Shaw Local Radio Podcast: Talk-Line with Steve Marco interviews Bethany Wright, Dixon Petunia Festival
Jun. 11—Listen to "Bethany Wright, Dixon Petunia Festival" on Spreaker.
The TALK-LINE interview for June 10 featured 2025 Dixon Petunia Festival Board President Bethany Wright.
Wright discusses some pre-fest deadlines for registration into festival activities along with fundraising tickets available, pre-carnival and pre-music entertainment tickets available, new events on the festival schedule, changes to some events due to construction areas and a look at some festival "favorites."
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