BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230602T200000Z DTEND:20230602T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Full Moon Festival DESCRIPTION:Return of the Jedi\, Two-County Wide Event Celebrating the 40 th Anniversary\n\nOn June 2 nd and 3 rd of 2023\, the Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission will be hosting the 1 st\n\nAnnual Forest Moon Festival\, sponsored by Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. Star Wars Fans\,\n\nthis is the summer event you are looking for. It will commemorate the 40 th Anniversary of Return\n\nof the Jedi\, the Star Wars film that featured Humboldt and Del Norte Counties as the forest\n\nmoon of Endor\, the final battleground between the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire. \n\nThe Forest Moon Festival will span across the two counties. Businesses\, pop-ups\, community\n\npartners\, and existing events are invited to theme-out in Star Wars fashion and offer activities\n\nfor the whole family to enjoy. The Film Commission is working with stellar community partners to\n\nbring free screenings of Return of the Jedi to various locations throughout the region. As the\n\ndate gets closer\, a map and schedule of events will be released to the public so festival\n\nattendees will be able to see all the exciting activities that are happening across the redwood\n\nregion including Lucasfilm approved costumers (Rebels\, Storm Troopers\, and more)\n\nappearances. \n\nThe festival's concept was created over a decade ago as an enhancement to the existing "Map\n\nof the Movies" (a free self-guided tour featuring projects that have filmed in both Humboldt &\; Del\n\nNorte Counties and can be found on their website and app stores). "We were trying to expand\n\nour film tourism strategy since film tourism can boost local economies more than actual filming\n\nat times\, when we thought of someday launching a festival like this\," stated the Film\n\nCommissioner\, Cassandra Hesseltine. Today\, Hesseltine says it'\;s more than that for the Film\n\nCommission. "Now\, it's more our way of giving back to the region by creating community pride\n\nthrough a celebration that will be enjoyed by all ages."\n\nFall of 2019\, the Film Commission and community partners had begun brainstorming a possible\n\nevent\, but the pandemic shelved the idea. In 2022\, after the Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation and\n\nthe City of Eureka inquired about a collaboration with the film commission for a May the 4th\n\nevent\, they knew it was time to resurrect the festival. "We thought this was the first baby-step on\n\nour way to something bigger\," Hesseltine commented\, "It was a very successful and entertaining\n\nexperience\, so we decided to go for the full-fledged event finally for the 40th anniversary this\n\nyear. Though\, since this is the first time going so big\, it feels more like our dress rehearsal as we\n\nget buy-in from the community and focus on promoting more locally." \n\nAs the festival grows\, the Film Commission anticipates more out-of-town film tourists attending\n\nthe event. Because of this\, the Film Commission picked the first weekend of June for the\n\nfestival since it wouldn't compete with other out of town May the 4th events\, hotels availability\,\n\n\n\nand warmer weather for outside activities. Tiffany Miller Designs has been contracted to help\n\nproduce the weekend due to her and her team's in-depth experience in Hollywood and event\n\ncoordinating.\n\nFor more information on this event (including map and schedule of events\, to be released later)\n\nyou can visit the website www.forestmoonfestival.org. Any business that wishes to participate\n\nshould visit and follow the directions on the vendor page of the website to be included in the\n\npromotional material. Be sure to follow the Forest Moon Festival Facebook page and Instagram\n\n@forestmoonfestival to get all the latest updates and announcements.\n\n\n\nPhoto Credit:\n\nPhotographer Mark Mckenna\; May the Fourth\, 2022 event in Collaboration between the\n\nFilm Commission\, Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation\, and City of Eureka. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Return of the Jedi\, Two-County Wide Event Celebrating the 40 th Anniversary
\nOn June 2 nd and 3 rd of 2023\, the Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission will be hosting the 1 st
\nAnnual Forest Moon Festival\, sponsored by Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. Star Wars Fans\,
\nthis is the summer event you are looking for. \; It will commemorate the 40 th Anniversary of Return
\nof the Jedi\, the Star Wars film that featured Humboldt and Del Norte Counties as the forest
\nmoon of Endor\, the final battleground between the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire. \; \;
\nThe Forest Moon Festival will span across the two counties. Businesses\, pop-ups\, community
\npartners\, and existing events are invited to theme-out in Star Wars fashion and offer activities
\nfor the whole family to enjoy. The Film Commission is working with stellar community partners to
\nbring free screenings of Return of the Jedi to various locations throughout the region. As the
\ndate gets closer\, a map and schedule of events will be released to the public so festival
\nattendees will be able to see all the exciting activities that are happening across the redwood
\nregion including Lucasfilm approved costumers (Rebels\, Storm Troopers\, and more)
\nappearances. \;
\nThe festival&rsquo\;s concept was created over a decade ago as an enhancement to the existing &ldquo\;Map
\nof the Movies&rdquo\; (a free self-guided tour featuring projects that have filmed in both Humboldt &\;amp\; Del
\nNorte Counties and can be found on their website and app stores). &ldquo\;We were trying to expand
\nour film tourism strategy since film tourism can boost local economies more than actual filming
\nat times\, when we thought of someday launching a festival like this\,&rdquo\; stated the Film
\nCommissioner\, Cassandra Hesseltine. Today\, Hesseltine says it&\;#39\;s more than that for the Film
\nCommission. &ldquo\;Now\, it&rsquo\;s more our way of giving back to the region by creating community pride
\nthrough a celebration that will be enjoyed by all ages.&rdquo\;
\nFall of 2019\, the Film Commission and community partners had begun brainstorming a possible
\nevent\, but the pandemic shelved the idea. In 2022\, after the Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation and
\nthe City of Eureka inquired about a collaboration with the film commission for a May the 4th
\nevent\, they knew it was time to resurrect the festival. &ldquo\;We thought this was the first baby-step on
\nour way to something bigger\,&rdquo\; Hesseltine commented\, &ldquo\;It was a very successful and entertaining
\nexperience\, so we decided to go for the full-fledged event finally for the 40th anniversary this
\nyear. Though\, since this is the first time going so big\, it feels more like our dress rehearsal as we
\nget buy-in from the community and focus on promoting more locally.&rdquo\; \;
\nAs the festival grows\, the Film Commission anticipates more out-of-town film tourists attending
\nthe event. \; Because of this\, the Film Commission picked the first weekend of June for the
\nfestival since it wouldn&rsquo\;t compete with other out of town May the 4th events\, hotels availability\,
\n
\nand warmer weather for outside activities. \; Tiffany Miller Designs has been contracted to help
\nproduce the weekend due to her and her team&rsquo\;s in-depth experience in Hollywood and event
\ncoordinating.
\nFor more information on this event (including map and schedule of events\, to be released later)
\nyou can visit the website www.forestmoonfestival.org. \; Any business that wishes to participate
\nshould visit and follow the directions on the vendor page of the website to be included in the
\npromotional material. Be sure to follow the Forest Moon Festival Facebook page and Instagram
\n@forestmoonfestival to get all the latest updates and announcements.
\n
\nPhoto Credit:
\nPhotographer Mark Mckenna\; May the Fourth\, 2022 event in Collaboration between the
\nFilm Commission\, Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation\, and City of Eureka. LOCATION: UID:e.3418.1776 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260526T111018Z URL:https://members.fortunachamber.com/events/details/full-moon-festival-1776 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR