CaryCitizen

04/02/2026

Fest in the West is less than 3 weeks away!
This festival is for families and kids with hands-on activities and lots of FUN.
Two stages of YOUTH performers!
The Music stage features bands from School of Rock, Rock n Roll High School, Notasium-Cary, and Bach 2 Rock.
The Dance Stage has the Academy for the Performing Arts, Mister Mike the Magician. Starpath Dance Academy, Kilpatrick Irish Dance School YMCA Super Skippers and Learn Bhangra

The Big Field has Cirque De Vol, Maddon's Stagecoach, KidStrong Athletic Republic a petting zoo and more!

And don't forget about Foodtrucks! There will be eight to delight your taste buds
Fest in the West is Saturday, April 18, from 11-4. at Mills Park in Cary

03/10/2026

The Fenton Art Festival is another event that our parent Company, ChesterGoodtree produces. Applications for Fine Artists are open! The deadline is July 15.

03/09/2026

Fest in the West returns to Mills Park on Saturday, April 18 from 11-4 . This is a great event for families!
Lots of interactive fun for the whole family including Robotics, Drop-in Art, aerial demonstrations, a petting zoo, a stage coach and 2 stages featuring youth bands and dance troupes!
NEW this year- Teen Scene! A dedicated area for kids 11 and up run entirely by Cary’s Teen Council volunteers!

Of course there are some cool kids-focused vendors and a food truck rodeo!
More info at the website www.festinthewest.com
And follow Fest in the West for updates

01/09/2025

Our parent company ChesterGoodtree is producing Fest in the West on April 5 at Mills Park.
This festival will focus on KIDS and families with tons of hands-on activities, demonstrations, and performances by youth groups on 2 stages and a huge field.
Would your group like to participate?
Would your business like to become a sponsor?
Visit www.festinthewest.com for all the details.

We would love to see your group with us on April 5!

where everyone is a star Sat. April 5, 2025 • Mills Park • Cary, North Carolina Western Cary's Family Festival Two stages Petting Zoo Juggling and stilt walkers Obstacle course Bounce House

01/08/2025

Join West Cary's Signature Event for Families - https://mailchi.mp/chestergoodtree/connect-at-west-carys-signature-event-13364755

09/09/2023

The Cary Downtown Farmers Market presents their 5th annual Farmers Fall Festival in JUST 2 WEEKS! The event is Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9am-3pm. This year the event will be on South Academy Street from Dry to Park. The Main Stage will start the day with Blue Sky Crying at 9am. followed by their famous mid-day Once in a Blue Moon Bakery Pie Eating Contest around noon. Then Ashley LaRue Band takes the stage for the afternoon with high-energy orginals.
Bring your kids, bring your dogs, and bring your water bottles! They have a water bottle refill station for people, as well as hydration stations for your furbabies. Kids can meet Santa, be amazed by a magician, get their faces painted, and bounce in the obstacle course bounce house.
Don't forget the shopping! Over 60 awesome local vendors, including 20 regular farmers market vendors will be selling fresh produce, crafts, kids items, pet items, and home decor. Get a start on your holiday shopping with them.
And of course- COME HUNGRY! 5 food trucks as well as 4 beer and wine sellers will satisfy your appetite.
The event raises operating funds for the Cary Downtown Farmers Market to be sustainable year-round.

Event info:
5th annual Farmers Fall Festival
Saturday, September 23 from 9am- 3pm on South Academy Street in Downtown Cary.

Downtown Cary Farmers Fall Festival Downtown Cary Downtown Cary Food & Flea Downtown Cary Downtown Cary Conversations CARY Downtown Cary Art Daze Charles Ashley Mann, DDS & Associates - Cary, NC Mosa Pet Spa Resort & Boutique

08/24/2023

After you recover from Lazy Daze- mark your calendars for September 23 when The Farmers Fall Festival returns to Downtown Cary! We help to produce this event, under ChesterGoodtree with our friends at Cary Downtown Farmers Market.

The festival moves to Academy Street this year. The Town of Cary partners with us to help raise needed operating funds for the Farmers Market. It is their largest fundraiser of the year, helping to pay for a market manager and ongoing costs so that the market can operate 12 months a year (even during the slower winter season)
You will find 60 vendors to shop with,
a Main Stage to groove with,
8 food trucks to dine with,
4 brewers to sip with,
and a Children's Village to have fun with the kiddos.

All info about this event can be found on the Cary Farmers Market Facebook event page ( https://www.facebook.com/events/224235037055688

as well as their website.
https://www.caryfarmersmarket.com/fff-2023/

Event info: The Farmers Fall Festival
Saturday, September 23
9am- 3pm
South Academy Street and the Old Library Park

Note that part of Academy Street will be closed to vehicular traffic that day.

08/24/2023

While CaryCitizen retired in 2022, our founders have not been idle. We created ChesterGoodtree under which we direct festivals, publish the Downtown Cary Map, and offer commercial photography and documentary videos.

Please give their page a "Like" if you can. We'd appreciate it!
More info about our projects can be found at our website: www.chestergoodtree.com
We also founded Chatham Street Records where publisher Hal Goodtree is recording local musicians and publishing the music to all the streaming services. Lindsey Chester started Lindseysfineart where she creates watercolors of local Triangle scenes and places.
We aren't exactly "retired".

Our latest project is the Farmers Fall Festival which takes place on Saturday, September 23, from 9-3 in downtown Cary. More info on that can be found here: https://www.caryfarmersmarket.com/fff-2023/

03/13/2023

Past readers of Harold's Blog can still get the scoop every week at MayorWeinbrecht.com.

Council Meeting Prep Monday I attempted to contact council members to hear of concerns or questions about Thursday’s meeting agenda. The only questions were related to the road renaming discussion …

03/06/2023

Posters and fliers are in for Fest in the West. Mark your calendars for a fun FREE time on May 6 from 11-5 at Thomas Brooks Park.
You’ll start seeing these everywhere soon!