History
Begun as a springtime community event to celebrate the wild flowers planted throughout the city, Wildflower! grew in 1995 when headliner bands were added.
Growing crowds and subsequent logistical challenges lead the festival to its first move from Breckinridge Park to the Greenway Corporate Office Park at US75 and Campbell Rd. It was there that the fledgling event was able to expand to three days and eventually grew to cover over 30 acres (120,000 m2) featuring multiple stages, arts, music, exhibits, and family activities.
Experiencing more growing pains, the event moved in 2002 to its present location, the Galatyn Park Urban Center. With its new home the festival was now able to offer the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, a festival plaza, a DART light rail station, the Venue Luxury Apartments, the Renaissance Hotel as well as use of the greenway space belonging to Bank of America.
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