/blog/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:07:27 +0000 Ava Gardner Festival: Schedule Set with Fan Favorites http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/ava-gardner-festival-schedule-set-with-fan-favorites/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/ava-gardner-festival-schedule-set-with-fan-favorites/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/ava-gardner-festival-schedule-set-with-fan-favorites/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0400


Following two years of planning and executing the Ava Centennial Celebration, the Ava Gardner Museum board will again host the Ava Gardner Festival. This year’s event will include fan favorite events

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The Ava Gardner Museum has hosted a year-long Centennial celebration in honor of the legendary actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian Ava Gardner, a North Carolina native who grew up just 7-miles

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The Ava Gardner Trust and Legacy Talent and Entertainment, in collaboration with Breakfast at Dominique’s, are thrilled to announce the debut of the Officially Licensed Ava Gardner Signature Coffee

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The Ava Gardner Festival was a huge success this past October, with over a thousand visitors attending the full weekend of events celebrating Ava’s 100th year. Fans and collectors traveled to

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The Museum is kicking off Ava’s Centennial year with the Ava Gardner Festival, October 7-9. This southern starlet will be celebrating her 100th birthday on Christmas Eve of 2022 and the museum plans

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The Ava Gardner Museum flooded in January, which affected almost half of the museum. Left with standing water in the front reception/gift shop area, the theatre, and all along the gallery wall and

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Hey Raleigh, Johnston County is your neighbor to the east and just 20-30 minutes from your doors. Did you know that Clayton is in Johnston County…you may have heard of the cool nightlife scene and

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With North Carolina still firmly in Phase II of the state reopening plan, museums in Johnston County have been closed since March. The JCVB has worked to inform both visitors and the community on

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*Note from the JCVB: this is the first post in a partnership we've started with the Ava Gardner Museum Blog. The JCVB will be cross-posting some of their blogs over to our own blog so that readers

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We're all working to adjust to the temporary and necessary stay-at-home and social distancing mandates, but spending a lot of time in one place means we have time to dream about where we will go in

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