Organizers of Saturday’s Gwynn’s Island Festival are looking forward to better weather this year for the 68th annual festival, which will begin at 9 a.m. on the Gwynn’s Island Civic Center grounds and will continue until 3:45 p.m. Festival organizers are excited about new musical groups, nearly 70 vendors and much more to keep festival-goers entertained.

Forecasts are for clear skies and a high around 80.

The annual “World Famous” chicken dinner that precedes each festival is scheduled to be held Friday from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Civic Center. Tickets for the dinner are $12 and are available at the Mathews County Visitor and Information Center, at the door or by calling 804-725-7860 or 804-725-7577. 

The one-mile fun run will kick off this year’s festival Saturday at 9 a.m. and the 5K Kukini Run will begin at 9:30. Prizes will be awarded for the top overall male and female, and the top male and female in each age group. Runners and walkers of al...