BOWFEST FUN FACTS:
THIS IS THE 39TH ANNUAL BOWFEST! IN THE EARLY 70S BOWFEST WAS HELD AT THE OLD HOTEL GROUNDS (ON THE DEEP BAY SIDE OF THE LAGOON), AND ONCE AT ART KNIGHT’S PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOW THE BOWEN NURSERY.
BOWFEST MOVED TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION IN 1979 WHEN IT WAS A TWO-DAY EVENT, WHEN IT WAS A TWO DAY EVENT. IT WAS SUCH A BIG GATHERING THEY SET UP A WATER SYSTEM. BRUNO GERUSSI FROM THE BEACHCOMBERS CAME AND SERVED PANCAKES AT THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST.