- The Alachua County Board will vote on February 10 on a permit for the 2026 WildFlowers Festival scheduled for March 13-15 in Melrose, Florida.
- WildFlowers Music Park aims to restore 270 acres of land to natural Florida and fund its upkeep through the annual music festival.
- Opposition to the festival centers on concerns about traffic, noise, and environmental impact, with a petition gathering over 1,000 signatures against it.
Not much rattles Melrose, an unincorporated community with a couple thousand residents clustered between Alachua, Putnam, Bradford and Clay counties.
It’s just Lake Santa Fe, State Road 26 headed east to west, and State Road 21 headed north and south.
But in the last year, the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners received more than 595 emails in support and opposition to a proposed Melrose music festival. And dozens lined SR 26 in January to protest…