A date has officially been set for the return of Junee's famed Rhythm'n'Rail festival.
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For more than a decade, the festival has taken place on the second weekend of March, but a lack of resources forced its cancellation this year. Instead, it will return on the second weekend of May 2020.
"We did look at putting it on for May this year, but we decided that committee burnout is a real factor, and I wouldn't want to put on a mediocre event for the community," said new president Leasa Toll.
"It would be better to refocus and re-energize for something great next year."
The date was decided by the town's popular vote, both via social media and via a sent-out paper survey.
Options included returning the festival to the same weekend in March or moving it to either April 18-19 or May 11-12.
But, upon disclosing the new date, astute members of the online community did note unavoidable clash.
"I didn't even realise it was actually the Mother's Day weekend," said Ms Toll.
"We thought moving it from March would increase our chances of getting a train, and also it'd be out of the hottest part of March."
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The new date will, however, circumvent proximity to other returning events in Wagga.
"We just knew we wouldn't be able to compete with the Mardis Gras, not this year, not next year," said Ms Toll, who joined a team of Junee locals in this year's parade down Baylis Street.
"It's going to mean we gauge how it goes next year, and if it goes well, we'll keep it on that week, but if not, we can move it again."
Since announcing the firm return date, the six-person committee has already become inundated with business interest.
"We've already had calls from stall holders, people are interested in coming back, and they're really saying the like the new date because it won't be as hot standing out there in Railway Square," said Ms Toll.
Buoyed by the reaction, Ms Toll said the community support during the past few months has kept her excited to make the festival work once more.
Especially as she is a relative newcomer to the small town, and the decision to cancel the 11th annual event, she said, was entirely her own.
"I did expect [to receive backlash] because, in all honesty, it was me who motioned that we did not go ahead this year," she said.
"It ended up being a unanimous committee decision, but I was worried. I'm new to town, I'm new to the committee, but gosh there's been some great support.
"The feedback I was getting from businesses mostly was that it had gone downhill a little, and it could do with a 12-month break to reinvent it."