{"id":2066212,"date":"2025-10-03T08:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2066212"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:35:19","slug":"36th-annual-oliver-hardy-festival-returns-to-harlem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/36th-annual-oliver-hardy-festival-returns-to-harlem\/","title":{"rendered":"36th Annual Oliver Hardy Festival returns to Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s time to celebrate Harlem&#8217;s most famous son and the larger half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Saturday, crowds will gather to celebrate the 36th Annual Oliver Hardy Festival in downtown Harlem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hardy, with Stan Laurel, became a globally famous part of a comedy duo who made 107 films between 1927 and 1950. They were known for their slapstick routines and gentle, bumbling characters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hardy was born in 1892 in his grandparent&#8217;s home in Harlem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Augusta Eats: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/articles\/augusta-eats-downtown-cafe-makes-080249920.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:This downtown cafe makes it easy to recognize the culinary theme. Waffles!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">This downtown cafe makes it easy to recognize the culinary theme. Waffles!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The festival will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Harlem. There will be art and food vendors, entertainment, a parade and more throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The theme of this year&#8217;s festival is based on the Laurel &amp; Hardy film &#8220;The Chimp.&#8221; According to the city&#8217;s Facebook page, since the film opens with a circus, expect to see circus displays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There will be movie shorts in the museum theater, a kid zone and lots of other fun things to do for the day.\u00a0 The city&#8217;s Laurel and Hardy Museum of Georgia will be open with memorabilia about the duo and the history of Harlem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more information, visit the festival website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/harlemmuseumandwelcomecenter.com\/oliver-hardy-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/harlemmuseumandwelcomecenter.com\/oliver-hardy-festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/harlemmuseumandwelcomecenter.com\/oliver-hardy-festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.augustachronicle.com\/story\/entertainment\/events\/2025\/10\/03\/celebrate-harlems-favorite-son-at-the-annual-oliver-hardy-festival\/86461289007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Celebrate Harlem's favorite son at the annual Oliver Hardy Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Celebrate Harlem&#8217;s favorite son at the annual Oliver Hardy Festival<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to celebrate Harlem&#8217;s most famous son and the larger half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. 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