[Event] Carnival time!

[madelyn]

THE CROSSPOINT HILLS FESTIVAL

Welcome to the 32nd annual Crosspoint Hills Carrot Festival! You may not know this, fortunate traveler, but Crosspoint Hills is known for its carrot production. In fact, it's the town's only cash crop for export and they grow them by the bushel!

In order to celebrate the year's harvest, a carnival has been set up all throughout Main Street and downtown. Some space between the river and the north side of town is now filled with large carnival rides too big to fit in downtown. Signs of the festival can be seen all throughout the town in the various seasonal food offerings and trinkets on sale.

All the townspeople are decked out in their very best, bright orange clothing and selling carrot themed souvenirs. A band plays hourly sets downtown while visitors mingle and shop. Get your face painted by wandering artists or a nice henna tattoo from a henna artist working out in front of the theater.

Carrot related foods and beverages are being sold from vendors and kiosks all over. Don't walk past without trying their world famous carrot cake or a chilled glass of carrot wine. Carrot bread, carrot candies, carrot cocktails, and carrot ice cream are just a few of the tasty treats you won't find anywhere else.

Pick up a carrot infused funnel cake on your way to the Ferris wheel or the carousel. Or maybe you'd prefer a roller coaster ride? The carnival has two: one regular wooden coaster and one inverted coaster with loops and tunnels for the more adventurous. A petting zoo offers the full carrot experience with piles or fuzzy bunnies and other critters to play with.

Games of all sorts can be played here. Balloon pops and cap gun ranges will win you prizes. Dice games, fishbowls, and ping pong games reward the lucky. The not so lucky can try their luck on another game or...

... head over to Madame Rain's Palm Reading and Fortune Telling table. She's set up shop in the Twisted Branch B&B and is available for all who want to get a little glimpse of what's to come. Just don't ask for a seance. The staff does not approve.

Sitting on the other side of Gil's All Night Diner is a creaky old haunted house. The outer facade and grounds are dilapidated enough to make anyone wary. The otherworldly sounds coming from inside should give visitors a moment's pause. The ghosts inside may not be as friendly as the B&B staff.

Each night, the town has a dance in the center square with a live band playing for a few hours. At the end of the night, as the band plays its last number, a fireworks display goes off over the town, delighting all who care to watch.

((This event will run through August 31st, at which time a new event will take its place.))