Muskogee Azalea Festival is Under Way in Oklahoma

The 2009 version of the Muskogee Azalea Festival is officially underway in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The annual event begins today and runs through the end of the month.

Held annually at Honor Heights Park in Muskogee, the Azalea Festival is one of the premier spring events in the South and draws visitors from all over the United States and even foreign countries.

Honor Heights Park is a beautiful and historic facility located high on a ridge overlooking the city of Muskogee. It features 40 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens with more than 625 varieties of azaleas as well as dogwoods, redbuds and a host of other blooming trees, shrubs and plants.

The main day of the festival will be on Saturday, April 18th, with a parade and numerous other events, but the festival is now officially underway at Honor Heights Park. Visitors are welcome to drive through the gardens or walk and take their time.

To learn more, please visit www.exploresouthernhistory.com/okmuskogeeazalea.

Muskogee Azalea Festival Update

The 2008 Muskogee Azalea Festival is underway in Muskogee, Oklahoma. I'm receiving quite a few emails about this year's event, so I'm posting an update online to help anyone who is thinking about visiting the festival.

The azaleas and dogwoods are now moving into full bloom at Honor Heights Park and should really be spectacular over about the next 10 days or so. As you can see here, many are already in full bloom and others should be over the next few days.

Any time over the next 10-14 days should be ideal for a visit. There is one thing that you should keep in mind. A severe ice storm badly damaged Honor Heights Park this winter, destroying and damaging trees and shrubs (and many of the tends of thousands of azaleas). As a result the appearance of the park is a little different this year. Let me say, though, that the park employees have done a phenomenal job of cleaning up the damage and replanting in time for this year's festival. I hope if you are considering going, you will do so and show your support for this event that has become one of the truly spectacular festivals in the South.

The Muskogee Azalea Festival will continue through April 30th. For more information, to see photographs of this year's festival and for directions to Honor Heights Park, please follow this link: www.exploresouthernhistory.com/okmuskogeeazalea.

Annual Muskogee Azalea Festival Parade is Saturday

The annual Muskogee Azalea Festival is in full swing in Muskogee, Azalea. Despite the storms this past week, the skies have cleared and the flowers are coming out nicely.

This will be the big weekend of the festival, although Honor Heights Park presents its annual display of tens of thousands of blooms for the rest of April..

The annual parade is set for Saturday (tomorrow) morning at 11 a.m. in downtown Muskogee. More than 80 floats are expected to be part of this year's parade.

For more on the festival, which is one of the top annual events in the South, please visit www.exploresouthernhistory.com and look for the heading on the main page.

Muskogee Azalea Festival - Weather now available

The next two weeks are the traditional height of the Muskogee Azalea Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Because the area is having a LOT of rain this spring, I've added a weather section to our page on the festival to help you better plan your travel if you are planning to visit this year's festival.

It is available, along with other information, at www.exploresouthernhistory.com/okmuskogeeazalea.

Annual Muskogee Azalea Festival is Underway

The 2008 Muskogee Azalea Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma, is now underway. The annual event runs from April 1st - April 30th.

The main weekend this year will be April 12-13. That's when the parade and other major events will take place and usually also signals the peak of the blooming season.

This event is one of the finest outdoor festivals in the South and takes place each year at historic Honor Heights Park in Muskogee.

For more information on this year's festival, please visit www.exploresouthernhistory.com and look for the Muskogee Azalea Festival heading on the home page.

Muskogee Azalea Festival - Muskogee, Oklahoma

The 2008 Muskogee Azalea Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma, is set to begin on April 1st.

The festival features more than 30,000 blooming azaleas representing more than 600 different varieties and is one of the top annual events in the South. Each year it draws hundreds of thousands of people.

The festival begins on April 1st and runs through April 30th. The parade this year will be on April 12th, which is usually about the peak of the blooming season.

To learn more about this fantastic annual event, please visit www.exploresouthernhistory.com and look for the Muskogee Azalea Festival heading at the top of the page.