The Dancing Rabbit Music Festival has hosted 17 outdoor concerts since its inception in 2021. Seventeen times the weather cooperated. It’s been hot more than a few times. It’s been cold a couple of times, but the shows have always gone ahead as planned.
But, Saturday, June 14 the weather finally forced an audible. The trouble started the weekend before when a tornado did damage to several buildings on Choctaw Avenue, forcing the Dancing Rabbit Music Festival to shift the festival westward to 3rd street.
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Joey Clark is executive director of Shared Blessings and a member of the Dancing Rabbit Music Association.
