MENDOCINO CO., 9/25/24 — “Best kept secret in Fort Bragg” might be great advertising for some things but not usually for a public event. During its inaugural 2023 run, the Noyo Harbor Festival had virtually no pre-publicity. The slow start was meant to give festival planners time to work out the kinks. But it didn’t stop the festival from being packed both years, wherein lies the problem.
While North Noyo Harbor competes with Glass Beach, the Skunk Train and MacKerricher State Park as Fort Bragg’s primary tourist attractions, the harbor is very narrow. Walking down North Harbor Drive from State Route 1 would be a death-defying downhill if anybody were to try. Once you reach the harbor itself, the road is narrow, there are no sidewalks and parking is limited. Drivers and pedestrians compete for space along the narrow roadway. The 2023 event was packed and popular and created a traffic jam. So, in 2024, the event was held almost entirely in the large parking lot of the long-closed Captain Flint’s eatery.
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