ANTIOCH – For the first time in decades, the Walnut Festival will be held in Antioch instead of Walnut Creek, a decision organizers said was a necessity due to remodeling work at its longtime home.

Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek has hosted the Walnut Festival since 1976. However, as the city prepares for a new aquatic and community center at the park, the festival was forced to find a new location. Construction is expected to take two years.

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For Tammy Lagomarsino, the festival’s event director, finding an alternative site was an uphill battle. Organizers wanted it to remain as close as possible to Walnut Creek.

Lagomarsino said she looked at locations in Concord, Pleasant Hill, Lafayette, and Martinez, but faced challenges in securing a site that met the criteria fo

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