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*[http://www.ozclub.org/Quadling_Country_Club_Events.html The International Wizard of Oz Club's Conventions page] | *[http://www.ozclub.org/Quadling_Country_Club_Events.html The International Wizard of Oz Club's Conventions page] | ||
*[http://www.cheapflights.com/news/top-10-wizard-of-oz-destinations/ Top | *[http://www.cheapflights.com/news/top-10-wizard-of-oz-destinations/ Top Ten ''Wizard of Oz'' Travel Destinations] | ||
*[http://www.ozconinternational.com/home.html The Winkie Convention in California] — [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Winkie-Con-The-Longest-Running-Wizard-of-Oz-Event/131961676887674 Facebook]] [[http://winkies.org/wiki/Main_Page History]] [[http://winkies.oogaboo.org/ Newsletter]] | *[http://www.ozconinternational.com/home.html The Winkie Convention in California] — [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Winkie-Con-The-Longest-Running-Wizard-of-Oz-Event/131961676887674 Facebook]] [[http://winkies.org/wiki/Main_Page History]] [[http://winkies.oogaboo.org/ Newsletter]] | ||
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*[http://www.madisontourismblog.com/1/post/2013/03/all-things-oz-featured-on-cbs-news.html CBS television report on Oz-Stravaganza 2013] | *[http://www.madisontourismblog.com/1/post/2013/03/all-things-oz-featured-on-cbs-news.html CBS television report on Oz-Stravaganza 2013] | ||
*[http://briarcliff.dailyvoice.com/events/westchester-kids-follow-yellow-brick-road-to-first-wiz-fest/490300/ Wiz-Fest in Peekskill, New York] | |||
*''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]] | ||
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*[http://www.washingtonks.net/Munchkinland.html Munchkinland Playground and Fitness Trail] in Washington, Kansas | *[http://www.washingtonks.net/Munchkinland.html Munchkinland Playground and Fitness Trail] in Washington, Kansas | ||
*An interactive ''Wizard of Oz'' exhibit at a children's mseum — [[http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/step_into_oz_at_interactive_wi.html A]] [[http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/dorothy_in_oz_the_wizard_of_oz.html B]] | |||
*[http://matildajoslyngage.org/ The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation] — they sponsor an annual Weekend in Oz, since Gage was L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law | *[http://matildajoslyngage.org/ The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation] — they sponsor an annual Weekend in Oz, since Gage was L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law | ||
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*[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/11949 ''Wizard of Oz'' statues in Juneau, Alaska] | *[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/11949 ''Wizard of Oz'' statues in Juneau, Alaska] | ||
*[http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/65th-carnival-flowers-proves-be-best/2393856/#/0 A ''Wizard of Oz'' float at an Australian flower festival] | |||
*[http://www.disneybymark.com/2013/07/17/oz-land-attraction-planned-disneyland/ Is an Oz Land in the works at Disneyland?] | *[http://www.disneybymark.com/2013/07/17/oz-land-attraction-planned-disneyland/ Is an Oz Land in the works at Disneyland?] |
Latest revision as of 18:43, 26 September 2016
- 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] [J] [K] [L]
- 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
- Over the Rainbow mimiature golf, Old Forge, New York
- 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)