Winfield, KS — City of Winfield officials this morning inspected the buildings at the Winfield Fairgrounds and found no problems that would prohibit the rebuilding of stages and other structures related to the Walnut Valley Festival set to begin as scheduled on Wednesday morning, September 17th, with workshops and an evening concert at Stage 3. Festival workers are currently rebuilding the four stages and cleaning the facilities.

Fans will be pleased to know that festival organizers expect to follow the full schedule as it has been published in the program. The arts & craft show will also be held as planned.

The various acoustic instrument championship contests will be held as planned. Contestants should follow the guidelines for procedures that are published in the contest rules book. This year’s contests will include entries from all over the United States and five different foreign countries. First time festival attendees should certainly check these world class musicians out.

The high water over the past several days has forced festival organizers to make some changes in operations on the festival grounds. There will be no on grounds camping. The City of Winfield is permitting campers to stay at the Winfield City Lake. There is plenty of room for campers, and a limited number of electric hook ups.

The festival organizers have made arrangements with the Winfield School District to provide shuttle service to and from the off-grounds camping areas and festival proper. There will also be “Park and Ride” shuttle buses running from the downtown parking lots as well as the Winfield High School parking lot to and from the festival.

Advance tickets are currently available for the Walnut Valley Festival set to begin on September 17th at the Winfield Fairgrounds. Additional information can be found on the World Wide Web at wvfest.com or from the Walnut Valley Office at 918 Main Street in Winfield, Kansas or by calling 620-221-3250. Tickets are available at the office or at festival grounds.

Updates will be released to the local media and available on the Walnut Valley Festival website at www.wvfest.com4