun","tag-jackson-county","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-nature-cat","tag-southern-oregon","tag-storytelling-guild","tag-summer-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}