Pear Blossom Festival Street Fair returns to Medford

Today the 68th Annual Pear Blossom Festival Street Fair returned to Medford after being cancelled last year because of the pandemic.

At the street fair today, talking with vendors and visitors who say they're glad to have the festival back in the rogue valley.

"today was an absolutely beautiful day for the pear blossom festival street ferry to return back to the rogue valley after being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Now, although this festival does have some changes to it, there were still plenty of vendors and food to try [take :generic] çááágenericáááÑ and funnel cakes, corn dogs, ice cream burgers, you name it.

It was back here today.

At the 68th annual pear blossom festival street.

Fair.

This is a great event for mark nichols.

He's been participating in the pear blossom festival for the last 31 years, and it's enjoyed every single moment.

[take :mark] çááámarkáááÑ the medford is known for the pear blossom festival.

You go throughout the state and everybody knows about the pear blossom festival.

So here we are and we enjoy doing it every year.

Well, the festival is limiting the number of vendors attending the festival this year.

It's still a chance for first-timers to be able to get their business off the ground [take :ellie] çáááellieáááÑ today, i'm finally experiencing a ray of sunshine and hope that i mght actually have a new happy career and i i'll be okay.

Well, the gardener lost her job when the pandemic started.

Now is using her new skills and tie making to try to bring a smile to people in the road valley with a pandemic still.

I love making people happy and it cheers me up community members.

The return of the pear blossom festival is a welcome site, especially after its cancellation last year.

[take :rebecca] çááárebeccaáááÑ [take :rebecca] cancellation last year.

Especially after its welcome site, especially after its cancellation last year.

[take :rebecca] çááárebeccaáááÑ yeah, it's, it's sad.

You know, we lost a tradition for sure.

But with new covid 19 cases on the decline compared to the start of the pandemic and more people getting vaccinated, people like rebecca and her family can enjoy the festival once again, the face painting and being out and getting to mingle after covid is definitely, um, you know, as a