BLUEBONNET FESTIVAL DRAWS HISTORIC CROWDS

  

Organizers of the Bluebonnet Festival in Chappell Hill say this year’s event was one of the largest in the festival’s history.

Joel Romo, current volunteer and past president of the Chappell Hill Historical Society, estimates at least 10,000 people arrived on Saturday, with another 5,000 to 7,000 guests on Sunday, to enjoy live music and shop from hundreds of vendors in downtown Chappell Hill.

Romo says this year’s event “couldn’t have gone any better,” and believes it far surpassed the attendance totals of previous festivals.

 

Romo says the festival is one of the largest generators of sales tax and hotel occupancy tax revenue for Washington County.

 

Romo thanks the county, festival sponsors and volunteers for supporting the event and helping to make it a success.