PREVIEW: A look at Soap Lake's Folk and Food Festival
JOEL MARTIN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 months AGO
Rylei Franks playing his set Saturday at Smokiam Park in Soap Lake during the Folk and Food Festival. The event included live music and a variety of vendors.
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The audience takes refuge on shaded grass at the park while listening to performers Saturday. This year’s Folk and Food Festival is the first for the city and organizers are hoping to make it an annual event.
Joel Martin has been with the Columbia Basin Herald for more than 25 years in a variety of roles and is the most-tenured employee in the building. Martin is a married father of eight and enjoys spending time with his children and his wife, Christina. He is passionate about the paper’s mission of informing the people of the Columbia Basin because he knows it is important to record the history of the communities the publication serves. | July 15, 2024 2:55 AM
SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake’s inaugural Folk and Food Festival had a decent showing despite the triple-digit temperatures on Saturday. While performers did their thing on stage, the audience found a shady spot and enjoyed cold drinks to fight the heat. Full coverage of the event will be in Wednesday’s edition of the Columbia Basin Herald.
The audience takes refuge on shaded grass at the park while listening to performers Saturday. This year’s Folk and Food Festival is the first for the city and organizers are hoping to make it an annual event.