The Gloucester Daffodil Festival is planning to return in its full form in 2022, according to Debbie Wesolowski, Festival Coordinator.

An abbreviated festival was offered this year, and the event was completely canceled in 2020, as COVID-19 arrived and stayed in the community.

The festival’s theme will be “In Full Bloom,” celebrating both a full return and the history of the popular event. The 2022 festival is planned for April 2-3, 2022, and registration for various activities surrounding the event has opened. According to Wesolowski in a press release from the Gloucester Office of Community Engagement, all local artists are invited to enter the Juried Art Show for the official 2022 Daffodil Festival Print. For more information, or to fill out the application, visit the festival website, www.daffodilfestivalva.org.

A look at the history

 Also, in honor of the festival’s history, organizers are looking back to the very beginning of the event, which were the Daffodil Tours ...