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*''Wizard of Oz'' Festival in Ionia, Michigan, 2014 — [[http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/06/yellow_brick_road_travels_thro.html A]] [[http://fox17online.com/2014/05/09/ionia-gets-ready-for-first-wizard-of-oz-festival/ B]] [[http://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20140602/NEWS/140609846 C]] | *''Wizard of Oz'' Festival in Ionia, Michigan, 2014 — [[http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/06/yellow_brick_road_travels_thro.html A]] [[http://fox17online.com/2014/05/09/ionia-gets-ready-for-first-wizard-of-oz-festival/ B]] [[http://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20140602/NEWS/140609846 C]] | ||
*''Wizard of Oz'' festival in | *''Wizard of Oz'' festival in Tinley Park, Illinois — [[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/orland_park_homer_glen/ct-orland-oz-fest-tl-ssw-20140502,0,3609708.story A]] [[http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/news/27204667-418/orland-park-to-host-wizard-of-oz-fest.html#.U2gaE61dVno B]] [[http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/columnists/offbeat/offbeat-with-phil-potempa-return-of-oz-fest-landing-in/article_a5c0ac7b-b68d-5c73-b8b3-e6d583fedf29.html C]] | ||
*[http://www.mamarazziknowsbest.com/2013/02/28/oz-great-and-powerful-yellow-brick-road-started-in-my-hometown/cll-2013-050/ The plaque on the only house still standing that L. Frank Baum lived in] (in Coronado, California) | *[http://www.mamarazziknowsbest.com/2013/02/28/oz-great-and-powerful-yellow-brick-road-started-in-my-hometown/cll-2013-050/ The plaque on the only house still standing that L. Frank Baum lived in] (in Coronado, California) |
Revision as of 21:46, 4 July 2015
- The Winkie Convention in California — [Facebook] [History] [Newsletter]
- A change of location
- The next convention
- San Diego, Oz, and the Winkie Convention
- Special events for the 50th — [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I]
- The Chesterton, Indiana, Oz Festival (currently on hiatus)
- OzFest in Chittenango, New York: L. Frank Baum's hometown throws a party for their native son — [A] [B] [C] [D (2014)] [E (2014)]
- The plaque on the only house still standing that L. Frank Baum lived in (in Coronado, California)
- Oz-toberfest, an autumn Oz event in Kansas
- The Oogaboo Rendezvous, a group of local Oz fans in the Pacific Northwest
- The (now closed) Wizard of Oz Park in Banner Elk, North Carolina — [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F][G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N]
- Autumn at Oz, an annual festival that revisits the Wizard of Oz Park
- The National Oz Museum in Camden, Maine
- The Wizard of Oz touring museum exhibit (based on the book)
- The Wizard of Oz Festival in Oz — Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, that is
- LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City, which includes several Wizard of Oz exhibits in its Miniland
- The Wizard of Oz story garden in Butler Hayned Park in Mapleton, Illinois
- Munchkinland Playground and Fitness Trail in Washington, Kansas
- The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation — they sponsor an annual Weekend in Oz, since Gage was L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law
- Wizard of Oz Meetup Groups — meet local Oz fans in your area
- Sunday River Ski Resort, Maine — one of their mountains is called Oz, with appropriately named runs
- Sluggers & Putters, an Ohio amusement center that has Oz-themed areas, including miniature golf
- The Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, New York — You can put your own voice into scenes from The Wizard of Oz!
- Fairytale Town in Sacramento is adding a Yellow Brick Road
- Public children's literature statues in the United States, including two entries from The Wizard of Oz
- Wizard of Oz Funland, and it's actually in Oz (Australia, that is)
- The Emerald Lounge at the Revere Hotel in Boston
- Wizard of Oz slot machine (you'll have to find a place that has this, however)