Annual Kingsburg Swedish Festival

2011 Articles, Community, Hometown History, James Garcia Jr.

by James Garcia Jr.



Ever wonder how the Kingsburg Swedish Festival got its start? As stated in the official Chamber of Commerce pamphlet from this year’s Festival, in 1924, a group of women from the Concordia Lutheran Church presented a mid-summer festival for residents of the Concordia Home, a retirement home located near the present Kingsburg Hospital.

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