The Goulburn Lilac City Festival is going ahead this year but in a different format.
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The Lilac committee met recently and took the decision to make the 69th year of the festival a no-contact event in the wake of COVID-19.
Lilac Queen April Watson said that the committee is still looking at "keeping the festival alive" and Goulburn safe.
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"We will continue to run some events virtually and with zero contact. The opening of the festival will be pre-recorded and shared on our social media pages like Facebook," she said.
"Events like Lilac baby will be held in a COVID safe way this year. Last year, I visited the hospital and met the parents of the baby. This year, it won't be possible to do that so we have decided to hold the event online.
"Hope the 70th year brings a big and beautiful festival."
Meanwhile, events like dressing up of the windows in lilac and garden competition are going ahead.
"It doesn't require us to gather and judging can take place from a safe distance. The winners will be announced on our Facebook page," she added.
Other events like the markets and Joyland carnival have also been cancelled for this year.
Established in 1951, Lilac City Festival is Australia's longest continuously-run community festival.
In 2019, the festival marked the re-incarnation of the street parade which was missing for the few years and has a long history of community involvement.
The festival was named the Lilac City Festival because lilacs grew all along the back of Belmore Park and near the railway station at that time.
The three-day festival is held over the October long weekend.
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